Hello, Goodbye

Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles is featured in Hell-O, the fourteenth episode of Season One. It is sung by the New Directions with Finn and Rachel singing the lead vocals, and Mercedes singing numerous back-up parts.

This song is sung as part of the Glee Club's assignment to perform a song with the word 'hello' in the title. All of the boys wear black suits with black ties, and the girls wear black dresses with white bows and red flats. This song leaves Rachel in tears because of her feelings for Finn. At the end she rushes off the stage with Finn turning to look at her.

Lyrics[]

Finn (and Rachel):
You say yes
I say no
(You say stop)
(I say go, go, go!)
(Oh no!)

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Finn and Rachel (with New Directions):
I say high
You say low
You say why and I say (I don't know!)
Oh no!

Finn and Rachel with New Directions (New Directions):
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello) Hello, hello! (Hello)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Goodbye)
(Hello) Hello, hello! (Hello)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Goodbye)

Finn (with Rachel):
Why, why, why, why, why, why (do you say goodbye, goodbye?)

Finn, Mercedes, and Rachel:
Oh no!

Finn with New Directions:
You say goodbye

Finn and Rachel with New Directions (New Directions):
And I say hello (Hello, goodbye! Hello, goodbye!)
Hello, hello (Hello, goodbye!)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Hello, goodbye! Hello, goodbye!)
Hello, hello (Hello, goodbye!)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Finn (New Directions):
You say yes (I say yes)
I say no (But I may mean no)

Finn and Rachel (New Directions):
You say stop (I can stay)
And I say go, go, go (Till it's time to go!)
Oh no!

Finn and Rachel with New Directions (New Directions):
You say goodbye and I say hello (Hello, goodbye! Hello, goodbye!)
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Hello, goodbye!)
(Hello) Hello, hello (Hello) (Hello, goodbye! Hello, goodbye!) (Rachel: Hello!)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Hello, goodbye!)
(Hello) Hello, hello (Hello) (Hello, goodbye! Hello, goodbye!)
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello (Oh, oh)

Finn and Rachel:
Hello! (New Directions: Oh, oh)

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
Hello...

Mercedes:
Oh, oh, oh, oh!

Rachel with Finn and New Directions (Mercedes):
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la!
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (Hey, hey, hey-lo-la!)
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (Rachel: Hey-lo-laaaa!)
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (Hey-la!) (Rachel: Hey, hey, yeah!)

Rachel with Finn (New Directions):
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (I say hello! Hello, hello!)
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello) (Mercedes: Say hello!)
Hey-la! Hey, hey, hey-lo-la! (Hello, hello! I don't know why you say goodbye)

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
I say hello (New Directions: Oh, oh)

Finn and Rachel:
Hello (New Directions: Oh, oh)
Hello...

Trivia[]

This is the second group number in the show with all black and white outfits; the first one being Keep Holding On, the third being Toxic, the fourth being One of Us, the fifth being Fix You, and the sixth being This Is The New Year.
This is one of the multiple times where Kurt and Quinn were partnered including Hair/Crazy in Love, Jump, and I Can't Go For That/You Make My Dreams.
This is the first of the four times a song originally by the Beatles was sung in the show, outside the Beatles' tribute episodes, the other ones being I Want to Hold Your Hand, Blackbird and In My Life.