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MICHAEL W. SMITH'S "HOW TO SAY GOODBYE" MUSIC VIDEO GARNERS
"DIRECTOR VIDEOS" PLACEMENT ON POPULAR YOUTUBE.COM

MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND UNIQUE VIEWS ON THIS SITE IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE!

(Nashville, Tenn.) June 1, 2007 -With the release of the heart-tugging video to “How to Say Goodbye,” from his 11/06 Stand album, Michael W. Smith continues to impact fans with music that connects. The video, which released only four weeks ago, has already been added in heavy rotation on multiple regional outlets as well as on the Gospel Music Channel, Great American Country’s “Positively Country,” CMT.com, YahooMusic.com and YouTube.com where it garnered “Director Videos” positioning and has been viewed by more than 50,000 visitors on this site alone.

To view the YouTube.com "Director Videos" page, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5K-eTTkfM or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHY1kS9TU8

Since “How to Say Goodbye” debuted on YouTube.com, visitors have submitted heartfelt comments expressing how they’ve been moved by the song and video:

Our youngest is getting married this year. Thank you for capturing and expressing my feelings on this so well. . . especially seeing/remembering the child they were in the adult they have become. Thank you for my happy tears. - Howlinatthemoon

You did it again Smitty! Do you enjoy making graduation ceremony attendants cry? - polancopower

Evokes all those feelings about daughters and grand daughters you’ve watched leave the nest and launch into life. It’s wonderful. – dickanders

Sniff! I don’t know how any daughter or father could keep from crying after watching this! It will be such a bittersweet thing to say “good bye” to my papa when I marry. – goldenmorning

Written with long-time friend, Amy Grant, “How to Say Goodbye” was inspired by Smith’s oldest daughter Whitney, who will wed this summer.

For more information on Michael W. Smith, please visit www.michaelwsmith.com.