Peak
7
Weeks
10
Score
1,926
Chart Year
1972
In the 1940 movie Rhythm On The River, Bing Crosby played a songwriter trying to come up with a song called "Goodbye To Love." Although the song's title was mentioned several times in the movie, no such song ever existed. Richard Carpenter happened to see this movie on late-night television and decided that it was great title and HE would write the song for his sister Karen to sing. >> The fuzzy guitar solo was played by Tony Peluso. It was his first contribution to a Carpenters record and he subsequently joined the duo's recording and touring band as lead guitarist. Peluso also provided the voice of the DJ on the Carpenters hit version of "Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft)." "Tony Peluso was a very talented guy," Richard Carpenter told Mojo magazine in 2022. "He played with Mark Lindsay when he opened some shows for us and I saw him do a couple of solos. So when I wrote the song and pictured the arrangement, I imagined it with the oxymoron of a melodic fuzz guitar solo and asked Tony." Following the death of Karen Carpenter in 1983, Peluso moved on to record producing, working with recording artists such as Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and Boyz II Men. It was Karen Carpenter who called Peluso. She told him she and Richard were working on a song called "Goodbye to Love" and he wanted him to play on it. "He showed up and said, 'I don't read music,'" Richard Carpenter recalled to Mojo. "So I sang and played the melody for him and said, 'When you get to here, just take it away.' And he did. 99% of that solo was done on the first take."
I'll say goodbye to love No one ever cared if I should live or die Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by And all I know of love Is how to live without it I just can't seem to find it So I've made my mind up I must live my life alone And though it's not the easy way I guess I've always known I'd say goodbye to love There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine Surely time will lose these bitter memories And I'll find that there is someone to believe in And to live for something I could live for All the years of useless search Have finally reached an end Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend From this day love is forgotten I'll go on as best I can What lies in the future Is a mystery to us all No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls There may come a time when I will see that I've been wrong But for now this is my song And it's goodbye to love I'll say goodbye to love
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 1, 1972 | 68 | 58 |
| 2 | Aug 8, 1972 | 38 | 88 |
| 3 | Aug 15, 1972 | 30 | 96 |
| 4 | Aug 22, 1972 | 22 | 104 |
| 5 | Aug 29, 1972 | 12 | 114 |
| 6 | Sep 5, 1972 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | Sep 12, 1972 | 7 | 119 |
| 8 | Sep 19, 1972 | 7 | 119 |
| 9 | Sep 26, 1972 | 14 | 112 |
| 10 | Oct 3, 1972 | 30 | 96 |