Rocktober '80s Song #15: "Goodbye To You" by Scandal (1982)

I've been a little light on new wave this Rocktober, and that's somewhat on purpose, as many new wave songs trend more towards pop than rock -- and, after all, this is ROCKtober, not POPtober.  But today, I decided to give you one of my favorite more rocking new wave songs, Scandal's catchy-as-hell 1982 song "Goodbye To You."

Though the band is better known for their 1984 hit "The Warrior," which hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and is a great song, mind you), I like "Goodbye To You" a little better.  It was the band's first single, and it had some very minor chart success, reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart (then called Top Tracks).  The song is just a fantastic little piece of early '80s rock, and an interesting tidbit is that the keyboard solo in the song is actually played by longtime Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer, who based the solo on Del Shannon's "Runaway."  If you know the latter -- and you should -- you can hear the inspiration.  Shaffer did not make an appearance in the video for the song, however.

Another interesting tidbit is that Jon Bon Jovi briefly played guitar for Scandal in 1983, before forming Bon Jovi.  The band slowly turned over members over the next couple years before breaking up in 1985.