When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love

"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love"
Single by Steps
from the album Steptacular & Buzz
Released	July 3, 2000 (UK)
Format	CD Single, cassette
Recorded	1999 and 2000
Genre	Eurodance latin pop
Length	3:32 / 3:52
Label	Jive Records
Songwriter(s)	Topham & Twigg
Producer(s)	Topham, Twigg, Waterman
Steps singles chronology
"Deeper Shade of Blue" (2000) "When I Said Goodbye" / "Summer of Love" (2000) "Stomp" (2000)
"Deeper Shade of Blue" (2000) "When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" (2000) "Stomp" (2000)

"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" is a double A-side single, the tenth single released by Steps. "When I Said Goodbye" is a ballad taken from the album Steptacular, while "Summer of Love" was a previously unavailable track. The latter is a Latino-flavoured uptempo pop song, which later appeared on their third album Buzz. It features various lyrics in Spanish which include: Disfruta la vida (Enjoy life) and Pienso que te quiero (I think that I love you).

When I Said Goodbye features Claire and H on lead vocals. It was re-recorded with an orchestra for the single release. Summer of Love features Claire, Faye, Lisa and H on lead vocals.

Music videos

The video for "When I Said Goodbye" was a black-and-white video shot in Rome, Italy. It featured shots of the members singing solemnly. In contrast, the video for the Latin-flavoured "Summer Of Love" featured brightly coloured clothes and energetic dancing. It portrayed Steps and their dancers as "good steps" (very colourful and dressed innocently) and "bad steps" (dressed in leather, with black makeup, somewhat raunchy looking) in the end good steps chased bad steps away with their amazing dancing.

Personnel

(When I Said Goodbye)

• Claire Richards – lead vocals
• Ian "H" Watkins – lead vocals
• Lee Latchford-Evans – backing vocals
• Lisa Scott-Lee – backing vocals
• Faye Tozer – backing vocals

(Summer of Love)

• Claire Richards – lead and backing vocals
• Lisa Scott-Lee – lead and backing vocals
• Faye Tozer – lead and backing vocals
• Ian "H" Watkins – lead and backing vocals
• Lee Latchford-Evans – backing vocals

Track listings

CD

1. "When I Said Goodbye" – 3:32
2. "Summer of Love" – 3:52
3. "Summer of Love" (W.I.P. Remix) – 6:38

Cassette

1. "When I Said Goodbye" – 3:32
2. "Summer of Love" – 3:52

Remixes

1. "Summer of Love" (D-Bop's Tequila Slammer Dub)
2. "Summer of Love" (D-Bop's Tequila Sunrise Vocal)
3. "Summer of Love" (Tour Mix)
4. "Summer of Love" (TV edit)

Chart performance

"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" peaked at #5 and spent eleven weeks in the Official UK Top 75 Singles chart, two of which were spent in the top ten. It is their earliest single release (and one of only four in the band's original run) not to have reached at least a Silver certification.

Chart positions

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics