Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye

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Content

The narrator is a man who is learning that his woman has left him and probably for good this time. She didn't shed a single tear as she left and he knows she's perfected goodbye this time.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying that the single "is so closely associated with my discovery of George Strait’s music and country music as a whole that I can’t separate the experience enough to give 'Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye' an objective evaluation."[1]

Chart positions

"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[2]

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Chart (1988–1989) Peak
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Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 71
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 26

Certifications

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References

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  1. CountryUniverse.net Song review
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