What's So Good About Goodbye
- What's So Good About Goodbye
Infobox Single
Name = What's So Good About Goodbye
Artist = The Miracles
from Album = I'll Try Something New
B-side = "I've Been Good To You"
Released = December 14 1961
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A): October 14 1961
Format = 7" single
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:23
Label = Tamla
T 54053
Writer = Smokey Robinson
Producer = Berry Gordy, Jr.
Last single = "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues"
(1961)
This single = "What's So Good About Goodbye"
(1961)
Next single = "I'll Try Something New"
(1962)
"What's So Good About Goodbye" was a 1961 single recorded by R&B group The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label, later included on their 1962 album "I'll Try Something New." The single was a Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States during the winter of 1962, and a Top 20 R&B hit as well, peaking at number 16 on "Billboard's" R&B singles chart.
Written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, "What's So Good About Goodbye" explores a relationship on the verge of breakup. This song ,in particular Miracles member Marv Tarplin's guitar licks,proved a major influence on The Beatles, and inspired their song "Ask Me Why". Its B-side, "I've Been Good To You",was also a hit, charting at number 103 in the U.S. It too,was an influence on The Beatles .Beatles member John Lennon named "I've Been Good To You" as his favorite Miracles song. Fact|date=March 2008 Both songs were performed on the group's first live album, "The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage". "What's So Good About Goodbye" was later covered by The Temptations and Canadian group Giant Sunflower.
Credits-The Miracles
*Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
*Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers.
*Guitar by Marv Tarplin
Other Credits
*Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
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