American
contemporary R&B Motown group
Boyz II Men recorded the song in an
a cappella rendition 16 years later. Released as a single, Boyz II Men's recording peaked at number one on the US
Cash Box Top 100 and number two on the
Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the
Hot R&B Singles chart in December 1991. The track, produced by
Dallas Austin, was included on Boyz II Men's first album,
Cooleyhighharmony (1991), its name a reference to the film from which the song originated. The music video for the song is dedicated to rapper
MC Trouble, who died a few months after the album's release, and it featured archive footage of
Sarah Vaughan,
Jim Henson,
Sammy Davis Jr. and
Gilda Radner, and several others who had died recently. The song was used in the 1992 action film
Lethal Weapon 3, in the funeral scene for Daryl, a 15-year-old gangbanger shot down by Murtaugh.
Track listings US cassette single • A It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (LP Version) • Album Snippets • B1 Under Pressure • B2 Please Don't Go • B3 Lonely Heart • B4 Uhh Ahh • B5 It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
Europe Maxi-CD • It's Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (Radio Version) 3:06 • It's Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday (A capella Version) 3:49 • Album Snippets • 3a Under Pressure 0:48 • 3b Please Don't Go 1:00 • 3c Lonely Heart 1:00 • 3d Uhh Ahh 1:03
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