"Say Goodbye" is a song by British pop music group

S Club S Club 7 were a British pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group ...

, 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

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with " Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" in the United Kingdom and Australia; in other territories, it was issued alone.

Music video

The

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showed the group packing up their things into boxes as if they were moving out of the house. While doing this, they look at photographs taken during their performances, photoshoots, as well as other events that they 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 # "Say Goodbye" # " Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (single remix) # "Special Kind of Something" # "Say Goodbye" (video) # Goodbye messages from Rachel, Tina and Bradley (video) * UK CD2 # "Say Goodbye" # "Bittersweet" # "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (video) # Goodbye messages from Jon, Jo and Hannah (video) * UK cassette single # "Say Goodbye" # "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" ( Illicit vocal mix) * European CD single # "Say Goodbye" # "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (radio version)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes. Studios * Engineered and mixed at The Aquarium (London, England) * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England) Personnel *

Cathy Dennis Catherine Roseanne Dennis (born 25 March 1969)Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa; , p. 133 is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She was the vocalist for D Mob, which had the su ...

– writing *

Chris Braide Christopher Braide (born 1973) is an English songwriter, record producer and singer, formerly based in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States. Braide is known for being a pianist. First signed as a solo artist by David A. Stewart in t ...

– writing *

John Themis John Themis is an Australian-born musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his long-term work with Boy George and Culture Club, collaborating on many of their songs and albums since the 1990s. He also worked on ''Taboo'', a music ...

– guitar *

Stephen Lipson Stephen J. Lipson (born 16 March 1954) is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter. As a record producer, he has worked with many artists including Annie Lennox, Propaganda, Act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Will Youn ...

– all other instruments, programming, production *

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman moved ...

– string arrangement, conducting *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

–

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

* Isobel Griffiths Ltd. – orchestra contracting *

James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St B ...

– programming * Heff Moraes – mixing, engineering * Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Say Goodbye Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You S Club 7 songs 19 Recordings singles 2003 singles 2003 songs Number-one singles in Scotland Polydor Records singles Song recordings produced by Stephen Lipson Songs written by Cathy Dennis Songs written by Chris Braide