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{{Short description|1984 single by Julian Lennon}}
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'''"Too Late For Goodbyes"''' is the second single from [[Julian Lennon]]'s [[1984 in music|1984]] album ''[[Valotte]]''. It featured the harmonica of [[Toots Thielemans|Jean "Toots" Thielemans]], and it was a top-ten hit in the US and the UK, reaching number five on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart in late March [[1985 in music|1985]], and number six in the [[UK Singles Chart]].
{{Infobox song
| name = Too Late for Goodbyes
| cover = Single Julian Lennon Too Late For Goodbyes cover.jpg
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [[Julian Lennon]]
| album = [[Valotte]]
| B-side = {{ubl|"Well I Don't Know" (UK 7")|"Let Me Be" (US 7")|"Big Mama", "Well I Don't Know" (UK 12")}}
| released = {{Start date|1984|9|24|df=y}} (UK)<br/>January 1985 (US)
| recorded = February{{snd}}August 1984
| studio = [[BearTracks Studios]] ([[Suffern, New York]])
| genre = [[New wave music|New wave]]
| length = 3:30
| label = [[Charisma Records|Charisma]] (UK)<br/>[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (US)
| writer = [[Julian Lennon]]
| producer = [[Phil Ramone]]
| next_title = [[Valotte (song)|Valotte]]
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|aQs1Ynq0rlk|"Too Late for Goodbyes}}}}
}}
"'''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 [[Toots Thielemans|Jean "Toots" Thielemans]], and it was a top-10 hit, reaching No. 6 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in November 1984,<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ Julian Lennon's UK chart positions] ''Chart Stats.'' Retrieved 9 July 2010.</ref> and No. 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart in late March 1985.<ref name="billboard">"[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=julian lennon|chart=all}} Billboard chart history for Too Late for Goodbyes]" ''Billboard.com.'' Retrieved 9 July 2010.</ref> B-side "Big Mama" has been described by Lennon as "semi-[[hard rock]]".<ref name=hjBig>{{cite web|last=Burianek |first=CJ |url=http://heyjules.com/lyrics/bigmamma.html |title=Valotte: Big Mama |publisher=Heyjules.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901200851/http://heyjules.com/lyrics/bigmamma.html |accessdate=15 June 2013|archive-date=1 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name=RadioToo>{{cite AV media |people=Harvey, Phil (Host); Lennon, Julian (Star) |date=23–28 May 1985 |title=Too Late For Goodbyes The Julian Lennon Radio Special |medium=Radio |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110111301/http://heyjules.com/valotte/radio/1985may23toolate.html |accessdate=15 June 2013 |publisher=Radio International }}</ref>

''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' said that "a galloping [[reggae]] [[backbeat]] and some exquisite [[Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section|Muscle Shoals]] guitar work back up Lennon’s spare lyric phrasing and lend the song a strong ride."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-01-19.pdf|date=19 January 1985|accessdate=2022-07-26|page=8}}</ref>

"Too Late for Goodbyes" peaked at #1 on 16 March 1985 at the US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart,<ref name="billboard"/> spending two weeks at the top of this chart. The music video for the song was directed by [[Sam Peckinpah]],<ref name=hj84>{{cite web|last=Burianek |first=CJ |url=http://www.heyjules.com/bio/1984.html |title=1984 – The Debut Release Valotte |publisher=Heyjules.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182813/http://www.heyjules.com/bio/1984.html |accessdate=15 June 2013|archive-date=26 October 2018 }}</ref> and produced by [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]].<ref name=EoAC>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of American Cinema|year=2007|publisher=MobileReference.com|location=Boston|isbn=9781605011455|edition=illustrated}}</ref> To date, it is the most successful song of Lennon's career.

==Track listing==
'''UK 7" single ([[Charisma Records|Charisma]] JL1)'''<ref name=hj80>{{cite web|last=Burianek |first=CJ |url=http://www.heyjules.com/discography/80singles.html |title=Julian Lennon Singles from the 80s |publisher=Heyjules.com |accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref>
# "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
# "Well I Don't Know" – 4:35

'''US 7" single ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] 7-89589)'''<ref name=hj80/>
# "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
# "Let Me Be" – 2:12

'''UK 12" single (Charisma JL112)'''<ref name=hj80/>
# "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
# "Big Mama" – 3:16
# "Well I Don't Know" – 4:35

'''US 12" single ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] 0-86899)'''<ref name=hj80/>
# "Too Late for Goodbyes (Extended Special Mix)" – 5:55
# "Too Late for Goodbyes" – 3:30
# "Let Me Be" – 2:12

==Musicians==
* [[Julian Lennon]] – lead vocals and backing vocals, synthesizers, electronic drums and drum machine
* [[Barry Beckett]] – synthesizer
* [[Justin Clayton]] – rhythm guitar
* [[Martin Briley]] – rhythm guitar
* [[Marcus Miller]] – bass
* [[Toots Thielemans]] – harmonica

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1984–1985)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |url=http://Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= 30 March 2012|accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8632& |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1985-05-04 |accessdate=2018-02-18}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Germany
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|{{singlechart|Ireland2|5|song=Too Late for Goodbyes|accessdate=14 January 2018}}
|-
|New Zealand
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|date=1985-02-01 |accessdate=13 January 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|-
|Sweden
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
|[[Swiss Hitparade|Switzerland]] ([[Swiss Hitparade]])
| style="text-align:center;"|30
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] ([[Official Charts]])
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' – {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=138}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19850330.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 30, 1985 |access-date=18 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210205/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19850330.html |archive-date=18 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1984)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|UK Singles (Gallup)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-55.pdf|title=Top 100 Singles 1984|publisher=Music Week|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|77
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1985)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite magazine|title= RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 43 |issue= 16 |date= 28 December 1985 |accessdate= 18 February 2018 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0619&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0619.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0619}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|-

|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1985.htm Musicoutfitters.com]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|77
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1985YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1985 |access-date=18 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712115455/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1985YESP.html |archive-date=12 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|relyear=1984|certyear=1985|region=Canada|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesawards.com/images/0066.jpg|title=Gold Record|publisher=Beatles Awards|accessdate=12 September 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1985]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQs1Ynq0rlk | title=Too Late for Goodbyes – Original Music Video – directed by Sam Peckinpah| date=14 July 2011| via=[[YouTube]]}}
* {{discogs master|type=single|151207}}

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"Too Late for Goodbyes" peaked at number one on the US [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]] chart in 1985, spending two weeks at the top of this chart. With this single, Lennon accomplished something that his father (ex-[[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[John Lennon]]) never did, but all three of the other ex-Beatles ([[Paul McCartney]], [[Ringo Starr]] and [[George Harrison]]) had done; namely, have at least one song top the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.
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Latest revision as of 23:57, 3 November 2024

"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)
Songwriter(s)Julian Lennon
Producer(s)Phil 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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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.
  3. ^ Burianek, CJ. "Valotte: Big Mama". Heyjules.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  4. ^ Harvey, Phil (Host); Lennon, Julian (Star) (23–28 May 1985). Too Late For Goodbyes The Julian Lennon Radio Special (Radio). Radio International. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 January 1985. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ Burianek, CJ. "1984 – The Debut Release Valotte". Heyjules.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  7. ^ Encyclopedia of American Cinema (illustrated ed.). Boston: MobileReference.com. 2007. ISBN 9781605011455.
  8. ^ a b c d Burianek, CJ. "Julian Lennon Singles from the 80s". Heyjules.com. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". 30 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 4 May 1985. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Too Late for Goodbyes". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  12. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". 1 February 1985. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  13. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 138.
  15. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 30, 1985". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1984" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  17. ^ "RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985". RPM. Vol. 43, no. 16. 28 December 1985. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  18. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  19. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1985". Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Gold Record". Beatles Awards. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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