I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)

"I Wasn't the One (Who Said Good-Bye)"
1988 European re-issue cover
Single by Agnetha Fältskog with Peter Cetera
from the album I Stand Alone
Released	January 1988 (1988-01)
Recorded	1987
Length	4:10
Label	WEA Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)	Mark Mueller Aaron Zigman
Producer(s)	Peter Cetera
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
"The Last Time" (1987) "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Good-Bye)" (1988) "Let It Shine" (1988)

"I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" is a duet by Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog and American singer Peter Cetera, formerly the lead singer and bass guitar player for rock band Chicago. The track was recorded for Fältskog's third English language studio album I Stand Alone (1987). It was written by Mark Mueller and Aaron Zigman, with Cetera providing production. It was released in January 1988 as the second single from the album. A Spanish language version of the song, "Yo No Fui (Quien Dijo Adiós)", was also recorded and included in South American versions of I Stand Alone.

It proved arguably the album's biggest chart success, peaking at number 93 on both the Canadian RPM Top 100 and US Billboard Hot 100 charts; it was also a top twenty hit on the AC charts in both countries.^[1] Like usual, Fältskog did not do any promotion for the single in North America.

During the recording of the song, Fältskog and Cetera both shared the studio microphone.^[2]

Ron Fell and Diane Rufer of Gavin Report said the song recalls of Cetera's previous duet, "The Next Time I Fall", with Amy Grant.^[3] Cash Box reviewed "I Wasn't the One" as a "smash ballad-duet".^[4] Dutch magazine Hitkrant wrote neutrally of the song, as they expected more of the "combination of top notch talents like this."^[5]

A music video was shot in Stockholm by Egill Eðvarðsson, but did not show Cetera on camera. Fältskog had high hopes that the song would become a hit after the album had reportedly not sold many copies.^[6] By 2nd July 1988, it was reported that Eðvarðsson had been putting the finishing touches to the video.^[6]

The single was released in four formats:

• 7"-single

1. "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)" 4:12
2. "If You Need Somebody Tonight" 3:30

• 12"-single

1. "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)" [Extended Version] 6:00
2. "Yo No Fui (Quien Dijo Adiós)" 4:12
3. "If You Need Somebody Tonight" 3:30

• Cassette single [USA]

1. "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)" 4:06
2. "If You Need Somebody Tonight" 3:32

• 3"-CD-single [Japan]

1. "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)"
2. "If You Need Somebody Tonight"

• "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Good-Bye)" Official Agnetha Fältskog website