“Kiss and Say Goodbye” – Single by The Manhattans from the album The Manhattans
B-side: “Wonderful World of Love”
Released: March 1976
Label: Columbia Records
Songwriter: Winfred Lovett
Producers: Bobby Martin, Manhattans Production, Inc
Charted No.1 in US and No.4 in UK.
The song was written by Manhattans bass singer Winfred “Blue” Lovett, who also provided the spoken introduction heard in both the full-length LP version and the commercial single (but edited out of the DJ 45).
The song became The Manhattans biggest hit, reaching the top of the charts in the US and staying there for two weeks.
Besides being the only No. 1 pop hit for The Manhattans, “Kiss and Say Goodbye” marked 11 years since the group made their first appearance on the Billboard in 1965, with the song “I Wanna Be (Your Everything)” (No. 68 on the Hot 100). “Kiss and Say Goodbye” ended the decade at No. 83 on the Billboard Top 100 Songs of the 1970s
Chorus:
Many months have passed us by
(I´m gonna miss you)
I´m gonna miss you, I can´t lie
(I´m gonna miss you)
I´ve got ties, and so do you
I just think this is the thing to do
Maybe you´ll meet, you´ll meet another guy
Understand me, won´t you try, try, try, try, try, try, try
Let´s just kiss and say goodbye (Goodbye)
