Song · Del Amitri
“Kiss This Thing Goodbye” by Del Amitri
From the album Waking Hours (1989)
“Kiss This Thing Goodbye” by Del Amitri appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2005. It was first released in 1989 on the album Waking Hours. Its best result is #84 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #248 alternative song of 1990 and #2,500 alternative song of all time.
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"Kiss This Thing Goodbye" opens Waking Hours, the second album from Scottish band Del Amitri, which A&M released in July 1989. Justin Currie, Iain Harvie and Mick Slaven share the writing credit, Mark Freegard produced and Julian Mendelsohn mixed. The song took two shots to crack America: when it went out as a single a second time, it made the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
The album marked a turn for the band. Their 1985 debut, Del Amitri, had leaned on post-punk and sounded like a different group altogether, and it was so hard to find for years that plenty of later fans never knew it existed. Waking Hours brought them their first mainstream success, and many fans count it as their first real album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 84 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1084 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1086 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1086 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1085 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1070 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1070 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1071 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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