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It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

1975 single by G. C. Cameron

Field	Value
name	It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
cover	ItsSoHardToSayGoodbyeGC1975.jpg
type	single
artist	G.C. Cameron
album	Cooley High: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/G.C. Cameron
B-side	"Haulin' + Cold Blooded" (instrumental) (by Freddie Perren)
released
length	3:25
label	Motown
producer	Freddie Perren
prev_title	If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
prev_year	1975
next_title	Dream Lady
next_year	1976

| B-side = "Haulin' + Cold Blooded" (instrumental) (by Freddie Perren)

Freddie Perren
Christine Yarian "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is an R&B song written by American Motown husband-and-wife songwriting team Freddie Perren and Christine Yarian for the 1975 film Cooley High. In the film, the song is performed by Motown artist G.C. Cameron, whose rendition peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard R&B singles chart that same year. Perren also composed the instrumental score for Cooley High, and the B-side to "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" features two of his score compositions from the film.

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak
position	US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)
38

Boyz II Men cover

Freddie Perren
Christine Yarian

American contemporary R&B Motown group Boyz II Men recorded the song in an a cappella rendition 16 years later. Released as a single, Boyz II Men's recording peaked at number one on the US Cash Box Top 100 and number two on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the Hot R&B Singles chart in December 1991. The track, produced by Dallas Austin, was included on Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony (1991), its name a reference to the film from which the song originated. The music video for the song is dedicated to rapper MC Trouble, who died a few months after the album's release, and it featured archive footage of Sarah Vaughan, Jim Henson, Sammy Davis Jr. and Gilda Radner, and several others who had died recently. The song was used in the 1992 action film Lethal Weapon 3, in the funeral scene for Daryl, a 15-year-old gangbanger shot down by Murtaugh.

Track listings

US cassette single

A It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (LP Version)
Album Snippets
B1 Under Pressure
B2 Please Don't Go
B3 Lonely Heart
B4 Uhh Ahh
B5 It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

Europe Maxi-CD

It's Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (Radio Version) 3:06
It's Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (A capella Version) 3:49
Album Snippets

3a Under Pressure 0:48
3b Please Don't Go 1:00
3c Lonely Heart 1:00
3d Uhh Ahh 1:03

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991–1993)	Peak
position	Australia (ARIA)	Canada Retail Singles (The Record)	Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record)	US Cash Box Top 100
100
5
17
1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position	New Zealand (RIANZ)	US Billboard Hot 100	US Cash Box Top 100
49
37
16

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Format
August 20, 1991		Motown
October 21, 1991	Mini-CD
April 25, 1993
June 7, 1993	Cassette

Other versions

The Flex covered "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" for the House Party 2 soundtrack album, released in October 1991.

A Cantonese version of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" was covered by Jacky Cheung. The song is titled "偷閒加油站" and it is featured on the 1992 album 真情流露.

In Lucifer series 5 episode 15, a version is sung by Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia) and Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis). It begins with Ella singing in Spanish before Lucifer joins in and they continue in English.

Latin pop group Barrio Boyzz performed the song acapella in Spanish at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards in May 1995 in honor of the late Tejano singer Selena, who was murdered two months prior.

The song was sung by Greg Miller of Kinda Funny fame, in the 2025 Tim Gettys Farewell Tour.

References

Whitburn, Joel. (2004). "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004". Record Research.
Ryan, Gavin. (2011). "Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010". Moonlight Publishing.
Lwin, Nanda. (2000). "Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide". Music Data Canada.
[https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/_files/ugd/b4848d_4f9128176360450ba51be67a0468e9fa.pdf Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-1996]
"End of Year Charts 1991". Recorded Music NZ.
"Billboard Top 100 – 1992".
(December 26, 1992). "Awards: Top 50 Pop Singles".
"ボーイズ・II・メン {{!}} グッバイ・トゥ・イエスタデイ". [[Oricon]].
"ボーイズ・II・メン {{!}} グッドバイ・トゥ・イエスタデイ". Oricon.
(6 June 1993). "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 07/06/93: Singles".
(1991). "Various – House Party 2 Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack".

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