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| "Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye)" | ||||
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| Single byThe Four Seasons | ||||
| from the album The Four Seasons Entertain You | ||||
| B-side | "Searching Wind (from the albumBorn To Wander)" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | Philips Records | |||
| Songwriters | Bob Gaudio,Bob Crewe | |||
| Producer | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasons singles chronology | ||||
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"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)" is apopular song written byBob Crewe andBob Gaudio (a member ofThe Four Seasons). The Four Seasons' version of the song made it to No. 1 in Canada[1] and No. 12 on the USBillboard Hot 100 in 1965.[2] On the original issue of the single, the title was "Bye Bye Baby".[citation needed] However, on the album,The 4 Seasons Entertain You, and on later issues of the song, the name was changed to the longer, more familiar one. The song is about saying goodbye, not because the person is unloved but rather because the relationship is adulterous ("there's a wedding ring on my finger").[citation needed]
Cash Box described it as "a heartfelt rhythmic stomp’er that again features the attention-getting falsetto sound ofFrankie Valli and a top teenCalello arrangement."[3]
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| CanadaRPM Top Singles[4] | 1 |
| U.S.BillboardHot 100[5] | 12 |
| U.S.Cash Box Top 100[6] | 10 |
A version by British groupThe Symbols reached No. 44 in theUK Singles Chart in 1967.[7]
A Japanese version byHiromi Go was released in December 1975 in Japan and charted at No.9 in the Oricon charts, in the exact same backing sound style and step as the Rollers' version, including an eight-bar guitar solo, distributed byCBS/Sony, which appears in his second compilation albumGo Hiromi no Subete.
| "Bye Bye Baby" | ||||
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 Cover of German single | ||||
| Single byBay City Rollers | ||||
| from the albumOnce Upon a Star | ||||
| B-side | "It's for You" | |||
| Released | February 28, 1975 (1975-02-28) | |||
| Genre | Pop[8] | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
| Bay City Rollers singles chronology | ||||
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| "Bye Bye Baby" (TopPop, 1975) onYouTube | ||||
A cover of the song by the Scottishboy bandBay City Rollers was released in the UK on February 28, 1975[9] as the only single from the group's second studio albumOnce Upon a Star.
It reached number one in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and was also a hit in several other music markets across the world. It was number one on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from March 1975[10] and ended the year as the UK's top-selling single of 1975.[11] The Four Seasons' version is quite sparse in instrumental backing, instead carried by the vocals, while the Bay City Rollers' is faster and has a fuller backing sound. Played a whole step lower, it includes an eight-bar guitar solo, supposedly byEric Faulkner but probably a session musician, which is not present in the original.[citation needed]
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] | 1 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] | 13 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] | 15 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[15] | 38 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[16] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] | 11 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] | 32 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[19] | 7 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[20] | 6 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[21] | 1 |
| U.S.Record World[22] | 106 |
| West Germany (GfK)[23] | 10 |
| Chart (1975) | Rank |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[24][25] | 12 |
| UK (British Market Research Bureau)[11] | 1 |
| Chart (1921) | Rank |
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| UK Singles Sales (OCC)[26] | 72 |
| UK Download Singles (OCC)[26] | 70 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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