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"Say Goodbye" was the lead single from Australian pub rockers, Hunters & Collectors' fourth studio album, ''Human Frailty''. It was released ahead of the album on 17 February 1986 in both 7" and 12" formats. It peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 20 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. "Say Goodbye" was co-written by band members John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, and Michael Waters. == Background == Australian pub rockers Hunters & Collectors released "Say Goodbye" on 17 February 1986 ahead of their fourth studio album,〔〔 ''Human Frailty'' which appeared in April.〔〔 The track was co-written by band members John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums, Jack Howard on trumpet, Robert Miles on live sound, Mark Seymour on lead vocals and guitar, Jeremy Smith on French horn, and Michael Waters on keyboards and trombone.〔〔〔 Seymour explained writing the lyrics: "Say Goodbye" was released in both 7" and 12" formats on White Label/Mushroom Records and, as with the album, was co-produced by Gavin MacKillop with the band.〔 Each version had its own front cover art (see infobox), while the back cover art includes variations of their logo, a H & C symbol, where the "&" is stylised with twin snakes entwined around a hunting knife, a variation of a caduceus. The single peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 20 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.〔〔 The B-side, "Follow Me", was a re-recorded version of an earlier B-side, "Follow Me No More", which had appeared on "Carry Me" a United Kingdom-only single from 1984.〔 "Follow Me No More" had been co-written by Archer, Falconer, Howard, Miles, Seymour, and Waters with then-keyboardist, Geoff Crosby.〔〔〔 "Say Goodbye" appeared at No. 97 on the first Hottest 100 list for national youth radio broadcaster, Triple J, in 1989.〔 "Say Goodbye" and ""Is There Anybody in There?" were both featured on the soundtrack to the 1987 science fiction film, ''The Hidden'', directed by Jack Sholder and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri and Claudia Christian. It was also included on the 2007 TV movie, ''Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback'', based on the real life disappearance of Peter Falconio. In 2013 a cover version of "Say Goodbye" by The Living End appeared on the tribute album, ''Crucible – The Songs of Hunters & Collectors''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Say Goodbye (Hunters & Collectors song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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