"Good Goodbye" is a promotional single by American

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band

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

, featuring guest vocals from American

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Pusha T Terrence LeVarr Thornton (born May 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Pusha T, is an American rapper, songwriter and record executive. He rose to prominence as one-half of the hip hop duo Clipse, which was mainly active from 1994 to 20 ...

and British rapper

Stormzy Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his ''Wicked Skengman'' series of f ...

. The song is a

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from their seventh studio album, ''

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''. The song was written by Linkin Park members, with Pusha T and Stormzy writing their own verses. The song was released for download on April 13, 2017.

Background

According to

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocali ...

, the song was thought of very early in the process of creating the album. He came up with the hook and the track in a day while working alone with

Jesse Shatkin Jesse Samuel Shatkin (born 1979) is an American songwriter, producer and engineer. He has worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Fitz and the Tantrums and One Direction, among others. Shatkin was nominated in 2014 for Grammy Awards a ...

. Mike originally had two verses on the song and wanted to add an

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drop to the bridge, but it didn't sound good and he thought a third rap verse by him would be too much, so they started thinking about who they could bring in on the track for rap verses.Linkin Park talk about their collab track with Stormzy!
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(who was previously featured on DJ Vice's remix of " I'll Be Gone") and

.Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda: "If you’re expecting ESP guitars, then this album is not for you"
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Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, a ...

, Stormzy had been on the band's radar for quite a while.

Music video

A lyric video for "Good Goodbye" was directed by Rafatoon and released on April 13, 2017, on Linkin Park's official

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chat on April 2, 2017, Mike Shinoda announced Linkin Park was working on a new video for a new song that is "not super silly, but it's still not very serious," commenting that it was a change of pace for the band. It was later revealed that the music video was for the song "Good Goodbye". It has been filmed in

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over a day, and Stormzy, who is featured on the track, flew out to be a part of it. The official music video was later released by the band on YouTube on May 5, 2017. Featuring

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legend and former basketball player

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, the videogame-inspired visual features Chester, who has to score points in a basketball dunk contest to save his life, while having Abdul-Jabbar play as the judge keeping score. The video is intercut with shots of Bennington, Shinoda, Pusha T and Stormzy performing their verses. Commenting on the video to ''

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'' for an episode of the Ballin' Out podcast, Bennington later said, "In keeping with the theme of basketball, the video we shot or 'Good Goodbye'features, in my opinion, the greatest player of all time is the emperor of a dunk contest to the deaths in which I have to go up against round after round of dunking on dudes to save my life. I think we're kind of known for our more serious stuff but this is a fun distraction from being so serious all the time." As of February 2022, the song has 60 million views on

Personnel

;Linkin Park *

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, backing vocals *

Rob Bourdon Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founding member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Early life Bourdon was born in Calabasas, California. He received classical piano le ...

–

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, backing vocals,

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Brad Delson Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

–

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s, backing vocals * Dave "Phoenix" Farrell –

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Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American musician, DJ, director and visual artist best known as the DJ of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's ...

("Mr. Hahn") – samples, backing vocals, programming *

–

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s, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *

– vocals *

– vocals ;Production * Composition –

Brad Delson Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

, Terrance Thornton and Michael Omari * Vocal production – Andrew Bolooki * Additional production – Jesse Shatkin Notes * Signifies a vocal producer * Credits from streaming website.One More Light- Linkin Park–Download and listen to the album
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''. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

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References

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