Goodbye Girl (David Gates song)

This article is about the David Gates single. For the Squeeze song, see Goodbye Girl (Squeeze song).
"Goodbye Girl"
Single by David Gates
from the album Goodbye Girl
B-side"Sunday Rider"
ReleasedDecember 1977
GenreSoft rock
Length2:45
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
David Gates singles chronology
"Never Let Her Go"
(1975) 		"Goodbye Girl"
(1977) 		"Took the Last Train"
(1978)

"Goodbye Girl" is a song by David Gates, lead singer of Bread, which was released as a single in December 1977 following the premiere of the hit film of the same name. As the theme song to the film, the song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the biggest hit of Gates' solo career.[1] It also reached number three on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] The song is from Gates' third solo album of the same name, released the following year.

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 94.