Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers - MP3 instrumental karaoke

The perky rockabilly of The Everly Brothers' toe-tapping heartbreaker feels far removed from its melancholic content – but that's why it's undoubtedly such a good pop song. "Bye bye love / Bye bye happiness / Hello loneliness / I think I'm gonna cry / Bye bye love / Bye bye sweet caress / Hello emptiness / I feel like I could die / Bye bye my love goodbye," sing the close harmony-frequenting duo who scored their first hit with "Bye Bye Love" in 1957. Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, the song made it to Number 2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and topped the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts at the time. "Bye Bye Love" has been the subject of numerous cover versions, from The Beatles – who reframed the song for their Let It Be sessions in 1969 – and George Harrison (who breathed new life into the song for his 1974 album Dark Horse) to Ray Charles and Simon & Garfunkel, who included a live version of the song on their 1970 album Bridge over Troubled Water.