Goodbye to You (Scandal song)
"Goodbye to You" is a single by American rock band Scandal.
| "Goodbye to You" | ||||
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| Single by Scandal | ||||
| from the album Scandal | ||||
| B-side | "All My Life" | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Zack Smith | |||
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Original release information
The song was written by band member Zack Smith.[1] It appeared on Scandal's 1982 Scandal EP. It hit #5 on Billboard's Album Rock play list. 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; though he is not shown in the video, the song 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]
References
- 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.