"Don't Say Goodbye Girl" is a song by American R&B singer

Tevin Campbell Tevin Jermod Campbell (born November 12, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He performed gospel in his local church from an early age. Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to War ...

. It was written by

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, Sally Jo Dakota, and

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

for his second studio album '' I'm Ready'' (1993), while production was helmed by the latter along with

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. The song was released as the album's fourth single, reaching number 71 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 28 on the

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...

chart.

Track listings

Notes * denotes associate producer * denotes additional producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.Tevin Campbell – I'm Ready (CD liner notes) – Qwest/Warner Bros 9362-45388-2 *

– lead and background vocals *

– writer, composer, producer and arranger *

– writer, composer *Sally Jo Dakota – writer, composer * Louis "Kingpin" Biancaniello – associate producer, keyboards, programming and synth arrangements *David "Frazeman" Frazer – recording and mixing engineer *Marc "Elvis" Reyburn – recording engineer *Matt Rohr – assistant engineer *Janice Lee, Cynthia Shiloh and Kevin Walden – production coordinators

Charts

References

Tevin Campbell songs 1994 singles Songs with music by Burt Bacharach Songs written by Narada Michael Walden Song recordings produced by Narada Michael Walden 1993 songs Songs written by Sally Jo Dakota {{1990s-R&B-song-stub