Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Soft Cell's 1982 hit, recorded live in the studio as the album's closing song with added Van Morrison lines.
David Gray, from White Ladder (1998)
- Written by
- Dave Ball, Marc Almond
- Released
- 1998
- Album
- White Ladder
Soft Cell released the original on Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret and as a single in January 1982, when it reached number three in Britain. Gray had it in his live set, so he and Polson cut it live, with Simon Edwards of Fairground Attraction on bass. Polson said he was starstruck. The version closes White Ladder at 9:03, with extra lines at the end from Van Morrison's Madame George and Into the Mystic. Pitchfork called it an unfathomably sad, nine-minute cover. Released as a single, it reached 26 in Britain.
More songs by David Gray
Babylon, Please Forgive Me, This Year's Love, Sail Away
Sources
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Wikipedia
- 'Financially, I was a mess': David Gray on making 90s classic White Ladder, The Guardian (2020-02-17)
- White Ladder (20th Anniversary Edition), Pitchfork (2020-02-21)