How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
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"How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" is a single release by Patty Loveless
, recorded at Sony/Epic in the early spring of 1993. It was included on her first album with Epic Records, Only What I Feel
, her sixth career album. The single was released in March 1994. It was the fourth single released from the album.
How Can I Help You Say Goodbye was nominated for the following awards:
The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
chart, reaching #3 during the week of June 4, 1994.
The Song itself speaks of a woman, who relied on her mother after her mother divorced, and left with her to start over elsewhere, after her own marriage crumbles, and ends in divorce, and as her mother lay dying, the mother, each time tells her "How can I help you to say goodbye?" Eventually easing the woman's troubles.
also recorded the song in 1993 and it was included on her last studio album Over My Heart
. It was released in 1994 as the third and final single from the album. The song was later included on Branigan's 1995 greatest hits album The Best of Branigan.
Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and...
, recorded at Sony/Epic in the early spring of 1993. It was included on her first album with Epic Records, Only What I Feel
Only What I Feel
Only What I Feel is the sixth album, and the first since signing with Epic Records in 1992, recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in 1993. Four tracks from the album made in into the Billboard top 20 country singles charts, including the #1 "Blame It on Your Heart" and...
, her sixth career album. The single was released in March 1994. It was the fourth single released from the album.
Background
Loveless' album, "Only What I Feel" had sold over 650,000 copies and had been certified as an RIAA Gold Album. Sony/Epic was receiving requests from radio stations that this song be released as a single, and in March 1994 it was released. This song climbed up the charts, reaching #3 in June. It was also nominated for the 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. The accompanying video was also nominated by both the CMA and the ACM as 1995 Video Of The Year.How Can I Help You Say Goodbye was nominated for the following awards:
- 1995 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Song Of The Year
- 1995 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Video Of The Year
- 1995 Grammy Awards Song Of The Year
- 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) Video Of The Year
- 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) Song Of The Year
The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart, reaching #3 during the week of June 4, 1994.
The Song itself speaks of a woman, who relied on her mother after her mother divorced, and left with her to start over elsewhere, after her own marriage crumbles, and ends in divorce, and as her mother lay dying, the mother, each time tells her "How can I help you to say goodbye?" Eventually easing the woman's troubles.
Track listing
U.S. 7" vinyl single- "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" – 5:00
- "How About You" – 2:41
Chart positions
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 19 |
Laura Branigan version
Laura BraniganLaura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
also recorded the song in 1993 and it was included on her last studio album Over My Heart
Over My Heart
Over My Heart, released in 1993, is the seventh and final studio album by singer Laura Branigan.Over My Heart was Branigan's most personal album and saw her again try her hand at producing, alongside successful producer Phil Ramone...
. It was released in 1994 as the third and final single from the album. The song was later included on Branigan's 1995 greatest hits album The Best of Branigan.