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How Do I Say Goodbye

"How Do I Say Goodbye"
Single by Dean Lewis
from the album The Hardest Love
Released2 September 2022[1]
Length2:43
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dean Lewis
  • Jon Hume
  • Ed Holloway
  • Nick Atkinson
Dean Lewis singles chronology
"Lost Without You"
(2022)
"How Do I Say Goodbye"
(2022)
"Trust Me Mate"
(2023)
Music video
"How Do I Say Goodbye" on YouTube

"How Do I Say Goodbye" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. The song was released on 2 September 2022 as the third single from Lewis's second studio album, The Hardest Love.

At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Song of the Year.[2]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2024, the song won Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work.[3][4]

Background

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Lewis wrote the song for his father, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. Dean Lewis later said, "Although I wrote the song about my dad, my dad ended up being okay. I wrote the song assuming I was gonna have to say goodbye, and I didn't have to. My dad got a stem cell transplant and his cancer was an aggressive form of pre-leukemia, and he had a very small percentage chance of getting out of it."[5] He has since gone into remission.

Music video

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The official video was directed by Sean Loaney (Lewis's brother) and premiered on 6 September 2022. The music video features footage taken by Lewis's father during the singer's childhood.[6]

Track listings

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Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye"2:43
Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye" (Chuksie remix)3:13
Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye" (Acoustic version)2:44

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "How Do I Say Goodbye"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[49] 4× Platinum 280,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[50] Gold 15,000
Belgium (BRMA)[51] Platinum 40,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[52] Platinum 40,000
Canada (Music Canada)[53] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[54] 2× Platinum 180,000
France (SNEP)[55] Gold 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[56] Gold 200,000
Italy (FIMI)[57] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[58] 2× Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV)[59] Gold 25,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[60] Gold 30,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[61] Platinum 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Platinum 600,000
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[63] Platinum 8,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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