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Love You Goodbye

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"Love You Goodbye"
Promotional single by One Direction
from the album Made in the A.M.
Released10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Love You Goodbye" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction. The song was released on 10 November 2015, as the third promotional single from their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M..[1]

Background and release

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"Love You Goodbye" was leaked onto the internet on 3 November 2015,[2] before it was officially released on 10 November.[3] Tomlinson described the track as "romance-y but not romance-y" power ballad, and was the song he was most proud of writing.[4]

Composition and lyrics

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"Love You Goodbye" was written by Louis Tomlinson, Julian Bunetta and Jacob Kasher,[5] while production was handled by Liam Payne and Bunetta. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, by Alfred Music Publishing, the track runs at 66 BPM and is in the key of D-flat major.[6] Tomlinson stated that the track was the most personal to him.[5]

"It was one of those moments when the song was starting to come together, you felt a real excitement for it. Just the idea of the song is interesting to me. Everybody has that song after a break-up where you do have to see your ex again, and it’s kind of about that."[7]

The track has been described as a power ballad.[5] Lyrically, the song explores the theme of a heartbreak and is about a relationship coming to an end.[8] Tomlinson told Entertainment Weekly that "Love You Goodbye" is "when you come to the end of a relationship and you always find yourself seeing that person one last time. It's that moment."[4]

Critical reception

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Brennan Carley of Spin stated, "the tune's a bit more on the saccharine end of things, with the gents harmonizing about a relationship running its course — their voice mesh together incredibly well."[9] Noelle DeVoe of Seventeen magazine described the track as "a beautiful tribute to saying goodbye to the person you love one last time."[10]

Chart performance

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"Love You Goodbye" debuted at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.[11] In the United States, the song peaked at number ten on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[12] The song also peaked at number 75 on the Australian Singles Chart.[13] The song reached the top 50 in Austria,[14] Ireland and Italy.[15][16] The song was certified gold in Mexico in October 2020.[17]

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart performance for "Love You Goodbye"
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 75
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 48
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[18] 80
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 45
Italy (FIMI)[16] 35
France (SNEP)[19] 108
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 51
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 71
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 78
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[12] 10

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[17] Gold 30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Brie Hiramine (10 November 2015). "LISTEN: One Direction Drops 'Love You Goodbye' and It's Definitely About Louis Tomlinson and Eleanor Calder". J-14. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ Ella Ceron (3 November 2015). "Someone Leaked a New One Direction Song Because November 13 Can't Come Soon Enough". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ Ella Ceron (10 November 2015). "One Direction's New Love Song Is a Heartbreaking Breakup Track". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Amanda Michelle Steiner (9 November 2015). "One Direction's Louis Tomlinson: Soundtrack of My Life". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Brittany Spanos (10 November 2015). "Hear One Direction Soar on Power Ballad 'Love You Goodbye'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Love You Goodbye by One Direction - Digital Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Alfred Music Publishing. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ David Renshaw (11 November 2015). "One Direction reveal 'most personal' song 'Love You Goodbye' – listen". NME. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ Maggie Malach (10 November 2015). "One Direction's New Song Will Break Your Heart". Bustle. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ Brennan Carley (10 November 2015). "One Direction Just Want to 'Love You Goodbye' With Their New Track". Spin. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  10. ^ Noelle DeVoe (11 November 2015). "Louis Tomlinson Hints That One Direction's New Track "Love You Goodbye" is About Ex Eleanor Calder". Seventeen. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart: 19 November 2015 - 25 November 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  12. ^ a b "One Direction Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (21 November 2015). "ARIA Singles: Adele 'Hello' Stays at No 1 For 4th Week". Noise11. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  14. ^ a b "One Direction – Love You Goodbye" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  15. ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love You Goodbye". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  16. ^ a b "One Direction – Love You Goodbye". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 14 January 2024. Type One Direction in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Love You Goodbye in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  18. ^ "One Direction Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  19. ^ "One Direction – Love You Goodbye" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  20. ^ "One Direction – Love You Goodbye" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  21. ^ "One Direction – Love You Goodbye". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  22. ^ "One Direction: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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