A Bad Goodbye

"A Bad Goodbye"
Single by Clint Black with Wynonna Judd
from the album No Time to Kill
B-side	"The Hard Way"
Released	May 3, 1993
Genre	Country
Length	3:39
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Clint Black
Producer(s)	Clint Black and James Stroud
Clint Black singles chronology
"When My Ship Comes In" (1993) "A Bad Goodbye" (1993) "No Time to Kill" (1993)
Wynonna singles chronology
"Tell Me Why" (1993) "A Bad Goodbye" (1993) "Only Love" (1993)

"A Bad Goodbye" is a song written by American country music artist Clint Black, and recorded by him as a duet with fellow country music artist Wynonna Judd. The song was recorded after the two toured together during their "Black and Wy" tour in 1993. It was released in May 1993 as the first single from Black's album No Time to Kill. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, behind "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson.^[1] In addition, it was Black's first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 43 there.^[2]

The song was also nominated for Vocal Event of the Year at the 1993 Academy of Country Music awards.^[3]