Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie is a 1988 single by Scottish

Scotland

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...

. It was their debut major label single, recorded for EMI

EMI

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's Capitol Records

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, following a string of well-received independent releases. Supported by the band performing the single live on national music show The Tube

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, "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" was the band's first single to reach the Top 75 of the UK Singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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, when it peaked at #62 on its third week of release.

"Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" later featured on the band's debut album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It was released in the UK in 1989 and is therefore from the same era as a number of other Scottish bands including Deacon Blue, Hue and Cry and Danny Wilson...

which was released the following year. In 1991, after Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie had signed to Gary Kurfirst

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's Radioactive Records

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, "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" was remixed and featured on their debut international album release, also titled Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.

Track listings

• UK 7" single Capitol Records CL 501

1. "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" - 3:26
2. "Green Turn Red" - 3:52

• UK 12" single Capitol Records 12CL 501
• UK 12" single Capitol Records 12CLG 501 (Gatefold sleeve)

1. "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" - 3:26
2. "Green Turn Red" - 3:52
3. "Stars and Bars" - 3:27

• UK CD single Capitol Records CDCL 501

1. "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" - 3:26
2. "Green Turn Red" - 3:52
3. "Knockin' On Joe" - 6:19 (Nick Cave
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4. "Stars and Bars" - 3:27

Credits

• Artwork By [Sleeve Design Assistant] - Andrew Biscomb
• Artwork By [Sleeve Design] - Peter Barrett
• Bass - Fin*
• Drums - Kelly*
• Engineer [Overdubs] - Terry Adams (tracks: A)
• Guitar - John Duncan*
• Keyboards, Vocals - Rona Scobie , Shirley Manson
  Shirley Manson
  Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and...
  
  
• Photography - Douglas Brothers, The (World Travel)
• Producer - Kevin Moloney (tracks: A) , Terry Adams (tracks: B1, B2)
• Producer [Additional], Mixed By - Mack (2) (tracks: A)
• Vocals - Martin Metcalfe
• Written-By - Mackenzies, The* (tracks: A, B1)

Comprehensive charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie"	UK CIN Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	#62

External links

• Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie website
• "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" music video at YouTube
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• "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" discography