Reception
A review of Sputnikmusic considered the song "very tasteful and emotionally sweeping," while Tania Kraines from BBC Music UK said "the heartbroken post-Geri 'Goodbye' provided the girls with their last really good single." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said, "neither the production, songs, nor performances have much life to them, with the exception of the closer, Goodbye." The song peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number three on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. In the United Kingdom, the single became the group's eighth number-one single, topping the charts for only one week, selling 380,000 in the first week. "Goodbye" was also their third consecutive Christmas number-one single in the UK.
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