"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" is a song by Leonard Cohen.[1] It was first released in November 1967, in a version by Judy Collins on her album Wildflowers. The following month, Cohen's own version was issued on his debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen.
| "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Leonard Cohen | |
| from the album Songs of Leonard Cohen | |
| Published | 1967 |
| Genre | Contemporary folk |
| Songwriter(s) | Leonard Cohen |
| Producer(s) | John Simon |
Cohen wrote the song when staying at the Penn Terminal Hotel on 34th Street in New York City in 1966. He wrote:
The room is too hot. I can't open the windows. I am in the midst of a bitter quarrel with a blonde woman. The song is half-written in pencil but it protects us as we manoeuvre, each of us, for unconditional victory. I am in the wrong room. I am with the wrong woman.[2]
Feist, Ariel Engle and Daniela Gesundheit performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gilliland, John. (1968). "Pop Chronicles Interviews #141 - Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye", Leonard Cohen: Prologues Archived 2018-09-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2016
- ^ "Watch Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen on Wednesday, January 3 on CBC". CBC Arts, December 29, 2017.