"Goodbye Cruel World" is a song by British pop act Shakespears Sister, released in September 1991 by London Records as the lead single from their second album, Hormonally Yours (1992).

Jean Rosenbluth from Los Angeles Times felt that the song "exhibit a slinky, funky feel that’s as seductive as a plate of fudge.

"[3] A reviewer from People Magazine found that the song "blends the muted oomph of "Ruby Tuesday"-era Rolling Stones with the exoticism of the Cocteau Twins.

"[4] In 2007, the Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith stated that "Goodbye Cruel World" "sets the perfect mood" as the opening track of the Hormonally Yours album.

Andrew Collis from Select wrote, "Strides ahead is 'Goodbye Cruel World', which features the Sisters gloriously vamping it up in a whatever-happened-to-Night-Of-The-Living-Dead/Sunset-Boulevard scenario.