Goodbye to Love
| "Goodbye to Love" | ||||
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Original US single cover | ||||
| Single by Carpenters | ||||
| from the album A Song for You | ||||
| B-side | "Crystal Lullaby" | |||
| Released | June 19, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Studio | A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jack Daugherty | |||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Goodbye To Love" on YouTube | ||||
"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, guest guitarist Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo. "Goodbye to Love" was the first Carpenters hit written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis.