Say Goodbye (S Club song)

"Say Goodbye" is a song by British pop music group S Club, released as a single from the compilation Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7. The final single released before the band's split, it was released on 26 May 2003 as a double A-side with "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" in the United Kingdom and Australia; in other territories, it was issued alone.

"Say Goodbye"
Single by S Club
from the album Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
A-side	"Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You"
B-side	"Special Kind of Something" "Bittersweet"
Released	26 May 2003 (2003-05-26)
Length	3:58
Label	Polydor 19
Songwriter(s)	Cathy Dennis Chris Braide
Producer(s)	Stephen Lipson
S Club singles chronology
"Alive" (2002) "Say Goodbye" / "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (2003)
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Music video

The music video showed the group packing up their things into boxes as if they were moving house. While doing this, they look at photographs taken during their performances, photoshoots, as well as other events the band had experienced. When everything is packed up, they look at their past music videos on a sofa before finally gathering together in an empty room to say goodbyes for a final time. At the same time it shows all the rooms empty and when it shows the living room they're in, we find the room empty, indicating they have left.

Track listings

• UK CD1 and Australasian CD single^[1]

1. "Say Goodbye"
2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (single remix)
3. "Special Kind of Something"
4. "Say Goodbye" (video)
5. Goodbye messages from Rachel, Tina and Bradley (video)

• UK CD2^[2]

1. "Say Goodbye"
2. "Bittersweet"
3. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (video)
4. Goodbye messages from Jon, Jo and Hannah (video)

• UK cassette single^[3]

1. "Say Goodbye"
2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Illicit vocal mix)

• European CD single^[4]

1. "Say Goodbye"
2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (radio version)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes.^[1]

Studios

• Engineered and mixed at The Aquarium (London, England)
• Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

• Cathy Dennis – writing
• Chris Braide – writing
• John Themis – guitar
• Stephen Lipson – all other instruments, programming, production
• Nick Ingman – string arrangement, conducting
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
• Isobel Griffiths Ltd. – orchestra contracting
• James McMillan – programming
• Heff Moraes – mixing, engineering
• Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[5] with "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" 75 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[6] 9 Germany (Official German Charts)^[7] 84 Ireland (IRMA)^[8] 6 Scotland (OCC)^[9] with "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" 1 UK Singles (OCC)^[10] with "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" 2

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Ireland (IRMA)^[11] 93 UK Singles (OCC)^[12] 53

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	26 May 2003	CD cassette	Polydor 19	^[13]
Australia	7 July 2003	CD		^[14]

References

1. Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK CD1 & Australasian CD single liner notes). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807139.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK CD2 liner notes). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807140.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807141.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. Say Goodbye (European CD single liner notes). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 980798-9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. "Issue 699" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
6. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 25. 14 June 2003. p. 7. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
7. "S Club – Say Goodbye" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Say Goodbye". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
11. . Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
12. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
13. "New Releases – For Week Starting 26 May 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 May 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
14. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th July 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 7 July 2003. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2003. Retrieved 5 July 2021.