"Say Goodbye" was co-written by band members John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, and Michael Waters.

[11] In May 1986 Pollyanna Sutton of The Canberra Times reviewed Human Frailty and on "Say Goodbye" she found that it "hinges on the powerful line 'You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore'".

[6] Fellow music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll, praised the album and the band which had "discovered how to tap the unique vein they had unearthed; where, in a sweat-dripping venue packed to the rafters with a beer swilling macho rock fans the audience would and could at the top of their voices unselfconsciously sing along to" the line cited by Sutton.

[4] Contemporary singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly, recalled being at a gig "at The Venue ... where fifteen hundred blokes in the audience bellowed the song's punchline in unison ... What was going on in Australian pubs in the late eighties?

"[12] In October 2010, it was described in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums, by the three authors, John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell, and Craig Mathieson: "[it] starts with a smash on the high hat and a quick drum pattern followed by a relentless, deep-throated riff on just the bass.

[13] All tracks are written by John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters;[5] unless otherwise indicatedCredited to:[1]