Good-bye Baby

"Good-bye Baby"
Single by Miss A
from the album A Class
ReleasedJuly 18, 2011
Recorded2011
GenreK-pop
Length3:46
LabelJYP
SongwriterPark Jin-young
Producers
  • Park Jin-young
  • Hong ji-sang
Miss A singles chronology
"Love Alone"
(2011)
"Good-bye Baby"
(2011)
"Touch"
(2012)
Music video
"Good-bye Baby" on YouTube

"Good-bye Baby" is a song recorded by K-pop girl group Miss A for their debut studio album A Class. "Good-bye Baby" topped the Gaon Digital Chart for two weeks and became one of the best-performing singles of 2011.

Background and release

On July 11, 2011 Miss A first teased their comeback nine months after their second single album Step Up, for July 18, 2011, in which the title song "Good-bye Baby" was symbolically written.[1] On July 18, 2011, both the music video for "Good-bye Baby" and their first studio album A Class were released.

Composition

"Good-bye Baby" lyrics were written by Park Jin-young and composed by Park Jin-young and Shim Eun-ji.[2] The song is composed in the key G-sharp minor and has 138 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 46 seconds.[3] "Good-bye Baby" captured the ears of music fans at once with a powerful hip-hop rhythm and acoustic shuffle soul in the story of a woman who relentlessly abandons a flirting man.[4]

Promotion

On July 21 2011, Miss A held their first comeback stage for the song on Mnet's M Countdown [5] they also performed on M Countdown on July 28.[6] Miss A performed on KBS's Music Bank on July 29 [7] and SBS's Inkigayo on July 31. [8]

Accolades

Music program awards
Program Date (3 total) Ref.
M Countdown July 28, 2011 [9]
Music Bank July 29, 2011 [10]
Inkigayo July 31, 2011 [11]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Good-bye Baby"
Award ceremony Year Category Result Ref.
Golden Disc Awards 2012 Digital Daesang of the Year Nominated [12]
Digital Bonsang Award Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards 2011 Song of the Year Nominated [13]
Best Dance Performance – Female Group Won
Seoul Music Awards 2012 Bonsang Award Won [14]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart positions
Chart (2011) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[15] 1
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[16] 1
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[17] 3

Monthly charts

Chart (July 2011) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[18] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)[19] 11

Sales

Country Sales
South Korea (digital)[20] 3,613,664

Release history

Release history for "Good-bye Baby"
Region Date Format Label
Various July 18, 2011 Digital download JYP

References

  1. ^ Kim, Eun-gu (July 11, 2011). 미쓰에이, `굿 바이 베이비`로 7월 컴백..티저사이트 오픈 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2011 – via Naver.
  2. ^ "Good-bye Baby" (in Korean). Dreamus. JYP Entertainment. July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011 – via Melon.
  3. ^ "Key & BPM for Good-bye Baby by Miss A | Tunebat". Tunebat. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Lee, Mina (July 26, 2011). "미쓰에이 '굿 바이 베이비' 인기몰이 … 음원차트 1위". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Park, So-Jung (July 18, 2011). 미스 A, 'Good-bye Baby'로 실시간 메이저 음악 차트 1위 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 18, 2011 – via Naver.
  6. ^ "miss A wins #1 on M! Countdown + other performances". Allkpop. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  7. ^ "miss A wins Music Bank K-Chart on comeback + other performances". Allkpop. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  8. ^ "miss A wins Inkigayo Mutizen + other performances". Allkpop. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "미쓰에이, '엠카'서 컴백 1주일만에 1위 기록". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  10. ^ 미쓰에이, '뮤뱅' 컴백과 동시에 1위 '기염'. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021 – via Naver.
  11. ^ "miss A wins Inkigayo Mutizen + other performances". Allkpop. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  12. ^ Winners from the 26th Golden Disk Awards
  13. ^ "Winners from the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards". Allkpop. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  14. ^ Winners from the 21st High1 Seoul Music Awards
  15. ^ "Good-bye Baby". July 24–30, 2011.
  16. ^ "Good-bye Baby". Billboard. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  17. ^ "Good-bye Baby". Billboard. August 6, 2011.
  18. ^ "Digital Chart – July 2011". Circle Chart (in Korean). July 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  19. ^ "Digital Chart – 2011". Circle Chart (in Korean). January 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  20. ^ Cumulative sales for Good-bye Baby:2011년 Download Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved May 14, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)