Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightingale

Album: Right Back Where We Started From (1975)

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This was Maxine Nightingale's breakout song and it hit in a huge way. It's about a woman in a relationship that's begun to fail and she wants them to bring back what brought them together in the first place. Though the song was a huge hit, Nightingale was never able to repeat its success, though "Lead Me On" did very well a few years later. After 1980, she shifted her career and now mostly sings jazz, though she occasionally performs her old hits to her fans. >>>
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Mike - Santa Barbara, CA
Maxine Nightingale is a UK singer who appeared in various stage musicals such as Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell before going solo.
This was written by the British songwriters Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards.
In 1988, the singer Sinitta released a version on her 1988 album Wicked which went to #4 in the UK.
Nightingale did not want to record this in a "crush" rhythm (where bass, percussion and most accompaniment are all on the downbeat). In fact, she nearly refused to record the song but songwriter/producer J. Vincent Edward convinced her to record it as suggested. >>>
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Jim - Columbus, Indiana

Comments: 4

Jack from MinnesotaThis was used frequently as bumper music on Art Bell's overnight show back in the in the 90s. I don't think I would have heard it otherwise. I finally found it again after many years and am hoping some of her other music is as good (or even nearly so).
Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 17th 1976, Maxine Nightingale performed "Right Back Where We Started From" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
At the time of this appearance on 'Bandstand' her next charted record, "Gotta Be The One", was at position #78 on the Top 100, it would stay on the chart for 8 weeks, peaking at #53.
Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 7th, 1976, "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at #95; and on April 25th it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) and spent 20 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 8 of those 20 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
The first week it was at #2 on the Top 100 the #1 record was "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers; and for its 2nd week the #1 record was "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian...
Sinitta, born Sinitta Renay Malone, covered it in 1989; and her version reached #4 in the U.K. and peaked at #84 in her native U.S.A.
Ms. Nightingale celebrated her 62nd birthday three months ago on November 2nd (2013).
Brian from Wilmington, DeThis song is used extensivley in the film Slap Shot with Paul Newman.

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