"Bye" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande from her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). She wrote and produced the track with Swedish producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. It is an uptempo dance-pop and disco-funk song sonically inspired by 1970s music. The song, rooted in self-awareness and accountability, sees Grande bidding farewell to her partner.
Background and composition "Bye" is two minutes and 45 seconds long. The song is a lavish and retro-inspired dance-pop, disco, and disco funk song with elements of Philadelphia soul echoing the sound of 1970s pop music. "Bye" features strings, adding in the disco influences throughout the song. Lyrically, Grande sings about how she is prepared to leave her partner, with her friend ready to pick her up. Taking place in the album's track list after "Intro (End of the World)", the song follows the theme of having accountability and self-awareness in a relationship.
Critical reception Upon release, the song received positive reviews from music critics. Kyle Denis of Billboard called the song "fantastic", ranking it at number three in the parent album's track ranking. Denis praised the song's pre-chorus and the usage of funk and disco influences. Nick Levine, a writer at NME deemed the song an album highlight, saying Grande is "playing disco diva". In a review of the parent album, Rolling Stone and Variety likened the song to "seventies pop" with the latter publication likening the song's sound to Gamble and Huff and Beyoncé.
Credits Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Eternal Sunshine.
Recording
Mixed at Mixstar Studios (Virginia Beach) Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
Personnel
Ariana Grande – vocals, lyrics, composition, production Max Martin – production, lyrics, composition, drums, guitar, keyboards, bass, background vocals Ilya Salmanzadeh – production, composition, drums, synthesizers, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals Mattias Bylund – horns, strings, strings arrangement, synthesizers, glockenspiel Karl Gunér – strings arrangement, synthesizers, programming Janne Bjerger – trumpets Magnus Johansson – trumpets Mattias Johansson – violin Erik Arvinder – violin Hanna Helgegren – violin David Bukovinszky – cello Peter Noos Johansson – trombone Tomas Jonsson – baritone saxophone Wojtek Goral – alto saxophone Per Strandberg– guitar Sam Holland – engineering Lou Carrao – engineering Eric Eylands – engineering assistance Rob Sellens – engineering assistance Randy Merrill – mastering Serban Ghenea – mixing Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance
Charts + Chart performance for "Bye" Chart (2024) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 19 France (SNEP) 59 Greece International (IFPI) 13 Lithuania (AGATA) 73 Malaysia (Billboard) 23 Malaysia International (RIM) 20 MENA (IFPI) 17 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 20 Philippines (Billboard) 20 Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) 68 Singapore (RIAS) 30 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 91 Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) 5
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