Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye
| "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by George Strait | ||||
| from the album Beyond the Blue Neon | ||||
| B-side | "Bigger Man Than Me" | |||
| Released | December 26, 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | October 13, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | MCA 53486 | |||
| Writer(s) | Tony Martin, Troy Martin | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen, George Strait | |||
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"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" is a song written by Tony Martin and Troy Martin, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in December 1988 as the first single from the album Beyond the Blue Neon.
Contents
Content
The narrator is a man who is learning that his woman has left him and probably for good this time. She didn't shed a single tear as she left and he knows she’s perfected goodbye this time.
Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying that the single "is so closely associated with my discovery of George Strait’s music and country music as a whole that I can’t separate the experience enough to give 'Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye' an objective evaluation."[1]
Chart positions
"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[2]
| Chart (1988–1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 71 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 26 |
References
- ↑ CountryUniverse.net Song review
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- ↑ "George Strait – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Strait.
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External links
| Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single April 1, 1989 |
Succeeded by "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" by Keith Whitley |
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- Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
- Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller
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- 1980s country song stubs
