Goodbye to Love

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"Goodbye to Love" is a 1972 soft rock ballad by the Carpenters, noted for its melancholic lyrics and pioneering use of a fuzz guitar solo in a pop ballad.

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Goodbye to Love canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album A Song for You ⓘ
artist Carpenters ⓘ
linked to: The Carpenters
composer Richard Carpenter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
drummer Karen Carpenter ⓘ
genre pop ballad ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasGuitarStyle distorted fuzz guitar solo ⓘ
hasHarmonyStyle overdubbed vocal harmonies ⓘ
hasInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
orchestral strings ⓘ
hasLeadVocal Karen Carpenter ⓘ
hasMood melancholic ⓘ
wistful ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature fuzz guitar solo ⓘ
multi-track vocal harmonies ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ
hasStyle Carpenters signature ballad style ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 20th century popular music ⓘ
hasTitle Goodbye to Love ⓘ
hasVocalStyle smooth contralto lead vocal ⓘ
isInCatalogOf Carpenters discography ⓘ
keyboardist Richard Carpenter ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme loneliness ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
resignation ⓘ
lyricist John Bettis ⓘ
notableFor melancholic lyrics ⓘ
pioneering use of fuzz guitar solo in a pop ballad ⓘ
partOf A Song for You ⓘ
performer Carpenters ⓘ
linked to: The Carpenters
producer Jack Daugherty ⓘ
recordingArtist A&M Records ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseDecade 1970s ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
vocalist Karen Carpenter ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Carpenters → notableWork → Goodbye to Love ⓘ
John Bettis → notableWork → Goodbye to Love ⓘ
The Singles 1969–1973 → hasPart → Goodbye to Love ⓘ
Richard Carpenter → notableWork → Goodbye to Love ⓘ
Goodbye to Love → hasTitle → Goodbye to Love ⓘ