What's So Good About Goodbye

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“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"
Released	October 14, 1961
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1961
Genre	Soul/pop
Length	2:23
Label	Tamla T 54053
Writer(s)	Smokey Robinson
Producer	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 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 peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States during the winter of 1962, and at number 16 on Billboard's R&B singles chart.

Written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, "What's So Good About Goodbye" explores a relationship on the verge of breakup. Its B-side, "I've Been Good to You", charted at number 103 in the U.S. Beatles member John Lennon named "I've Been Good to You" as his favorite Miracles song.^{[citation needed]} Both songs were both performed on the group's first live album, The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage. "What's So Good About Goodbye" was later covered by The Temptations and Canadian group Giant Sunflower.

[edit] Credits

• Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
• Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers.
• Guitar by Marv Tarplin
• Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers