"The Sound of Goodbye" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Armin van Buuren under his alias Perpetuous Dreamer.

[4] The Armin's Tribal Feel is the official version in the Netherlands whereas the Above & Beyond Remix gained more success in the UK and in the US.

Van Buuren declared in an interview that "The Sound of Goodbye" comes from the experience of a heartbreak during the summer of 2000 when he broke up with his former girlfriend in his personal life.

According to Maria Clinton from webmedia EDM Identity, the song "will forever stand the test of time as it is a beautiful testament to the next level classic trance artistry that Armin van Buuren has always had running through his veins.

It features singer Elles De Graf singing lying down in a landscape of green hills and rocks.