Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song)

"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by Mel & Tim. It is the title track of their second LP. The song was their second and final Top 40 hit in the U.S. and Canada. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending five months on the American charts. On the R&B chart, the song peaked at number four.

"Starting All Over Again"
Single by Mel & Tim
from the album Starting All Over Again
B-side"It Hurts to Want It So Bad"
ReleasedJuly 1972 (1972-07)
GenrePop
LabelStax Records
Songwriter(s)Phillip Mitchell
Producer(s)Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins
Mel & Tim singles chronology
"Good Guys Only Win in the Movies"
(1970)		 "Starting All Over Again"
(1972)		 "I May Not Be What You Want"
(1973)

The cousins performed "Starting All Over Again" on Soul Train on March 17, 1973. The show was hosted by Al Green.[1]

Chart history

Weekly charts
Mel and Tim
Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[2] 27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 19
U.S. Billboard R&B 4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 18

Hall & Oates version

"Starting All Over Again" was covered by American duo Hall & Oates in 1990 on the album Change of Season. Released as a single in 1991, their version reached number 11 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart[4] and number 10 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart during summer of that year.

Charts

Other versions
  • The song was covered and released by Bobby Bland in 1992.
  • Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole covered the song on the final album before his death, N Dis Life, released in 1996.
  • "Starting All Over Again" was the title track of Paul Jones's 2009 album and it featured Eric Clapton on guitar.

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0849283/
  2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-12-02. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-12-02. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1991-08-03. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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