"Goodbyes" is a song by American rapper

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featuring fellow American rapper

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. It was released as the second

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from Malone's third studio album, ''

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'', via

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on July 5, 2019, one day after Malone's 24th birthday. The song was written by the artists, Billy Walsh, Val Blavatnik, Jessie Foutz, and producers Brian Lee &

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It became Malone's seventh top 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as his sixth number-one on ''Billboard's''

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chart. Along with "

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" and " Wow", Malone achieved three consecutive US Rhythmic No. 1s to come from one album (''Hollywood's Bleeding''), and was the first time the feat was achieved after

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'' spawned three chart leaders in 2018.

Composition

The song talks about the end of a relationship, and was called "melodic" by ''

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'', on which Post Malone sings the chorus: "I want you out of my head / I want you out of my bedroom tonight / There's no way I could save you / 'Cause I need to be saved too / I'm no good at goodbyes."

Promotion

Post Malone announced the track and its feature and release date on social media on July 1, 2019, sharing an image styled like a film poster for the song, featuring the tagline "Too Much Pleasure Is Pain", a line from the song. He then revealed the cover art of the song on social media on July 2. He then posted a snippet of the beginning of the video of him being stabbed and killed by the enemy team on July 3. The music video was published on the day of the song's release on July 5 and the lyric video was published three days after on July 8.

Music video

The original "R" rated music video was released alongside the song on July 5, and directed by

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. It features Malone playing a gang member who dies after being repeatedly stabbed in graphic fashion by a member of a rival gang, before rising from the dead in a graveyard.

and actress

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also appear in the video. A "PG" version was released on July 7 which omits the graphic sequence. The "R" and "PG" rated music videos have over 316 million and 174 million views respectively, as of July 2023.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Post Malone's

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– principal vocalist, songwriting *

– featured vocalist, songwriting * Brian Lee – production, programming, all instrumentation, songwriting *

– production, recording, vocal production, programming, all instrumentation, songwriting * Billy Walsh – songwriting * Val Blavatnik – songwriting * Jessie Foutz – songwriting *

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– mixing * Chris Galland – mixing assistant * Robin Florent – mixing assistant * Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant * Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant *

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– mastering * Travis Brothers – design * Bryan Rivera – design * Collin Fletcher – design * Anton Reva – design

Awards and nominations

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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