"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" is a 1983 song by Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross. The ballad was issued as the lead single of Warwick's album How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, later appearing on Vandross' album Busy Body, both of which were released in 1983.
The single was a top ten hit on both Billboards Hot Black Singles chart and Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart, also reaching number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Cash Box Top 100, becoming Luther Vandross' highest charting pop hit at the time until 1986.
Track listing US Vinyl 7-inch single 45 RPM A "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" (Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross) – 3:27 B "What Can a Miracle Do" (Dionne Warwick) – 4:39
Personnel Dionne Warwick – lead vocals Luther Vandross – lead and background vocals, vocal arrangement Yogi Horton – drums Marcus Miller – bass Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangement, synthesizer arrangement John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers Georg Wadenius, Doc Powell – guitars Steve Kroon – congas Paulinho da Costa – percussion Cissy Houston, Yvonne Lewis, Patti Austin, Alfa Anderson, Michelle Cobbs, Brenda White, Phillip Ballou – background vocals
Charts Chart (1983)Peakposition US Cash Box Top 100 36
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