{{Short description|1993 single by Shara Nelson}} {{Infobox song | name = One Goodbye in Ten | cover = Shara_Nelson_-_One_Goodbye_In_Ten.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = Shara Nelson | album = What Silence Knows | released = 6 September 1993 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul<ref name="everett">{{cite magazine|first=Everett|last=True|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52969346612/|title=Singles|work=Melody Maker|date=11 September 1993|page=29|access-date=13 June 2023|author-link=Everett True}}</ref> | length = 4:09 | label = Cooltempo | writer = * Shara Nelson * Bob Stanley * Pete Wiggs | producer = Michael Peden | prev_title = Down That Road | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Inside Out | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Audio sample|type=single|file=Shara_Nelson_-_One_Goodbye_In_Ten.ogg}} }} '''"One Goodbye in Ten"''' is a song by British singer-songwriter Shara Nelson, released in September 1993 by Cooltempo Records as the second single from the singer's first solo album, ''What Silence Knows'' (1993). Written by her with British band Saint Etienne and produced by Michael Peden, the song received critical acclaim and peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, it was a top-30 hit in Austria and a top-50 hit in the Netherlands.
==Background== In an interview with ''Melody Maker'', Nelson told about making the song, "I heard what they [Saint Etienne] did to "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and thought 'Oooh, that's interesting'. I liked the mood they created. I told them I wanted something on a Motown verge and they agreed and did some backing tracks. We got together in a room and that was it. The song came very quickly. The words suddenly popped into my head."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52978914127/|title=Nelson's Solemn|work=Melody Maker|date=25 September 1993|page=45|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
==Critical reception== In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "Shara Nelson follows up July's No.19 hit 'Down That Road' with a song which is a vast improvement on its predecessor. 'One Goodbye in Ten' shows off her voice to dramatic effect, a ballad in the classic Motown sense, strings and all. If there was any justice this would be a massive hit. Sadly I fear most record buyers will be too insular to appreciate the brilliance of this track."<ref>{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending September 18th 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-september-18th-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=12 September 1993|accessdate=12 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton}}</ref> Everett True from ''Melody Maker'' named it Single of the Week, saying, "She sings like singing is the purest joy of all. 'One Goodbye in Ten' has one simple, wonderful trick. It sounds like two dozen other Sixties soul stormers, and that is an art not to be sneered at. It brings happiness to my table."<ref name="everett"/>
John Harris from ''NME'' named it "Big Relief Single of the Week", stating that it "is full of unrequited love, secret glances, and tears on lonely pillows". He added that the song is "every bit as full of quality, profundity and wonder. This, in a rather cutting nutshell, is the best thing Stanley and Wiggs have ever been involved with."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Harris|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52972885780/|title=Singles|work=NME|date=11 September 1993|page=23|access-date=17 June 2023|author-link=John Harris (critic)}}</ref> Adam Higginbotham from ''Select'' praised it as "gorgeous" and "a dream-ticket Saint Etienne-style pastiche of top-form Bacharach & David '60s soul".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Higginbotham|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums12.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=October 1993|page=91|access-date=4 January 2025|author-link=Adam Higginbotham}}</ref> Gavin Reeve from ''Smash Hits'' gave it four out of five, writing, "Once again Shara takes us down that road to a time when singers could actually sing and musical instruments didn't go bleep. A real jeans commercial of a record that holds your hand and whispers "come on, you know you want to". Mellow with a capital mmm..."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Gavin |last= Reeve |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/37067484561/in/album-72157689004801215/ |title= New Singles |magazine= Smash Hits |date= 1 September 1993 |page= 53 |accessdate= 27 April 2021}}</ref> Jonathan Bernstein from ''Spin'' remarked that Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs from Saint Etienne contribute on the single, describing it as "almost perky" with its "early-60s Doris Troy pop-soul stylings."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jonathan|last=Bernstein|title=Spins|magazine=Spin|date=July 1994|page=70|accessdate=27 January 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Zg4PvPMtTcC}}</ref>
==Music video== The accompanying music video for "One Goodbye in Ten" was directed by English filmmaker and artist John Maybury and produced by Chiara Menage for Limelight Films. It was released on 6 September 1993 and features moody black-and-white aerial shots of Shara Nelson walking around London.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-04.pdf#page=14|title=Promos In Production|magazine=Music Week|date=4 September 1993|page=12|access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>
==Track listings== * '''European CD single (7243 8 80913 2 9)''' # One Goodbye in Ten (album mix) – 4:09 # One Goodbye in Ten (Simon Law mix) – 5:17 # One Goodbye in Ten (Funky Ginger club mix) – 6:54 # One Goodbye in Ten (Underdog mix) – 5:13
* '''UK CD single (7243 8 80884 2 8)''' # One Goodbye in Ten (album mix) – 4:09 # One Goodbye in Ten (Simon Law mix) – 5:17 # One Goodbye in Ten (Funky Ginger club mix) – 6:54 # One Goodbye in Ten (Original demo) – 5:13 # One Goodbye in Ten (Underdog mix) – 4:21
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1993) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/rYlw97T.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016|via=Imgur|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> | 200 |- {{single chart|Austria|30|artist=Shara Nelson|song=One Goodbye in Ten|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2022}} |- !scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-10-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=41|date=9 October 1993|page=15|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> | 63 |- {{single chart|Germany|71|artist=Shara Nelson|song=One Goodbye in Ten|songid=57856|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2022}} |- !scope="row"| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2618597?iabr=on#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=20|date=21 October 1993|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> | 25 |- !scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/shara-nelson/shara-nelson-one-goodbye-in-ten-16837|title=Shara Nelson – One Goodbye in Ten|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> | 14 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|49|artist=Shara Nelson|song=One Goodbye in Ten|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2022}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|21|artist=Shara Nelson|artistid=28235|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2022}} |- !scope="row"| UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-10-09.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=9 October 1993|page=34|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> | 20 |- !scope="row"| UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-18-I.pdf|title=Dance Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=26|date=18 September 1993|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"| UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=11 September 1993|page=4|accessdate=10 May 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-11.pdf}}</ref> | 25 |}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |6 September 1993 |{{n/a}} |rowspan="2"|Cooltempo |{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |- !scope="row"|Australia |4 October 1993 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 04/10/93: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=191|page=19|date=3 October 1993}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p109257|label=Shara Nelson}}
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Category:1993 singles Category:1993 songs Category:Cooltempo Records singles Category:Music videos directed by John Maybury Category:Music videos shot in London Category:Shara Nelson songs Category:Songs written by Bob Stanley (musician) Category:Songs written by Pete Wiggs Category:Songs written by Shara Nelson