Kiss and Say Goodbye - wikipedia Kiss and Say Goodbye This article is about the Manhattans song. For the song of the same title by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, see Kate & Anna McGarrigle ( album ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2013 ) `` Kiss and Say Goodbye '' Single by The Manhattans from the album The Manhattans B - side `` Wonderful World of Love '' Released April 1976 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Recorded Genre Rhythm and blues, soul Length 4 : 27 ( full version ) 3 : 29 ( single edit ) Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Winfred Lovett Producer ( s ) Bobby Martin `` Kiss and Say Goodbye '' is a song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Manhattans. It was one of the biggest hits of 1976. Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Chart performance 3 References 4 External links Background and recording The song was written by Manhattans bass singer Winfred `` Blue '' Lovett, who also provided the spoken introduction heard in the full - length version of the original recording. The lyrics and melody came to him late one night. As he later recalled, `` Everything was there. I got up about three o'clock in the morning and jotted down the things I wanted to say. I just put the words together on my tape recorder and little piano. I 've always thought that when you write slow songs, they have to have meaning. In this case, it 's the love triangle situation we 've all been through. I figured anyone who 's been in love could relate to it. And it seemed to touch home for a lot of folks. '' Lovett originally considered the song a country tune more appropriate to be sung by Glen Campbell or Charley Pride. He decided to do it with his group. Manhattans lead singer Gerald Alston is featured on the originally released recording following Lovett 's spoken introduction. The original demo of the song was recorded with The Manhattans backing band, `` Little Harlem. '' After hearing a tape of the recording, producer / arranger Bobby Martin decided to re-record the song with MFSB at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. Recorded in early 1975, Columbia Records officials withheld releasing the song until 14 months later. Lovett had his concerns over when the record came out as well as the record itself. `` I was critical, a perfectionist in the studio, and there are still parts of it that make my skin crawl. For example, in one place, the background vocals go off pitch. Somehow, though, that did n't seem to bother anyone else. '' Chart performance Released as a single, the song became a worldwide hit for the group, spending two weeks at number one on the U.S. Pop and U.S. R&B charts. and reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart in the middle of 1976. In the U.S., the song was the 400th # 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It also became just the second single to earn platinum certification status, after the RIAA established the designation in 1976. ( Johnnie Taylor 's `` Disco Lady '' had been the first a few months earlier. ) Billboard ranked it as the No. 6 song for 1976. Besides being the first and only No. 1 pop hit for the Manhattans, `` Kiss and Say Goodbye '' marked more than 11 years since the group first made the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 with `` I Wanna Be ( Your Everything ). '' References ^ Jump up to : `` '' Kiss and Say Goodbye '' - The Manhattans ``. Superseventies.com. 1976 - 07 - 24. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 375. External links `` Kiss and Say Goodbye '' song review. Allmusic.com. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Love Hangover '' by Diana Ross Billboard Hot Soul Singles number - one single May 22, 1976 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` I Want You '' by Marvin Gaye Preceded by `` Afternoon Delight '' by Starland Vocal Band Billboard Hot 100 number - one single July 24, 1976 -- July 31, 1976 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Do n't Go Breaking My Heart '' by Elton John & Kiki Dee The Manhattans Studio albums There 's No Me Without You That 's How Much I Love You The Manhattans It Feels So Good There 's No Good in Goodbye Love Talk After Midnight Black Tie Forever by Your Side Singles `` Hurt '' `` Kiss and Say Goodbye '' `` The Way We Were '' / `` Memories '' ( medley ) `` Shining Star '' `` Crazy '' `` Forever by Your Side '' `` You Send Me '' Related articles Gerald Alston Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiss_and_Say_Goodbye&oldid=794645094 '' Categories : 1976 singles The Manhattans songs Billy Joe Royal songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles European Hot 100 Singles number - one singles Dutch Top 40 number - one singles Number - one singles in New Zealand 1976 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from November 2013 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 August 2017, at 06 : 48. 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Question: who sings let's just kiss and say goodbye
Answer: The Manhattans