Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (song)

"Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie"
Single by Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
from the album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags
Released	August 1988
Recorded	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre	Alternative rock, new wave
Length	3:26
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Derek Kelly, Martin Metcalfe
Producer(s)	Kevin Moloney Engineered by Terry Adams Add. production & mix by Mack
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie singles chronology
"Face to Face" (1987) "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" (1988) "Open Your Arms" (1988)

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie is a 1988 single by Scottish alternative rock group Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. It was their debut major label single, recorded for EMI's Capitol Records, following a string of well-received independent releases. Supported by the band performing the single live on national music show The Tube, "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" was the band's first single to reach the Top 75 of the UK Singles chart, when it peaked at #62 on its third week of release.^[1] The music video was directed by John Scarlett-Davis and produced by Nick Verden for Radar Films.

"Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" later featured on the band's debut album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags which was released the following year. In 1991, after Goodbye Mr Mackenzie had signed to Gary Kurfirst's Radioactive Records, "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" was remixed and featured on their debut international album release, also titled Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.