Dying is usually a very serious and sad topic that no one wants to talk about, especially if a death occurs unexpectedly. ^ 'Top 40/M Future Releases - Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates.^ 'Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases - Hot Adult Contemporary Rock Songs and Release Dates.Recording Industry Association of America. ^ 'American single certifications вЂ“ Train вЂ“ 50 Ways To Say Goodbye'.^ 'Adult Contemporary Songs вЂ“ Year-End 2013'.^ 'Adult Contemporary Songs вЂ“ Year-End 2012'.^ 'Jaaroverzichten вЂ“ Single 2012' (in Dutch).^ 'Train Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)'.^ 'Train Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)'.^ 'Train Chart History (Adult Contemporary)'.^ 'Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100'.^ ' Train вЂ“ 50 Ways To Say Goodbye' (in Dutch).^ 'The Official Lebanese Top 20 вЂ“ Train'.^ ' Train: 50 Ways to Say Goodbye' (in Finnish).Note: Change the chart to CZ вЂ“ RADIO вЂ“ TOP 100 and insert 201250 into search. ^ 'Train Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)'.^ 'Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye' (in German).^ 'Train: 50 Ways To Say Goodbye (Official Music Video)'.^ 'The Vandals - 'My Girlfriend's Dead ''.^ 'Train Frontman Reveals Original Gruesome Title of '50 Ways to Say Goodbye ''.'Train's Pat Monahan Explains Some Of Their Most Iconic Lyrics'. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) Amund Bjorklund - songwriter, producer, programming.Espen Lind - songwriter, producer, additional guitars, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, programming.Towards the end of the video, a fan who was holding up signs consoling Pat for the supposed loss of his girlfriend finally holds up a sign that says 'Rack City Bitch', a reference to ' Rack City' by Tyga.

The grocery store scenes are interspersed with cutaways to the various excuses Pat makes for his girlfriend's absence, as well as scenes of the band performing onstage. Stafford portrays the store cashier and Underwood plays the butcher, while the girlfriend is played by Manning. The video is set in a supermarket with Monahan explaining to Hasselhoff and various other customers and staff members the absence of his girlfriend. The music video was directed by Marc Klasfeld and features David Hasselhoff, Taryn Manning, Jonathan Lipnicki, and a Mariachi trio, in addition to band members Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, and Scott Underwood (Stafford and Underwood have since left the band). Nick Bassett of The Re-View compared '50 Ways to Say Goodbye' to its predecessor, saying that 'whilst it lacks that Summery carefree vibe, this newbie is still buoyed by a jaunty radio-friendly chorus'. The theme of the song also follows the 1998 release of The Vandal's, 'My Girlfriend's Dead' from their album Hitler Bad, Vandals Good, written by Warren Fitzgerald, in which rather than face the reality that his girlfriend left him, he tells that his girlfriend died in a variety of ways. That title was tossed as it could attract controversy.

The song had some inspiration from Paul Simon's ' 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' and was originally going to be titled '50 Ways to Kill Your Lover'. The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek narrative where, to save face, the singer claims he will say his girlfriend died in a variety of outlandish ways rather than admit she dumped him. Singer Pat Monahan said the song 'was just a gag about a girl breaking up with a boy and being just so immature that the only way to handle it was just to tell your friends that she's dead.' It utilizes electric guitars and a mariachi influenced brass section and acoustic guitar. It is in common time with a tempo of 140 beats per minute. '50 Ways to Say Goodbye' is a pop rock song in the key of E в™ minor.

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