Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)

Infobox Single
Name = Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)


Artist = Céline Dion
from Album = A New Day Has Come
Released = November 18 2002
Format = CD, CS
Recorded = Studio Piccolo
Genre = Pop
Length = 5:19 (Album Version)
4:23 (Radio Edit)
Label = Columbia, Epic
Writer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Last single = "I'm Alive"
(2002)
This single = "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)"
(2002)
Next single = "At Last"
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = Maxi single"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" is the third and last commercial single from Céline Dion's album "A New Day Has Come", released on November 18 2002.

The song was written and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who already worked with Céline Dion in 1999 on "If Walls Could Talk." [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/music.cgi?album_id=16 A New Day Has Come] . Retrieved March 22, 2002.] His wife, country singer Shania Twain did the backing vocals.

The "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" music video was directed by Chris Applebaum between October 12-13, 2002 in Paris, and premiered in November 2002. In 2006, a second version of the video leaked to the internet, including never before seen footage. This unreleased version was also directed by Chris Applebaum in October 2002 but shows more Dion sexier scenes.

The European version of the single included "All Because of You," which could be found only here and on the special limited edition of "A New Day Has Come" from November 2002. The single featured also a duet with Anastacia on "You Shook Me All Night Long," taken from "VH1 Divas Las Vegas" (October 2002).

Formats and track listings

European CD single
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (radio edit) – 4:23
#"All Because of You" – 3:30

European CD maxi single
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (radio edit) – 4:23
#"All Because of You" – 3:30
#"You Shook Me All Night Long" (with Anastacia - live from VH1 Divas) – 3:51
#"Blue Christmas" – 3:50
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (video - live from the CBS TV special) – 4:43

UK cassette maxi single
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (radio edit) – 4:23
#"Blue Christmas" – 3:50
#"All the Way" (with Frank Sinatra) – 3:53

UK CD maxi single
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (radio edit) – 4:23
#"Blue Christmas" – 3:50
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (video - live from the CBS TV special) – 4:43

UK CD maxi single
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (album version) – 5:19
#"All the Way" (with Frank Sinatra) – 3:53
#"You Shook Me All Night Long" (with Anastacia - live from VH1 Divas) – 3:51

Official versions

#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (radio edit) – 4:23
#"Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" (album version) – 5:19

Charts

References