Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

{{Short description|1944 show tune by Cole Porter}}{{Other uses|Every Time We Say Goodbye (disambiguation){{!}}Every Time We Say Goodbye}}{{Infobox musical composition

| name = "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"

| composer = Cole Porter

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| genre = Jazz

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| published = Chappell & Company, 1944

| premiere_date = 1944

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| premiere_performers = Nan Wynn and Jere McMahon

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"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a popular jazz song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter. Part of the Great American Songbook, it was published by Chappell & Company and introduced by Nan Wynn and Jere McMahon in 1944 in Billy Rose's musical revue Seven Lively Arts.{{cite web |title=Internet Broadway Database |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/seven-lively-arts-1604#Songs |website=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=May 3, 2020}}

The lyrics celebrate how happy the singer is in the company of the beloved, but suffering equally whenever the two separate. Describing it by analogy as a musical "change from major to minor", Porter begins with an A{{flat}} major chord and ends with an A{{flat}} minor chord, matching the mood of the music to the words.{{cite book|title=Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter|year=1972 |publisher=Chappell & Co. |location=New York|isbn=0-394-70794-X|page=205}}

The Benny Goodman Quintet (vocal by Peggy Mann) enjoyed a hit record with the song in 1945.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=181}}