It's so hard to say goodbye

November 20, 2006 8:42 PM

I need an upbeat farewell music/song for a presentation.

There's a few people leaving their positions and I'm looking for music that's positive and fun with a theme of leaving, farewell, good luck, etc.

The average age of the people leaving is about 45 and there's both men and women in the group. It'll be a bonus if the song is instantly recognizable. 'Take this job and shove it' and others like it are not appropriate for this situation.

posted by elle.jeezy to media & arts (11 comments total)

Not a exactly a good bye song, but still might work: "Kind and Generous" by Natalie Merchant.
posted by 4ster at 8:57 PM on November 20, 2006

"Send Me on My Way" by Rusted Root is a great goodbye song.... It could work for youngish 45, but maybe not oldish.
posted by JMOZ at 9:06 PM on November 20, 2006

Good Riddance by Greenday. (otherwise known as I had the time of my life - used for the end of Seinfeld).
posted by b33j at 9:14 PM on November 20, 2006

Don't Stop, by Fleetwood Mac

Everyone 45ish will remember it from high school (and Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign).
posted by jamaro at 9:40 PM on November 20, 2006

Cheer's theme song.
posted by _aa_ at 9:53 PM on November 20, 2006

"So Long, Farewell" (or whatever it's called) from the Sound of Music.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:47 PM on November 20, 2006

How about "Pomp and Circumstance"?
posted by trip and a half at 11:09 PM on November 20, 2006

Kingston Town.
posted by mono blanco at 11:42 PM on November 20, 2006

I can't find a clip of this song, but maybe someone else can -- Bye Bye Bye, by the Little Rabbits. The last 30 seconds of the song are these cute (yet not too obnoxious) little voices singing "bye ba-bye bye, bye ba-ba-bye." Oh, oops, instantly recognizable. Never mind. How about the first ten seconds of D'yer Maker?
posted by salvia at 12:21 AM on November 21, 2006

How about We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn. The song playing at the end of Dr. Strangelove as the world blows up. It's an old song, not instantly recognizable, but maybe the Strangelove connection would help out.
posted by TrolleyOffTheTracks at 4:44 AM on November 21, 2006

Try "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky. It's an instrumental on the Friday Night Lights soundtrack.

Check it out on YouTube for a free sample.
posted by nineRED at 6:26 AM on November 21, 2006