"Goodbye Says It All" is a song by American
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band
Blackhawk
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, written by Bobby Fischer,
Charlie Black
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Biography
Black graduated from University of Maryland in 1970 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee the same year. His first c ...
and
Johnny MacRae
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. It was released in October 1993 as the lead single from their
self-titled debut album. It peaked at No. 11 in the United States,
and No. 29 in Canada. This song was heavily promoted on
CMT.
Content
The song's narrator is sneaking home from an unknown location (presumably a tavern or a nightclub) "thinking up an alibi", only to find that the house is entirely empty and all of its lights are on. He discovers that, instead of attempting a reconciliation, his significant other has left, writing the word "goodbye" in red lipstick on the living room wall before she leaves.
Music video
The music video was directed by Marius Penczner. In the video, a man returns to a
pontoon house to find that his significant other has abandoned him, and the word "goodbye" written in red lipstick on the exterior wall of the pontoon, and his belongings destroyed. She also leaves behind a videotape of her destroying his things. At the end of the video, the man drops the television set into the water, since his ex-girlfriend destroyed the television
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.
Charts
The song entered the ''Billboard''
Hot Country Songs
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chart the week of November 27, 1993, and peaked at number 11 the week of March 12, 1994.
References
External links
Music video at Yahoo! Video
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1993 debut singles
1993 songs
Blackhawk (band) songs
Arista Nashville singles
Song recordings produced by Mark Bright (record producer)
Songs written by Charlie Black
Songs written by Johnny MacRae