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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Goodbyes
| type = single
| cover = Post Malone - Goodbyes.png
| alt =
| artist = Post Malone featuring Young Thug
| album = Hollywood's Bleeding
| released =
| recorded =
| genre =
*Pop
*trap
*hip hop
*pop rap
| length =
| label = Republic
| writer = * Austin Post
* Jeffery Williams
* Brian Lee
* Louis Bell
* Billy Walsh
* Val Blavatnik
* Jessie Foutz
| producer = * Brian Lee
* Louis Bell
| chronology = Post Malone
| prev_title = Wow
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Circles
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Goodbyes'" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone, featuring vocals from fellow American rapper and singer Young Thug. It was released as the second single from Post Malone's third studio album, 'Hollywood's Bleeding', via Republic Records on July 5, 2019, one day after Malone's 24th birthday. The song was written by the artists, Billy Walsh, Val Blavatnik, Jessie Foutz, and producers Brian Lee & Louis Bell It became Malone's seventh top 10 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100, as well as his sixth number-one on 'Billboard's' Rhythmic chart. Along with "Sunflower" and "Wow", Malone achieved three consecutive US Rhythmic No. 1s to come from one album ('Hollywood's Bleeding'), and was the first time the feat was achieved after Drake's 'Scorpion' spawned three chart leaders in 2018.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8530415/post-malone-goodbyes-no-1-rhythmic-songs-airplay-chart "Post Malone's 'Goodbyes' Says Hello to No. 1 on Rhythmic Songs Chart"] from 'Billboard' (September 19, 2019)
Composition
The song talks about the end of a relationship, and was called "melodic" by 'Rap-Up', on which Post Malone sings the chorus: "I want you out of my head / I want you out of my bedroom tonight / There's no way I could save you / 'Cause I need to be saved too / I'm no good at goodbyes."
Promotion
Post Malone announced the track and its feature and release date on social media on July 1, 2019, sharing an image styled like a film poster for the song, featuring the tagline "Too Much Pleasure Is Pain", a line from the song. He then revealed the cover art of the song on social media on July 2. He then posted a snippet of the beginning of the video of him being stabbed and killed by the enemy team on July 3. The music video was published on the day of the song's release on July 5 and the lyric video was published three days after on July 8.
Music video
The original "R" rated music video was released alongside the song on July 5, and directed by Colin Tilley. It features Malone playing a gang member who dies after being repeatedly stabbed in graphic fashion by a member of a rival gang, before rising from the dead in a graveyard. Young Thug and actress Kathryn Newton also appear in the video. Due to this, YouTube made the video age-restricted. A "PG" version was released on July 7 which omits the graphic sequence. It has over 218 million views as of March 2021.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Post Malone's Twitter and Tidal.
* Post Malone principal vocalist, songwriting
* Young Thug featured vocalist, songwriting
* Brian Lee production, programming, all instrumentation, songwriting
* Louis Bell production, recording, vocal production, programming, all instrumentation, songwriting
* Billy Walsh songwriting
* Val Blavatnik songwriting
* Jessie Foutz songwriting
* Manny Marroquin mixing
* Chris Galland mixing assistant
* Robin Florent mixing assistant
* Scott Desmarais mixing assistant
* Jeremie Inhaber mixing assistant
* Mike Bozzi mastering
* Travis Brothers design
* Bryan Rivera design
* Collin Fletcher design
* Anton Reva design
Awards and nominations
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
|+Certifications and sales for "Goodbyes" by Post Malone
Release history
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! scope="row"| Various
| July 5, 2019
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| rowspan="6"| Republic
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! scope="row"| United States
| July 9, 2019
| Rhythmic contemporary
| align="center"|
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! scope="row" rowspan="4"| Various
| rowspan="4"| October 1, 2019
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References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Post Malone songs
Category:Young Thug songs
Category:Music videos directed by Colin Tilley
Category:Songs written by Young Thug
Category:Songs written by Post Malone
Category:Songs written by Brian Lee (songwriter)
Category:Songs written by Louis Bell
Category:Song recordings produced by Louis Bell
Category:Republic Records singles
Category:Trap music songs
Category:American pop songs
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