May 1981 had the release of "Play Me Out", Reddy's debut album for MCA Records, which Reddy said had "made me a deal we and Wald couldn't refuse"; "we shopped around and felt the most enthusiasm at MCA." Reddy's new label affiliation, though, would result in only one minor success; her remake of Becky Hobbs's 1979 country hit "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" returned her for the last time to the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 88; it also returned Reddy to the charts in the UK and Ireland (her sole previous hit in both was "Angie Baby"). Reddy's 14 November 1981 "Top of the Pops" performance brought "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" into the UK top 50; the track would rise there no higher than number 43, but in Ireland reached number 16, giving Reddy her final high placing on a major national chart. MCA released one further Reddy album: "Imagination", in 1983; it would prove to be Reddy's final release as a career recording artist.