"What Comes After Goodbye" is a song by the short lived 3 piece Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 Synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 group Respect, written by Walmsey/Robson/Hartley and singer/composer Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...

. It was created for and released by Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

The song features Philip Oakey's distinctive baritone guest vocals with Respects' female vocalist (Josephine Robson) providing backing. It was the first Out Of two releases by Respect, Also Including "Love Drives On" And Releasing Their Full Album (With What Comes After Goodbye) "The Kissing Game"; and only barely charted in the UK. Without any further contribution by Oakey, Respect did not survive beyond 1991.

Maxi CD Track listing

1. What Comes After Goodbye (7" Version)
2. What Comes After Goodbye (Remix - Phil Harding & Ian Curnow)
3. The Girl Needs Respect
4. Ghost Dance