Song · Ozzy Osbourne
“Goodbye to Romance” by Ozzy Osbourne
From the album Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
“Goodbye to Romance” by Ozzy Osbourne appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1990 and 2025. It was first released in 1980 on the album Blizzard of Ozz. Its best result is #251 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,095 classic rock song of all time.
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"Goodbye to Romance" was where Blizzard of Ozz began: the first song written for Ozzy Osbourne's 1980 album, and the first one he and guitarist Randy Rhoads finished together, with Bob Daisley sharing the writing credit. Ozzy has said it was his farewell to Black Sabbath, and the lyric plays it as a love affair ending, all sorrow in the opening verses before the third verse turns toward leaving the past behind and facing the future with some hope.
It's a ballad, and a stately one, since Rhoads's chord changes have been read as an adaptation of Pachelbel's Canon. Daisley plays bass and adds backing vocals, Lee Kerslake drums, and the four of them produced it together, with Max Norman engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 540 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 580 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 343 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 341 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 317 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 251 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2010 | 339 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2023 | 444 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 424 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2025 | 252 | 102.5 WDVE | DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) | 500 |
Also listed as: Goodbye To Romance.
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