| "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 | |||
| Recorded | October 13, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Neotraditional country[1] | |||
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| Label | MCA 53486 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Martin, Troy Martin | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen, George Strait | |||
| George Strait singles chronology | ||||
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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.
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."[2]
Chart positions
"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[3]
| Chart (1988–1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks[5] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] | 71 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 26 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ Weiner, Natalie (May 18, 2022). "Best George Strait Songs: 20 Country Anthems". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ CountryUniverse.net Song review
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
- ↑ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. April 3, 1989.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ "American single certifications – George Strait – Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 10, 2022.