Goodbye To The Girl

Album: This Loud Morning (2011)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Cook penned this ballad with guitarists Neal Tiemann and Andy Skib, who he played with locally in the band Midwest Kings before his American Idol breakthrough. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I've played with those guys now going on almost ten years in one capacity or another. We've got a great musical chemistry, so to be able to sit down and write with together and have those songs stand up against all the other stuff we kind of stockpiled for this record, I think that says a lot, not just about me, but also about those guys."
  • Cook told The Hollywood Reporter about the songwriting process for this tune: "It's a song that has a really cool mood and was just the right puzzle piece to the record. We basically sat in the studio at my house and worked on it. I think I was in my pajamas when we wrote it."
  • Cook discussed the cut with Billboard magazine: "I love the haunting aspect of the song. When we got done tracking that song, it stayed with me. It's like when you go to a smoky bar and you leave and your shirt smells like cigarette smoke, I felt like that song was the cigarette smoke on my shirt."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Who Wrote That Song?

Who Wrote That Song?Music Quiz

Do you know who wrote Patti Smith's biggest hit? How about the Grease theme song? See if you can match the song to the writer.

Supertramp founder Roger Hodgson

Supertramp founder Roger HodgsonSongwriter Interviews

Roger tells the stories behind some of his biggest hits, including "Give a Little Bit," "Take the Long Way Home" and "The Logical Song."

Glen Ballard

Glen BallardSongwriter Interviews

Glen Ballard talks about co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, and his work with Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and Annie Lennox.

The Untold Story Of Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine

The Untold Story Of Fiona Apple's Extraordinary MachineSong Writing

Fiona's highly-anticipated third album almost didn't make it. Here's how it finally came together after two years and a leak.

What Musicians Are Related to Other Musicians?

What Musicians Are Related to Other Musicians?Song Writing

A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou HarrisSongwriter Interviews

She thinks of herself as a "song interpreter," but back in the '80s another country star convinced Emmylou to take a crack at songwriting.