Say Goodbye to Hollywood

"Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
Cover art for the 1976 single
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Turnstiles
B-side	"Stop In Nevada"
Released	November 1976 (UK)[1]
Recorded	1976 at Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NY
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:38 (Album version) 3:53 (Single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Billy Joel
Billy Joel singles chronology
"The Entertainer" (1974) "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (1976) "James" (1976)

"Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
Cover art for the 1981 single
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Songs in the Attic
B-side	"Summer, Highland Falls"
Released	1981
Recorded	June 1980 at Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:25
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"Sometimes a Fantasy" (1980) "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (1981) "She's Got a Way (Live)" (1981)

"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel, first released in 1976 on his album Turnstiles as its opening track. It was originally released in the United States as the B-side to "I've Loved These Days" before being released as A-side in various countries like the UK, Germany and Australia in November 1976, with "Stop in Nevada" as the B-side.^[2] However, the song achieved greater recognition in 1981 when a live version from Songs in the Attic was released as a US single, with the live version of "Summer, Highland Falls" as a B-side. Joel wrote the song after moving back to New York City in 1975; he had previously relocated to Los Angeles in 1972 in an attempt to get out of an onerous record deal. The man who represents this song on the Turnstiles album is the man wearing sunglasses and holding a suitcase.