Written by	Peter Lurye
Publisher	Mad Muppet Melodies

The "Goodbye Song" is performed by Bear and Luna at the end of each episode of Bear in the Big Blue House. As they perform, several scenes from the episode are shown. In rare instances, some of the other characters will join in the singing of the song as well. It was also featured in Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party.

Ojo, Pip and Pop, Tutter, and Treelo joined Bear and Luna in the second half of "Goodbye Song" in "Listen Up!"

Ojo joined Bear and Luna for the Goodbye Song in "You Go, Ojo!"

In the episode "And to All a Good Night," the entire cast (up to that point in the series run) performed a special version of the song. This extended version was available on the Bear's Holiday Celebration album.

Notes

• In the song's initial draft, Bear and Luna sang "[...] but now the setting sun is telling us we're through."^[1]
• The "Goodbye Song" is the only song that appears in every episode (excluding part one of "A Berry Bear Christmas").
• While most appearances of the song feature two segments with two flashbacks each of the episode itself (with two exceptions, and one episode using three flashbacks instead of two for one segment), the one seen in the VHS release of A Berry Bear Christmas features one giant segment that takes up a majority of the song; it also features a clip never seen in the episode, where Jack the Dog is seen laying in his new dog house (though Jack is seen sleeping in his house just prior to the song).
• Even after Lynne Thigpen's passing in 2003, Luna herself made appearances in other Bear in the Big Blue House live performances, where she was voice matched by different actresses. For Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party, voice actress Carol Dennis recorded new audio for "Goodbye Song", while other live performances (such as at California Adventure's Playhouse Disney show) used archive audio of Thigpen for the song only.
• The same vocal tracks of Thigpen and Noel MacNeal were used throughout the series.
• In all variations of the "Goodbye Song," Ojo is present in some form.
• Bear performed a special solo version of the "Goodbye Song" in several live appearances.

Releases

Audio

• Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House (1998)
• Bear's Holiday Celebration (full cast version) (2002)
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Greatest Hits (2005)

Video

• Singing and Dancing With Bear and Friends (2000)

Sources