Goodbye Girl (Squeeze song)

"Goodbye Girl"
Single by Squeeze
from the album Cool for Cats
Released 2 November 1978 (UK)
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1978
Genre New wave, pop rock
Length 3:05
Label A&M
Writer(s) Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
Producer(s) John Wood & Squeeze
Squeeze singles chronology
"Bang Bang"
(1978)
"Goodbye Girl"
(1978)
"Cool for Cats"
(1979)

"Goodbye Girl" was the first single released from Squeeze's second album Cool for Cats. Three different versions were recorded: one for the UK single, one for the American single, and one for the album. In the UK, the single reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

In 2007, the reunited Squeeze recorded a new, guitar-heavy version of "Goodbye Girl" for an Under Armour television advertisement.[2] The Shins covered the song for Levi's Pioneer Sessions in 2010.[3]

Tarkio, featuring Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, recorded "Goodbye Girl" in 1998. It was released on the Kill Rock Stars record label in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "Goodbye Girl" (3:05)
  2. "Saints Alive" (2:29)

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 522/3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. "Under Armour – "Goodbye Girl"". YouTube. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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