When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love explained

When I Said Goodbye" / "Summer of Love
Cover:stepsgoodbyesummer.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Steps
Album:Steptacular Buzz
Released:[1]
Recorded:1999
Studio:PWL (Manchester, England)
Genre:Latin pop ("Summer of Love")
Length:
  • 3:32 ("When I Said Goodbye")
  • 3:52 ("Summer of Love")
Label:
Producer:
Prev Title:Deeper Shade of Blue
Prev Year:2000
When I Said Goodbye
Title2:Summer of Love
Next Title:Stomp
Next Year:2000

"When I Said Goodbye" and "Summer of Love" are two songs by British pop music group Steps, released as a double A-side single. "When I Said Goodbye" is taken from their second studio album, Steptacular (1999), while "Summer of Love" was a previously unavailable track, later included on their third album, Buzz (2000). Following its release on 3 July 2000, the single peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 18 in Ireland.

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. 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.

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. A colour version was released in 2022. 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 CD single[3]

  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[4]

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

Credits and personnel

A-side: "When I Said Goodbye"

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Steptacular.[5]

Recording

Vocals

Personnel

A-side: "Summer of Love"

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Buzz.[6]

Recording

Vocals

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. New Releases – For Week Starting July 3, 2000: Singles. Music Week. 23. 1 July 2000. 3 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Steps – Summer Of Love . Can't Stop the Pop . 28 June 2021 . 1 August 2021.
  3. When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love. Steps. 2000. UK CD single liner notes. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 9201162.
  4. When I Said Goodbye / Summer of Love. Steps. 2000. UK cassette single sleeve. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 9201164.
  5. Steptacular. Steptacular. Steps. 1999. European CD album liner notes. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 0519442.
  6. Buzz. Buzz (Steps album). Steps. 2000. UK CD album liner notes. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 9201172.
  7. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 17. 30. 9. 22 July 2000. 27 July 2020.
  8. Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100. Music Week. 25. 20 January 2001.

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