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"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
	U.S. commercial cassette single
Single by Boyz II Men
from the album Cooleyhighharmony
Released	August 20, 1991
Genre	A cappella, soul
Length	2:47
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
Boyz II Men singles chronology

"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
Single by G.C. Cameron
from the album Cooley High: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/G.C. Cameron
B-side	"Haulin' + Cold Blooded (Instrumental)" by Freddie Perren
Released	September 1, 1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Soul
Length	3:25
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Perren; Christine Yarian;
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren
G.C. Cameron singles chronology

"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is an R&B song written by 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 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.

Boyz II Men cover

The 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 two on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart in December 1991. The track was included on Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony, 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 Jim Henson, Sammy Davis Jr. and Gilda Radner, and several others who had died recently.^{[citation needed]}

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

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.^[1]

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 the 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.

Charts and certifications

G.C. Cameron version

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[2]	38

Boyz II Men version

Weekly charts

Chart (1991–1993)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	100
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)^[4]	5
Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record)^[4]	17
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	36
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[6]	26
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[11]	49
US Billboard Hot 100^[12]	37

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[13]	Gold	5,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[14]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.