Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
"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.[2] The following month, Cohen's own version was issued on his debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen.
"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye"
Cohen wrote the song when staying at the Penn Terminal Hotel on 34th Street in New York City in 1966. He wrote:
It was then covered by Julie Felix in 1968, followed by Roberta Flack in 1969 on her debut album First Take, and has been recorded by many other singers, notably Claudine Longet on her 1972 album Let's Spend the Night Together, Lianne La Havas, also the Vogues on their last album together in 1970.[2] Feist, Ariel Engle and Daniela Gesundheit performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert[4]