Why Would I Say Goodbye

{{Infobox song

| name = Why Would I Say Goodbye

| cover = B & D - why would I say goodbye.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Brooks & Dunn

| album = Borderline

| B-side = White Line Casanova

| released = March 17, 1997

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 4:18 (album version)
3:53 (radio edit)

| label = Arista 13073

| writer = Kix Brooks
Chris Waters

| producer = Kix Brooks
Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn

| prev_title = A Man This Lonely

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Honky Tonk Truth

| next_year = 1997

}}

"Why Would I Say Goodbye" is a song written by Kix Brooks and Chris Waters, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in March 1997 as the fifth and final single from their CD Borderline. The song reached a peak of number 8 on the US Country chart, and number 9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=56}} This is the fifth of the six Brooks & Dunn singles in which Kix Brooks sings the lead vocals instead of Ronnie Dunn.

Chart positions

"Why Would I Say Goodbye" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 22, 1997.

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!align="left"|Chart (1997)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|9|chartid=3242|publishdate=June 23, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|8|artist=Brooks & Dunn}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (1997)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7902&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997|work=RPM|date=December 15, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

| align="center" | 82

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1997: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1997| accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

| align="center" | 60

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