"The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette, written by Per Gessle and recorded in the spring of 1990 for their third studio album Joyride.

In 1993, a version produced by Phil Ramone was recorded by American singer Laura Branigan for her seventh studio album, Over My Heart.

[2] In his 2014 book Songs, Sketches & Reflections: The English Part, Per Gessle said of the track: "I wrote this for Roxette's Joyride LP in the spring of 1990 and we recorded it properly, but didn't use it.

[1][3] Modern Talking vocalist Thomas Anders recorded a version of the track,[5] which was issued in April 1991 as the lead single from his second solo album, Whispers.

[1] In 1993, American singer Laura Branigan recorded the song for her seventh and final studio album, Over My Heart.

[8] Roxette released a remixed version of the track – created by Peter Boström, known professionally as Bassflow – as a non-album single on 26 June 2012.

[2] His remix of "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" was originally scheduled to appear on their 2012 album Travelling, but was not completed in time.

[11] Production was delayed due to Boström's involvement with Loreen's "Euphoria",[12] which won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.