Goodbye on a Bad Day
{{Infobox song
| name = Goodbye on a Bad Day
| cover = goodbyeonabadday.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Shannon Lawson
| album = Chase the Sun
| B-side = Are You Happy Now
| released = January 28, 2002
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| recorded =
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| genre = Country
| length = 4:54
| label = MCA Nashville
| writer = Shannon Lawson, Mark A. Peters
| producer = Mark Wright
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Dream Your Way to Me
| next_year = 2002
}}
"Goodbye on a Bad Day" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shannon Lawson. It was released on January 28, 2002 as the first single from the album Chase the Sun. The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition |last= Whitburn |first= Joel |publisher= Record Research |year=2013 |page=189}} The song was written by Lawson and Mark A. Peters.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard reviewed the song favorably. She described Lawson's vocal as "letting disappointment drip...like icy regret" before "totally unleashing" on the chorus. Price's review also praised the lyrics and "deft production".{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBAEAAAAMBAJ | title=Reviews | magazine=Billboard | pages=26 | date=March 9, 2002}}
Chart performance
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!Chart (2002) !Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|28|artist=Shannon Lawson}} |
Release history
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|+Release dates and format(s) for "Goodbye on a Bad Day" !Region !Date !Format(s) !Label(s) !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| United States
|January 28, 2002 |{{Cite journal |date=January 25, 2002 |title=Going for Adds - Country |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-01-25.pdf |journal=Radio & Records}} |
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Category:Songs written by Shannon Lawson
Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)
Category:MCA Nashville Records singles
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