"A Bad Goodbye" is a song written by American country music artist Clint Black, and recorded by him as a duet with fellow country music artist Wynonna Judd.

[2] The song was also nominated for Vocal Event of the Year at the 1993 Academy of Country Music awards.

Overall, he thought that the collaboration added an edge to No Time to Kill that Black's first three albums lacked.

[4] Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the lyrics "direct, moving and majestic."

[6] The music video was directed by Peter Nydrle and produced by Paul Flattery.