Too Late for Goodbyes

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"Too Late for Goodbyes"
Single by Julian Lennon
from the album Valotte
B-side
  • "Well I Don't Know" (UK 7")
  • "Let Me Be" (US 7")
  • "Big Mama", "Well I Don't Know" (UK 12")
Released24 September 1984 (1984-09-24) (UK)
January 1985 (US)
RecordedFebruary – August 1984
StudioBearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
GenreNew wave
Length3:30
LabelCharisma (UK)
Atlantic (US)
SongwriterJulian Lennon
ProducerPhil Ramone
Julian Lennon singles chronology
"Too Late for Goodbyes"
(1984) 		"Valotte"
(1984)
Music video
"Too Late for Goodbyes on YouTube

"Too Late for Goodbyes" is the first single (second in the US) from Julian Lennon's debut studio album Valotte (1984). It featured the harmonica of Jean "Toots" Thielemans, and it was a top-10 hit, reaching No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1984,[1] and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late March 1985.[2] B-side "Big Mama" has been described by Lennon as "semi-hard rock".[3][4]

Cash Box said that "a galloping reggae backbeat and some exquisite Muscle Shoals guitar work back up Lennon's spare lyric phrasing and lend the song a strong ride."[5]

"Too Late for Goodbyes" peaked at #1 on 16 March 1985 at the US Adult Contemporary chart,[2] spending two weeks at the top of this chart. The music video for the song was directed by Sam Peckinpah,[6] and produced by Martin Lewis.[7] To date, it is the most successful song of Lennon's career.

Track listing

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UK 7" single (Charisma JL1)[8]

  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  2. "Well I Don't Know" – 4:35

US 7" single (Atlantic 7-89589)[8]

  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  2. "Let Me Be" – 2:12

UK 12" single (Charisma JL112)[8]

  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  2. "Big Mama" – 3:16
  3. "Well I Don't Know" – 4:35

US 12" single (Atlantic 0-86899)[8]

  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes (Extended Special Mix)" – 5:55
  2. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  3. "Let Me Be" – 2:12

Musicians

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Video

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The video clip was directed by Sam Peckinpah. The choreography and dance were by Moses Pendleton.

Charts and certifications

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Julian Lennon's UK chart positions Chart Stats. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Billboard chart history for Too Late for Goodbyes" Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
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  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Too Late for Goodbyes". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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