What's So Good About Goodbye

"What's So Good About Goodbye"
Single by The Miracles
from the album I'll Try Something New
B-side"I've Been Good To You"
ReleasedDecember 14, 1961
RecordedRCA Victor Studios, Chicago, Illinois October 14, 1961
GenreSoul/pop
Length2:23
LabelTamla
T 54053
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Producer(s)Berry Gordy Jr.
The Miracles singles chronology
"Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues"
(1961)
"What's So Good About Goodbye"
(1961)
"I'll Try Something New"
(1962)

"What's So Good About Goodbye" was a 1961 hit single recorded by R&B group The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label, later included on their 1962 album I'll Try Something New. The single was the Miracles’ second Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States during the winter of 1962, and a Top 20 R&B hit as well, peaking at number 16 on Billboard's R&B singles chart.