Goodbye Stranger

"Goodbye Stranger" is a song by the English progressive rock band Supertramp, which first appeared on their 1979 album Breakfast in America. It met with only limited success in the band's native country but was a major hit elsewhere, reaching number 15 in the USA and number 6 in Canada.

The main "body" of the song is backed by a simple Wurlitzer electric piano melody; the arrangement intensifies as the song progresses. This is eventually joined by intermittent electric guitar chords and bass. The song features several layers of vocals to complete the melody and has falsetto vocals during the chorus.

In the music video, the band plays the track on a soundstage. Rick Davies is playing the Wurlitzer electric piano, Roger Hodgson and Dougie Thomson are playing their guitars (Hodgson on electric, Thomson on bass), John Helliwell is playing keyboards and Bob Siebenberg is playing drums and percussion.

It was featured on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati on the episode "Baby, If You Ever Wondered". It was also featured on the 1999 soundtrack to  Magnolia album, along with "The Logical Song", its predecessor on the Billboard singles charts. The TV show Supernatural has the episode Goodbye Stranger named after the song, and ends with the soundtrack.

A parody of this song, called "Goodbye, Toby" was featured on the 4th season finale of The Office, sung by Michael Scott (Steve Carell).[2]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Charts  ==Charts[ edit] == ==Personnel[ edit] ==
 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links
 * Rick Davies - Wurlitzer piano, organ, lead and backing vocals
 * Roger Hodgson - electric guitar
 * John Helliwell - whistling
 * Bob Siebenberg - drums
 * Dougie Thomson - bass guitar