Late Goodbye

"Late Goodbye"
Single by Poets of the Fall
from the album Signs of Life[1]
Released	30 June 2004 (See release history)
Format	CD single
Genre	Alternative rock, acoustic rock
Length	17:06
Label	Insomniac
Writer(s)	Sam Lake
Poets of the Fall singles chronology
Late Goodbye (2004) Lift (2004)

"Late Goodbye" is a song by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall that appeared in the 2003 video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne as well as on the band's debut album Signs of Life.^[2][3] It was also the first single released from the album and reached No. 14 on the Finnish Singles Chart^[4] as well as No. 1 on Radio SuomiPOP's Top 30 chart.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Late Goodbye" (album version) – 03:47
2. "Late Goodbye" (radio edit) – 03:18
3. "Late Goodbye" (unplugged) – 03:33
4. "Late Goodbye" (piano instrumental) – 03:19
5. "Everything Fades" – 03:09

Release history

Awards

Max Payne 2

The song can be heard by the player at various times during the game:

• It is overheard playing through the headphones of the janitor cleaning the basement of Max's apartment. He also sings and hums along to the lyrics.
• It is played by a cleaner on a piano for 24 seconds in a room in the apartments where several Inner Circle members live.
• The game's antagonists often whistle or hum the song when not talking or fighting.
• Max tries to play different versions of the song on a piano in one of the missions.
• Mona Sax sings it in the shower at her flat at the closed-down Address Unknown amusement park.
• It is also heard over the credits upon completion of the game.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics