How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

| cover = How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (song).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross

| album = How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye and Busy Body

| B-side = What Can a Miracle Do

| released = September 1983 (US)

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B

| length = 3:27

| label = Arista Records AS 1-9073

| writer = Steve Goldman

| producer = Luther Vandross

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Dionne Warwick

| type = singles

| prev_title = All the Love in the World

| prev_year = June 1983

| title = How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

| year = Sept 1983

| next_title = Got A Date

| next_year = Jan 1984

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Luther Vandross

| type = single

| prev_title = Since I Lost My Baby

| prev_year = Jan 1983

| title = How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye

| year = Sept 1983

| next_title = I'll Let You Slide

| next_year = Dec 1983

}}

}}

"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" is a 1983 song by Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross. The ballad was issued as the lead single of Warwick's album How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, later appearing on Vandross' album Busy Body, both of which were released in 1983.

The single was a top ten hit on both Billboard{{'}}s Hot Black Singles chart and Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart, also reaching number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Cash Box Top 100,{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=597}} becoming Luther Vandross' highest charting pop hit at the time until 1986.