Goodbye (track)
by Elton John
Year: 1971
From the album Madman Across The Water (track #9)
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Goodbye appears on the following album(s) by Elton John:
- Madman Across The Water (track #9) (this album) (1971)
- Pop Chronik (track #22) (compilation) (1976)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2026 17:14 | Siromynian | 19,563 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 23:06 | mrmcrook | 12,840 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 14:10 |  VictorVale | 44,363 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 9% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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This is one of his best songs, and I always come back to it. Short but captivating.
I understand BEA users don't like short songs and I agree but for me this is an exception: both the lyrics, his voice and his piano give me thrills.
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