"I Love You Goodbye" is the first track on the fourth Thomas Dolby album Astronauts & Heretics. It was the second of three singles to be released from the album and reached number 36 in the UK singles chart in July 1992.[1]
| "I Love You Goodbye" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Thomas Dolby | ||||
| from the album Astronauts & Heretics | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Cajun Techno, New wave | |||
| Length | 4:32 (7" edit) | |||
| Label | Giant | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Thomas Dolby | |||
| Thomas Dolby singles chronology | ||||
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Content
editDone in the style of a "Cajun Techno",[2] the song was explained by Dolby on his live album Forty: Live Limited Edition to be a semi-autobiographical narrative based on his experience of a road trip near New Orleans.[3] In the song, the narrator decides to go bowling on a Friday morning, he and a friend drive toward the Everglades[4] in a stolen Datsun ; they are arrested after crashing the car in a rainstorm, but the county sheriff offers to let them go in exchange for a bribe as long as they get rid of the car in the Gulf of Mexico.
Track listings
edit- 7" (VS 1417)
- I Love You Goodbye (Edited Version)
- Eastern Bloc (Edited Version)
- CD 1 (VSCDG 1417)
- I Love You Goodbye (Edited Version)
- Eastern Bloc (Edited Version)
- I Love You Goodbye (Version)
- Eastern Bloc (Version)
- CD 2 (VSCDT 1417)
- I Love You Goodbye
- Windpower
- Europa and the Pirate Twins
- Eastern Bloc (Edited Version)
References
edit- ^ "i love you goodbye | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Editing I Love You Goodbye (section) - Wikipedia". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Voodoo: Thomas Dolby and Life after Science". My Spilt Milk. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Interview: Thomas Dolby : Illinois Entertainer". illinoisentertainer.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.