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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Salesrank: 12692
Released: January 11, 2000 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Power of Goodbye (CD Maxi Single) Track Listing:
1. Power of Good-Bye (Album Version)
2. Little Star (Album Version)
3. Power of Good-Bye (Dallas Low End Remix)
Editorial Review:
The Single that Broke the Barrier Between the Diva's Singles and the Top of the Pop Charts Later in her Career. It was the First Single from the "Ray of Light" Album and this Edition Includes a Remix by Dallas Austin.
Power of Goodbye (CD Maxi Single) Reviews:
Your Heart Must Be Open To This Single 
2004-12-16 - "The Power of Goodbye" is one of Madonna's best songs to date. This cd has no spectacular songs on it, but the cd is the real gem. It is a picture cd. The cd has the same image as the cover, but with a blue background; it is gorgeous. All the remixes on this cd, you can get on the German Single and Japanese Remix Cd.
1. "Power of Goodbye" (Album Version): The best version I have ever heard. You can not improve this version.
2. "Little Star" (Album Version): This song is from the album Ray of Light. It is a nice song about Madonna's daughter.
3. "Power of Goodbye" (Dallas Low End Mix): This is a mix by one of Madonna's producers on Bedtime Stories: Dalllas Austin. This is basically an alternate single version. The acoustics in the song really come out more than the album. It is tame and simplisitc.
A Deep And Powerful Ballad
2003-07-26 - In the UK, The Power Of Goodbye was the fourth of five singles to be taken from the amazing album Ray Of Light. The song peaked at No.6 in December 1998, and spent a total of nine weeks on the chart. It was yet another successful top 10 hit for Madonna, the Queen of Pop, who seemingly has no end to her string of highly successful CD singles. The song was the third single to be released from the Ray Of Light album in America, and was a moderate hit.
The Power Of Goodbye starts off slowly and softly with a moody and haunting beat. It then picks up and Madonna then starts singing the first verse, "Your heart is not open so I must go. The spell has been broken I loved you so. Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say no. You were my lesson I had to learn. I was your fortress you had to burn. Pain is warning that something's wrong. I pray to God that it won't be long. You wanna go higher?" Madonna's vocals are extremely professional and just sonically marvellous. They sound almost operatic. Madonna then sings the chorus, "There's nothing left to try. There's no place left to hide. There's no greater power than the power of goodbye." It's a short chorus, but very effective and you can sing along to it anytime. Madonna then sings the second verse, "Your heart is not open so I must go. The spell has been broken I loved you so. You were my lesson I had to learn. I was your fortress." Madonna then sings the chorus once more, before the song takes a new twist. A guitar winds the song down, twisting around the simplistic arrangement, before Madonna sings "Learn to say goodbye. I yearn to say goodbye." An epic set of violins then play and the song is just wonderfully euphoric. The beat is fantastic, and the violins are very classy. Madonna then sings the chorus a few more times, and the song fades out and ends.
The video to The Power Of Goodbye is very good. We see Madonna in a beach house by the side of the sea. The waves crash onto cliffs, and she sits in a room with a long, flowing green dress on. Her hair is long and dark, and she looks very serious and moody. She looks gorgeous as she plays a game of chess with a man. He wins, but Madonna wipes the board. They both stand and kiss passionately. Madonna is confused and runs out to sea, before seemingly jumping in and disappearing into the night. A strange concept, but one that works very well. All in all, a fantastic Madonna song with a classy video to accompany it.
POG 
2002-12-14 - This UK CD single of Power Of Goodbye contains 3 tracks: Power Of Good-bye album version + dallas low end mix and the album version of Little Star (this was a double a-side single in the UK) The disc itself is a blue picture CD. Great item, wonderful song.
