Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song)

"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by the cousin duo Mel & Tim. It is the title track of their second LP. It 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 4.

"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
Length3:49 (single version) 4:07 (album version)
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. They appeared on the show along with Al Green.[1]

Chart history

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Weekly charts

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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

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"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[2] and number 10 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart during summer of that year.

Charts

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Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ ""Soul Train" al Green/Mel & Tim (TV Episode 1973) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. ^ a b "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. 1991-07-27. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 29, 1991" (PDF).
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