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"Good Bye, So Long" is a song written by Ike Turner. It was originally released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner in 1965.

"Good Bye, So Long"
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album The Soul of Ike & Tina
B-side	"Hurt Is All You Gave Me"
Released	May 1965
Genre	R&B, pop
Length	2:17
Label	Modern
Songwriter(s)	Ike Turner
Producer(s)	Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Somebody Needs You" (1965) "Good Bye, So Long" (1965) "I Don't Need" (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard	[1]
Cash Box	B[2]

Release

"Good Bye, So Long" was released as a single on Modern Records in May 1965. It reached No. 31 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and No. 108 on Bubbling Under The Hot 100.[3][4] Tina Turner promoted the record on Shindig! in August 1965.[5] The B-side "Hurt Is All You Gave Me" received a 4 star rating from Billboard.[1] Both songs appeared on the compilation album The Soul of Ike & Tina, released on Kent Record in 1966. After the success of "River Deep – Mountain High" overseas, Stateside Records licensed the record and released it as a single in the UK.[6]

A different version of "Good Bye, So Long" later appeared on Ike & Tina Turner's 1970 album Workin' Together. They performed a live version of the song in the 1971 film Taking Off. That year, it was released as a single on BYG Records in France with "It's Crazy Baby" as the B-side track.

Critical reception

Cash Box (May 22, 1965): "This hard driving rock-R&B number could burn up the charts. Ike and Tina Turner, no strangers to hitsville are already making noise with this one."[2]

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Billboard R&B Singles[3]	32
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[4]	107
US Cash Box Looking Ahead[7]	120
US Cash Box Top 50 R&B[8]	31

Cover versions

• Rock group the Inmates recorded a rendition for their 1989 album Fast forward[9]
• Singer-songwriter Chuck E. Weiss released a version on his 2006 album 23rd and Stout[9]

References

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