Goodbye to You (Scandal song)
| "Goodbye to You" | ||||
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| Single by Scandal | ||||
| from the album Scandal (EP) | ||||
| A-side | Goodbye to You | |||
| B-side | All My Life | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New Wave | |||
| Length | 03:46 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Zack Smith | |||
| Scandal singles chronology | ||||
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"Goodbye to You" is a New Wave single and song by the 1980s band Scandal.
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Original release information [edit]
The song was written by band member Zack Smith.[1] It appeared on Scandal's 1982 Scandal EP. The song was also released as a single, and reached #65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
The video shows Patty Smyth in a bright red dress singing the lyrics to various members of the band as they perform the song. Scandal keyboardist Benjy King is shown playing a rare Digital Keyboards Synergy synthesizer, which provided the main 8th note foundation of the track; the video also features Late Show with David Letterman's bandleader and sidekick Paul Shaffer playing a solo -- based on Del Shannon's "Runaway" on an Oberheim OB-Xa.[3]
Cover versions [edit]
The song was also covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in the season 3 episode "A Chip Off the Old Tooth" of the TV series Alvin and the Chipmunks.[4]
The song was also covered in the season 5 episode "The Band Singer" of the TV series Kate & Allie.[5]
Australian band The Veronicas covered the song for their second studio album, Hook Me Up, in 2007. The LA band Killola have also covered this song twice.
On the Season 2 finale of The Sing-Off in 2010, the song was performed by The Backbeats.
References [edit]
- ^ Lyrics to "Goodbye to You", written by Zack Smith.
- ^ Scandal discography, phan.org
- ^ Sigman, Mitchell (March 2010). "Scandal's "Goodbye to You" Solo". Keyboard Magazine. p. 44.
- ^ A Chip Off the Old Tooth episode information at tv.com
- ^ The Band Singer episode information at tv.com
External links [edit]
- Lyrics to "Goodbye To You"
- Music video for "Goodbye to You" by Scandal
- "Goodbye to You" performed live by Scandal in the early 1980s
- "Goodbye to You" performed live by Scandal in 2009
- Early demo version of "Goodbye to You" by Scandal
- "Goodbye to You" covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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