"Goodbye" is a song by English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band The Coral

The Coral

The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...

 taken from their debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 The Coral

The Coral (album)

-Personnel:The Coral* James Skelly – vocals, guitar, co-producer* Lee Southall – guitar, co-producer* Bill Ryder-Jones – guitar, trumpet, co-producer* Paul Duffy – bass guitar, saxophone, co-producer* Nick Power – keyboards, co-producer...

(2002). Released in July 2002, it was the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 taken from the album and charted at #21.

Music video

The music video was directed by Laurence Easeman. The video was inspired by the Wickerman, filmed in Greenfield, Holywell just outside Flint, Wales.

Track listing

Personnel

The Coral

• James Skelly – vocals, guitar, co-producer
• Lee Southall – guitar, co-producer
• Bill Ryder-Jones
  Bill Ryder-Jones
  Bill Ryder-Jones is an English musician and film score composer from West Kirby, Merseyside. He was originally the lead guitarist with The Coral from 1996 until 2008 before leaving the band to pursue a solo career...
  
   – guitar, trumpet, co-producer
• Paul Duffy – bass guitar, saxophone, co-producer
• Nick Power – keyboards, co-producer
• Ian Skelly – drums, co-producer, artwork

Production

• Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie is a British singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from Liverpool, England. After emerging from the post punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to form the short-lived groups Original Mirrors and Care in the early 1980s as well...
  
  – producer
• Jon Gray – engineer
• Kenny Patterson – assistant engineer

Other personnel

• Laurence Easeman – video director

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
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