"Long Goodbye" is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins, released in 1987 as the second and final single from their sixth studio album Close to the Bone.

[3] After several months of grieving, the pair began writing new material for the next Thompson Twins album, Close to the Bone.

Following the release of the lead single "Get That Love", the duo's label Arista selected "Long Goodbye" as the follow-up.

"[8] Roger Morton of Record Mirror felt the duo "sound far too sorry for themselves to be hungry with this slow fade to piano blues".

"[9] In the United States, Billboard commented, "Preferred selection from Close to the Bone is a poignant midtempo ballad that receives the band's customary ornate and lavish treatment".

[11] In a review of the band's 1987 Park West Stage concert, The Deseret News commented: ""Long Goodbye" is a moving, almost eerie-sounding ballad on the album.

But played live, it didn't pack much emotional power, despite Currie dedicating it to her mother and child, who both died last year.