Beautiful Goodbye
{{for multi|the Richard Marx album|Beautiful Goodbye (album)|the Maroon 5 song|Overexposed (album)|the Amanda Marshall song|Amanda Marshall (album)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Beautiful Goodbye
| cover = Beautiful Goodbye.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jennifer Hanson
| album = Jennifer Hanson
| released = {{start date|2002|07|29}}{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=29|date=July 26, 2002|issue=1463}}
| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=19}}
| label = Capitol Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Jennifer Hanson|Kim Patton-Johnston}}
| producer = {{hlist|Jennifer Hanson|Greg Droman}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = This Far Gone
| next_year = 2003
}}
"Beautiful Goodbye" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jennifer Hanson. It was released in July 2002 as the first single from her debut album Jennifer Hanson. The song was written by Hanson and Kim Patton-Johnston.{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r620382|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jennifer Hanson|last=Kristel|first=Todd|work=Allmusic|accessdate=January 27, 2012}}
History
The senior vice president of marketing for Capitol Records' Nashville division at the time, Fletcher Foster, said that the song was "uniquely different and could set her apart from not only all the other new artists but also the acts out there in general." Phyllis Stark of Billboard compared the song to Sheryl Crow.{{cite magazine|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=11 January 2003|title=Jennifer Hanson is off to a 'beautiful' start on Capitol|magazine=Billboard|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26}}
Charts
"Beautiful Goodbye" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 3, 2002.
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! Chart (2002–2003) ! Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|16|artist=Jennifer Hanson|artistid=497538}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|76|artist=Jennifer Hanson|artistid=497538}} |