Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

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"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

"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.

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

^ 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.

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Discography Awards
Studio albums	Songs of Leonard Cohen Songs from a Room Songs of Love and Hate New Skin for the Old Ceremony Death of a Ladies' Man Recent Songs Various Positions I'm Your Man The Future Ten New Songs Dear Heather Old Ideas Popular Problems You Want It Darker Thanks for the Dance
Live albums	Live Songs Cohen Live Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 Live in London Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Songs from the Road Live in Dublin Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
Compilations	The Best of Leonard Cohen So Long, Marianne More Best of Leonard Cohen The Essential Leonard Cohen
Tribute albums	Famous Blue Raincoat I'm Your Fan Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy The Songs of Leonard Cohen Covered
Concert tours	Leonard Cohen Tour 2008–2010 Old Ideas World Tour
Songs	"Ain't No Cure for Love" "Avalanche" "Bird on the Wire" "Dance Me to the End of Love" "Everybody Knows" "Famous Blue Raincoat" "First We Take Manhattan" "The Gypsy's Wife" "Hallelujah" "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" "I'm Your Man" "In My Secret Life" "Joan of Arc" "The Partisan" "So Long, Marianne" "Suzanne" "Take This Waltz" "Tower of Song" "Who by Fire" "You Want It Darker"
Books	Let Us Compare Mythologies The Spice-Box of Earth The Favourite Game Flowers for Hitler Beautiful Losers Selected Poems 1956–1968 Book of Mercy Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs Book of Longing The Flame A Ballet of Lepers
Film and television	Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen Angel Beware of a Holy Whore Bird on a Wire I Am a Hotel Night Magic Looking for Leonard Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song So Long, Marianne
Collaborators	Bob Johnston Marianne Ihlen Sharon Robinson Jennifer Warnes Perla Batalla Julie Christensen Anjani: Blue Alert Alan Light: The Holy or the Broken
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