Goodbye to Love

For the Marcels song, see The Marcels.
"Goodbye to Love"
Original US single cover
Single by Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
B-side"Crystal Lullaby"
ReleasedJune 19, 1972 (1972-06-19)
Recorded1972
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:58
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jack Daugherty
Carpenters singles chronology
"It's Going to Take Some Time"
(1972) 		"Goodbye to Love"
(1972) 		"Sing"
(1973)
A Song for You track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "A Song for You"
  2. "Top of the World"
  3. "Hurting Each Other"
  4. "It's Going to Take Some Time"
  5. "Goodbye to Love"
  6. "Intermission"
Side two
  1. "Bless the Beasts and Children"
  2. "Flat Baroque"
  3. "Piano Picker"
  4. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
  5. "Crystal Lullaby"
  6. "Road Ode"
  7. "A Song for You (Reprise)"
Official audio
"Goodbye To Love" on YouTube

"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo. "Goodbye to Love" was the first Carpenters hit written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis.

  1. ^ Simpson, Kim (2011). "Pillow Talk: MOR, Soft Rock, and the "Feminization" of Hit Radio". Early 70s Radio: The American Format Revolution. Continuum. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-44112-9-680.