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Too Late for Goodbyes

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Format
  
7" vinyl, 12" vinyl

Genre
  
New wave

Recorded
  
February – August 1984

Length
  
3:30

B-side
  
"Well I Don't Know" (UK 7") "Let Me Be" (US 7") "Big Mama", "Well I Don't Know" (UK 12")

Released
  
24 September 1984 (UK) January 1985 (US)

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

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"Too Late for Goodbyes" peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1985, spending two weeks at the top of this chart. The music video for the song was directed by Sam Peckinpah, and produced by Martin Lewis. To date, it is the most successful song of Lennon's singing career.

Track listing

UK 7" single (Charisma JL1)
  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  2. "Well I Don't Know" – 4:35
US 7" single (Atlantic 7-89589)
  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  2. "Let Me Be" – 2:12
UK 12" single (Charisma JL112)
  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)
  1. "Too Late for Goodbyes (Extended Special Mix)" – 5:55
  2. "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
  3. "Let Me Be" – 2:12
  • The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V on the in-game radio station, Los Santos Rock Radio.

    • References

    Too Late for Goodbyes Wikipedia
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