Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song)

Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song)

Reception

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==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' praised Hopkin's "fine vocal work" and McCartney's "exceptional" [[Producer (music)|production]].{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-02-20|date=5 April 1969|page=72|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-04-05.pdf}} ''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as a "melodic lilter with a [[tap dance]] track and some powerful instrumental work."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=5 April 1969|page=22|accessdate=2021-12-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-04-05.pdf|newspaper=Cashbox}} ''[[Record World]]'' called it "a charming Lennon-McCartney tune...about a girl with a wanderlust."{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=April 6, 1969|page=1|accessdate=2023-05-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/69/RW-1969-04-06.pdf}} [[Allmusic]] critic [[Richie Unterberger]] described "Goodbye" as a "pleasant and catchy romp, rather like a Continental European folk love ballad in tone, with a dash of music hall."{{cite web|title=Goodbye|author=Unterberger, R.|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/goodbye-mt0039580387|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2014-07-26}}
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' praised Hopkin's "fine vocal work" and McCartney's "exceptional" [[Producer (music)|production]].{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-02-20|date=5 April 1969|page=72|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-04-05.pdf}} ''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as a "melodic lilter with a [[tap dance]] track and some powerful instrumental work."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=5 April 1969|page=22|accessdate=2021-12-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-04-05.pdf|newspaper=Cashbox}} ''[[Record World]]'' called it "a charming Lennon–McCartney tune{{nbs}}... about a girl with a wanderlust."{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=April 6, 1969|page=1|accessdate=2023-05-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/69/RW-1969-04-06.pdf}} [[Allmusic]] critic [[Richie Unterberger]] described "Goodbye" as a "pleasant and catchy romp, rather like a Continental European folk love ballad in tone, with a dash of music hall."{{cite web|title=Goodbye|author=Unterberger, R.|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/goodbye-mt0039580387|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2014-07-26}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==