"The Sound of Goodbye" | ||||
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Single by Armin van Buuren Presents Rising Star | ||||
from the album 002 Basic Instinct | ||||
Released | 31 August 2001 (Netherlands) 3 September 2001 (UK, Germany & US) 3 December 2001 (France) 28 October 2007 (re-issue) | |||
Recorded | Summer 2000 | |||
Genre | Uplifting trance | |||
Length | 3:25 (Armin's Tribal Feel Radio Edit) 3:15 (Above & Beyond Radio Edit) 8:45 (Armin's Tribal Feel) 7:15 (Above & Beyond Remix) | |||
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"The Sound of Goodbye 2008" | ||||
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"The Sound of Goodbye" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Armin van Buuren under his alias Perpetuous Dreamer. It features uncredited vocals from Dutch singer Elles De Graf.[1] The song was released on 31 August 2001 in the Netherlands on Armind as 12" vinyl and CD Maxi Single. It is included in van Buuren's compilation album 002 Basic Instinct.[2]
It is considered as one of the most important trance works of van Buuren's career.[3] The song received great success, charting at number one on the US Hot Dance/Disco Chart.[4] The Armin's Tribal Feel is the official version in the Netherlands whereas the Above & Beyond Remix gained more success in the UK and in the US. The song is rerelease on 28 October 2007 as "The Sound of Goodbye 2008" with a remix by Simon & Shaker.