When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love

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"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love"
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Single by Steps
from the album Steptacular and Buzz
Released3 July 2000 (2000-07-03)[1]
Recorded1999
StudioPWL (Manchester, England)
Genre
Length
  • 3:32 ("When I Said Goodbye")
  • 3:52 ("Summer of Love")
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Mark Topham
  • Karl Twigg
Producer(s)
Steps singles chronology
"Deeper Shade of Blue"
(2000) 		"When I Said Goodbye" / "Summer of Love"
(2000) 		"Stomp"
(2000)

"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" is a double A-side single released by British pop music group Steps. "When I Said Goodbye" is a ballad taken from the album Steptacular while "Summer of Love" was a previously unavailable track. The latter is a Latino-flavoured uptempo pop song that later appeared on their third album, Buzz. It features various lyrics in Spanish which include: La vida loca (The crazy life), Disfruta la vida (Enjoy life) and Pienso que te quiero (I think that I love you). When released, the double A-side peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 18 in Ireland.

"When I Said Goodbye" features Claire and H on lead vocals. It was re-recorded with an orchestra for the single release. Summer of Love features Claire, Faye, Lisa and H on lead vocals.

Critical reception[]

Can't Stop the Pop described "Summer of Love" as "an obvious nod" to the Latin-pop craze which dominated the charts at the time. They added that "everything about this track is ramped up to the max" and "moves with such pace that you’d scarcely believe it’s almost four minutes long because it zips by in a flash."[2]

Chart performance[]

"When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer of Love" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and spent 11 weeks in the top 75, two of which were spent in the top 10.[3] It is their earliest single release (and one of only four in the band's original run) not to have reached at least a Silver certification. The single also reached number 18 in Ireland.[4]

Music videos[]

The video for "When I Said Goodbye" was a black-and-white video shot in Rome, Italy. It features shots of the members singing solemnly. In contrast, the video for "Summer of Love" features brightly coloured clothes and energetic dancing. It portrays Steps and their dancers as "good" Steps (colourful and dressed innocently) and "bad" Steps (dressed in leather, with black makeup); in the end, good Steps chase bad Steps away with their dancing.

Track listings[]

UK enhanced CD single[5]

  1. "When I Said Goodbye" – 3:32
  2. "Summer of Love" – 3:52
  3. "Summer of Love" (W.I.P. remix) – 6:38

UK cassette single[6]

  1. "When I Said Goodbye" – 3:32
  2. "Summer of Love" – 3:52

Credits and personnel[]

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting July 3, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 July 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Steps – Summer Of Love". Can't Stop the Pop. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – When I Said Goodbye". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ^ When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love (UK enhanced CD single liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2000. 9201162.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love (UK cassette single sleeve). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2000. 9201164.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Steptacular (European CD album liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 1999. 0519442.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Buzz (UK CD album liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2000. 9201172.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17 no. 30. 22 July 2000. p. 9. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100". Music Week. 20 January 2001. p. 25.

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