| "Goodbye to You" | ||||
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| Single by Michelle Branch | ||||
| from the album The Spirit Room | ||||
| Released | August 20, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:11 (Album Version) 3:52 (Radio Remix) |
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| Label | Maverick | |||
| Writer(s) | Michelle Branch | |||
| Producer | John Shanks | |||
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"Goodbye to You" is a song by Michelle Branch, and was the third and the final single from her second album, The Spirit Room (2001). It reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
For the radio and commercial release of the single, Branch re-recorded vocals, and wrote a new instrumental arrangement for single release. The "radio edit" was more up-tempo, verse the "album version" which is more the style of a ballad.
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The music video depicts Branch at a beach in her car, driving away from her troubles, and singing towards the ocean. The video's story is set in reverse and Branch has said that the format is supposed to be similar to the movie Memento. The video was directed by Francis Lawrence. The remixed version of Goodbye to You is known as the "Radio Remix".
Branch performed the song at the fictional club The Bronze in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the sixth season episode "Tabula Rasa", and the song used in the last promos of the show, near its definitive finale.
Branch also performed the song at the fictional club P3 in the television series Charmed.
The song was used in a 2004 episode of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.
In 2009 the song was used as a final dance song for the couples eliminated from America's version of Dancing with the Stars.
On the series finale of The Hills, the song was featured in a montage showcasing the turbulant romance of Justin Bobby and Audrina Patridge.
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 2002 | Netherlands Singles Chart | 79[1] |
| Indonesian Singles Chart | 5 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 32[2] | |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 21 | |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40[3] | 11 |
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