Goodbye (Spice Girls song)

"Goodbye" is a song by the Spice Girls' from their third studio album, Forever. It was released on December 8, 1998 by Virgin Records as a Christmas single, along with a previously unreleased song. The song was written by the Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, and Matt Rowe, and it's the group first song without the vocals of Geri Halliwell. Originally written as a tribute to the people who died in the Dunblane Massacre, the song was re-written and all contributions from Geri Halliwell removed after her departure from the group.

Release

"Goodbye" was released in a two-CD format (standed single and a maxi single). The typical track listing internationally followed the UK track listing. In the U.S. the single was released as an EP and contained only the B-side, "Christmas Wrapping", and live versions of "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" and "We Are Family", which were recorded at their final concert at Wembley Stadium in September 1998. The U.S. single also included a set of four stickers of the girls, portraying them as fairies, similar to how they looked in the music video of Viva Forever. It was later included on the girls' third studio album, Forever.

Reception

A review of Sputnikmusic considered the song "very tasteful and emotionally sweeping," while Tania Kraines from BBC Music UK said "the heartbroken post-Geri 'Goodbye' provided the girls with their last really good...
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