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{{Short description|1975 song by Maxine Nightingale}}
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
| Name = Right Back Where We Started From
{{Infobox song
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Maxine Nightingale]]
| name = Right Back Where We Started From
| cover = Right_Back_Where_We_Started_From_-_Maxine_Nightingale.jpg
| Album = Right Back Where We Started From
| A-side = Right Back Where We Started From
| alt =
| B-side = Believe in What You Do
| caption = Artwork for French vinyl release
| Released = 1975
| type = single
| Format = [[gramophone record|7" single]]
| artist = [[Maxine Nightingale]]
| album = [[Right Back Where We Started From (album)|Right Back Where We Started From]]
| Recorded = 1975
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Disco]]
| B-side = Believe in What You Do
| released = 1975 (International)<br />February 1976 (U.S.)
| Length =
| recorded = 1975
| Label = [[United Artists]]
| studio =
| Writer = J. Vincent Edwards, [[Pierre Tubbs]]
| Producer = J. Vincent Edwards, [[Pierre Tubbs]]
| genre = [[R&B]], [[disco]]
| Certification = Gold
| length = 3:18
| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]]
| Last single = "Love on Borrowed Time"<br/>(1971)
| writer = [[Pierre Tubbs]] and [[J. Vincent Edwards]]
| This single = "'''Right Back Where We Started From'''"<br/>(1975)
| producer = J. Vincent Edwards, [[Pierre Tubbs]]
| Next single = "Gotta Be the One"<br/>(1976)
| prev_title = Love on Borrowed Time
| Misc =
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Gotta Be the One
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|_bna2ni6h4c|"Right Back Where We Started From"}}}}
}}
}}
"'''Right Back Where We Started From'''" is a song written by [[Pierre Tubbs]] and [[J. Vincent Edwards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vincentedwards.com/ |title=Welcome to J. Vincent's Edwards official Homepage |publisher=Vincentedwards.com |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by British singer [[Maxine Nightingale]] for whom it was an international hit. In 1989, a remake by British-American singer [[Sinitta]] reached No. 4 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The music features a significant repetitive sample from the song "Goodbye, Nothing to Say", written by Stephen Jameson and Marshall Doctores, which was recorded first by Jameson under the name of Nosmo King, and then by [[the Javells]] featuring Nosmo King (UK #26),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15172/javells-and-nosmo-king/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=9 November 1974 |access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref> both in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jonkutner.com/right-back-where-we-started-from/|title=Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale)|work=Jon Kutner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=2148|title=The Originals © by Arnold Rypens|work=originals.be}}</ref>
"'''Right Back Where We Started From'''" is a song written by [[Pierre Tubbs]] and J. Vincent Edwards which was first recorded in the summer of 1975 by [[Maxine Nightingale]] for whom it was an international hit. In 1989 a remake by [[Sinitta]] reached #4 UK.

==Maxine Nightingale version==
==Maxine Nightingale version==
===In the UK===
===In the UK===
In a 3 May 2008 interview with Michael Shelley of [[WFMU]] Edwards recalled that after hearing Maxine Nightingale sing on the session for [[Al Matthews]]' "Fool" that track's producer Pierre Tubbs had come up with "Right Back Where We Started From" as a good title for a song for Nightingale herself to record and had invited Edwards to co-write the song.
In a 3 May 2008 interview with [[Michael Shelley (musician)|Michael Shelley]] of [[WFMU]], Edwards recalled that after hearing Maxine Nightingale sing on the session for [[Al Matthews (actor)|Al Matthews]]' "Fool" that track's producer Pierre Tubbs had come up with "Right Back Where We Started From" as a good title for a song for Nightingale herself to record and had invited Edwards to co-write the song. Utilizing a tune which Edwards had written "a couple of years before", Tubbs and Edwards wrote "Right Back Where We Started From" in about seven minutes while driving to [[Charing Cross Hospital]] where Tubbs' wife Gabrielle (née Zimmerman) was set to give birth to Tubbs' daughter Nadine. The song heavily reflects Edwards' admiration for the [[Motown Records|Motown]] songwriting team of [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]]. A rough demo featuring Edwards' vocal was cut the next day and it was Edwards, who had performed with Nightingale in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', who approached Nightingale with an offer for her to record the song.


Nightingale recorded "Right Back Where We Started From" within a week of Edwards offering her the song, although she had initially refused, succumbing to Edwards' persuasion only on the condition that the track be released under a pseudonym. Edwards also had to convince Nightingale to accept a [[royalties|royalty]] payment rather than a one-time session fee equivalent to US$45. "Right Back Where We Started From" would ultimately be released in Nightingale's real name; she would also be awarded a more substantial royalty than she had agreed to. According to Edwards, consideration was given to "Right Back Where We Started From" being recorded as a duet featuring Nightingale and himself, but this possibility ended when [[Private Stock Records]] recruited Edwards to cut a remake of "[[The Worst That Could Happen]]". Nightingale had opined to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that Edwards' vocal on the demo was "pretty horrendous".
Tubbs and Edwards wrote "Right Back Where We Started From" in about seven minutes while driving to the hospital where Tubbs' wife was set to give birth: the song heavily reflects Edwards' admiration for the [[Motown Records|Motown]] songwriting team of [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]]. A rough demo featuring Edwards' vocal was cut the next day and it was Edwards - who had performed with Nightingale in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Hair]]'' - who approached Nightingale with an offer for her to record the song.


"Right Back Where We Started From" was recorded at Central Sound Studio, a small [[demo (music)|demo]] studio on [[Denmark Street]] near [[Soho]]. Personnel on the session included two former members of the [[Electric Light Orchestra]], [[bass guitar]]ist [[Mike de Albuquerque]] and [[violin]]ist [[Wilfred Gibson]] (who did the strings arrangement).<ref>{{cite web|title=Wilf Gibson Interview |first1=Martin |last1=Kinch |date=October 2003 |url=http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/wilf.html |access-date=21 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065858/http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/wilf.html |archive-date=7 February 2009 }}</ref> In the WFMU interview, Edwards identified other players on the session as drummer [[Pete Kircher]] and keyboardist [[Dave Rowberry]]. Also, Tubbs played guitar and Edwards provided percussion. Nightingale would advise ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that she had disliked Tubbs's utilization of both a crashing keyboard arrangement and heavy hand claps; she was also discomforted by being required to sing in a higher key than she was accustomed to.
Nightingale initially refused but was eventually persuaded by Edwards to record the song on the understanding it be released under a pseudonym; Edwards also had to convince her to accept a [[royalties|royalty]] payment rather than a one-time session fee. "Right Back Where We Started From" would ultimately be released in Nightingale's real name; she'd also be awarded a more substantial royalty than she'd agreed to.


Mike de Albuquerque recalled, "We were doing...one of those demo sessions where everybody goes and sits down with music in front of you and you try and get through as many tunes as possible....I remember [Pierre Tubbs]...saying, listen guys, I want to record in entirety four pieces in this three hour session...and we recorded two pieces with Maxine and two with somebody else....[Let] me stress, it was a demo session that this multi million selling thing came out of, it wasn't let's go and remake it... it was the original demo session....[That] multi million selling recording, I would think, cost [Tubbs] less than a £100 if you put the other tracks into the pudding".<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike De Albuquerque Interview |first1=Martin |last1=Kinch |date=18 August 1998 |url=http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/mike1.html |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603105735/http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/mike1.html |archive-date=3 June 2009 }}</ref>
According to Edwards consideration was given to "Right Back Where We Started From" being recorded as a duet featuring Nightingale and himself but this possibility ended when [[Private Stock Records]] recruited Edwards to cut a remake of "[[The Worst That Could Happen]]". Nightingale herself had opined to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that Edwards' vocal on the demo was "pretty horrendous".


Released within two weeks of its recording by [[United Artists Records|United Artists]], who employed Tubbs in its art department, "Right Back Where We Started From" broke in the [[London]] [[disco]]s and reached #8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] dated 29 November 1975.<ref name="Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/ | title=Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>
The session for "Right Back Where We Started From" included two former members of the [[Electric Light Orchestra]]: [[Mike de Albuquerque]] ([[bass guitar]]) and [[violin]]ist [[Wilfred Gibson]] who did the strings arrangement.
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In the WFMU interview Edwards identified other players on the session as drummer [[Pete Kircher]] and keyboardist [[Dave Rowberry]]: also Tubbs played guitar and Edwards provided percussion. Nightingale would advise ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that she had disliked Tubbs' utilization of both a crashing keyboard arrangement and heavy handclaps: she was also discomfited by being required to sing in a higher key than she was accustomed to.


===In the US===
Mike de Albuquerque recalled: "We were doing a demo session in a little studio in Denmark Street...one of those demo sessions where everybody goes and sits down with music in front of you and you try and get through as many tunes as possible....I remember [Pierre Tubbs]...saying, listen guys, I want to record in entirety four pieces in this three hour session...and we recorded two pieces with Maxine and two with somebody else....[Let] me stress, it was a demo session that this multi million selling thing came out of, it wasn't let's go and remake it... it was the original demo session....[That] multi million selling recording, I would think, cost [Tubbs] less than a £100 if you put the other tracks into the pudding".
United Artists issued "Right Back Where We Started From" in the US in January 1976, and the single entered the charts in February to rise as high as #2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on 1 May 1976. The single reach number 1 on ''[[Cash Box]]'' and ''[[Record World]]''. On 27 April, the single received [[Music recording sales certification|Gold certification]] for sales of a million units.
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"Right Back Where We Started From" also appeared on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Adult Contemporary]] and Black Singles charts at #5 and #46, respectively.<ref name=MNBS>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p19580|pure_url=yes}}
Released within two weeks of its recording by [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] - who employed Tubbs in its art department - "Right Back Where We Started From" broke in the [[London]] [[disco]]s and reached #8 on the UK chart dated 29 November 1975<ref name="Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19751129 | title=Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975 accessdate=21 February 2009}}</ref> .
| title=Maxine Nightingale - Billboard Singles |access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>


Following the single's US success, Nightingale completed a ''[[Right Back Where We Started From (album)|Right Back Where We Started From]]'' album with Tubbs producing; Billboard ranked the album at #65.<ref name=MNBA>
===In the US===
{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p19580|pure_url=yes}} | title=Maxine Nightingale - Billboard Albums |access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>
United Artists issued "Right Back Where We Started From" in the US in January 1976 and the single entered the charts in February to rise as high as #2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the spring of 1976. Although "Right Back Where We Started From" was held off from the top of the Hot 100 for four weeks the single - which received [[Music recording sales certification|Gold certification]] for sales of a million on 27 April - did reach #1 on the charts for the two other major US music industry journals ''[[Cash Box]]'' and ''[[Record World]]''.


===Personnel===
"Right Back Where We Started From' also appeared on Billboard's [[Adult Contemporary]] and Black Singles charts at respectively #5 and #46.<ref name="Maxine Nightingale - Billboard Singles">{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=MAXINE|NIGHTINGALE&sql=11:39fixq85ldae~T51
| title=Maxine Nightingale - Billboard Singles accessdate=21 February 2009}}</ref>
*[[Maxine Nightingale]]: lead & backing vocals
*[[Pierre Tubbs]]: guitars, Elka synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
*[[Mike de Albuquerque]]: bass
*[[Pete Kircher]]: drums
*Al Matthews, [[Pete Kircher]]: backing vocals
*[[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]]: baritone saxophone
*[[J. Vincent Edwards|Vince Edwards]]: percussion, backing vocals
*[[Wilf Gibson]] – string arrangements and conductor


==Charts==
Following the single's US success Nightingale completed a ''Right Back Where We Started From'' album with Tubbs producing: Billboard ranked the album at #65.
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{{citeweb|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=MAXINE|NIGHTINGALE&sql=11:39fixq85ldae~T50 | title=Maxine Nightingale - Billboard Albums accessdate=21 February 2009}}</ref>


===Weekly charts===
{{start box}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{s-bef | before= "[[Disco Lady]]"<br>by<br>[[Johnnie Taylor]]}}
|-
{{s-ttl | title= [[Cash Box]]<br>#1 on Top 100 Singles chart | years= April 24, 1976}}
! Chart (1975–1976)
{{s-aft | after= "[[Let Your Love Flow]]"<br>by<br>[[the Bellamy Brothers]]}}
! Peak<br />position
{{s-bef | before= "[[Disco Lady]]"<br>by<br>[[Johnnie Taylor]]}}
|-
{{s-ttl | title= [[Record World]]<br>#1 on Top 100 Pops | years= May 1, 1976}}
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=218}}</ref><ref name="aus76">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 131 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= December 27, 1976 |access-date= January 11, 2022 }}</ref>
{{s-aft | after= "[[Welcome Back (song)|Welcome Back]]"<br>by<br>[[John Sebastian]]}}
| style="text-align:center;"|4
{{end box}}
|-
|Belgium ([[Ultratop]])
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|Canada Adult Contemporary (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4115&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4115.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4115 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70 |publisher= InfoDisc |date=1 April 1976 |access-date=22 December 2019 |url=http://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_N.php/Tubes_Artiste_Choisi.php |language= fr}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|Netherlands
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1976-05-21|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart|work=THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=176}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|US [[R&B]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>[http://www.musicvf.com/top_r_n_b_songs_of_1976 Top R&B Songs of 1976]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19760424.html |title=Top 100 1976-04-24 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=14 January 2016 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|West Germany ([[Official German Charts]])
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
|}
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===International chart peaks===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Australia|<small>AUSTRALIA</small>]]
! [[Brazil|<small>BRAZIL</small>]]
! [[Canada|<small>CANADA</small>]]
! [[France|<small>FRANCE</small>]]
! [[Germany|<small>GERMANY</small>]]
! [[Republic of Ireland|<small>IRELAND</small>]]
! [[Mexico|<small>MEXICO</small>]]
! [[Netherlands|<small>THE NETH-<br>ERLANDS</small>]]
! [[New Zealand|<small>NEW<br>ZEALAND</small>]]
! [[Sweden|<small>SWEDEN</small>]]
|-
|-
| align="center" |#4<br>1976
!align="left"|Chart (1976)
| align="center" |Top Ten<br>1976
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
| align="center" |#5<br>1976
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus76"/>
| align="center" |#10<br>1976
| align="center" |#38<br>1976
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
| align="center" |#14<br>1975
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=tbic14a4kgbgvqfqi1chsi9h32|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123142822/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=tbic14a4kgbgvqfqi1chsi9h32|archive-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
| align="center" |Top Ten<br>1976
| align="center" |#3<br>1976
| style="text-align:center;"|116
|-
| align="center" |#6<br>1976
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 |publisher=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
| align="center" |#9<br>1978
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>[http://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=2171 Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|48
|}

===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1958-2018)
! Position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|591
|}
|}
{{col-end}}


===Soundtrack appearances===
==Soundtrack appearances==
"Right Back Where We Started From" was prominently featured in the 1977 film ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'', during the scenes where the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team are traveling on their bus, and during the end credits. The [[VHS]] release of ''Slap Shot'' replaced "Right Back Where We Started From", and all other songs featured in the film, with stock music due to licensing issues. When ''Slap Shot'' was released on DVD in 2002, the original songs were restored. In the premiere episode of the [[HBO]] series ''[[24/7 (HBO series)|24/7]]'', which focused on the [[2011 NHL Winter Classic]], "Right Back Where We Started From" was played over footage of the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] traveling to the game, as an homage to ''Slap Shot''. As a similar homage, the song is played after home wins by the [[New York Islanders]], the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and the [[Sheffield Steelers]], while the [[New York Rangers]] played the song in their locker room after home wins during the 2013-14 season. [[TD Garden]] organist [[Ron Poster]] occasionally plays the song during [[Boston Bruins]] games, and [[The Hanson Brothers (band)|The Hanson Brothers]] (who were named after a group of characters in ''Slap Shot'') recorded a punk rock version of the song for the soundtrack of ''[[Slap Shot 3: The Junior League]]'', under the title "Get it Right Back".<ref>{{cite book
"Right Back Where We Started From" was prominently featured in the [[Paul Newman]] film ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' and is also a soundtrack item in the films ''[[The World Is Full of Married Men#Film adaptation|The World Is Full of Married Men]]'', ''[[Slums of Beverly Hills]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?]]'', ''[[Starsky and Hutch (film)|Starsky and Hutch]]'', the 2005 remake of ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]'' and ''[[The Family Stone]]''.
|last1 = Jackson
|first1 = Jonathon
|year = 2010
|title = The Making of Slap Shot: Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ovXrNTzFiwsC&q=The+Making+of+Slap+Shot
|publisher = John Wiley & Sons
|page = 285
|access-date = 11 March 2017
|isbn = 9780470678008
}}</ref>


==Sinitta version==
==Sinitta version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Right Back Where We Started From
| name = Right Back Where We Started From
| Cover = Sinitta - Right Back.jpg
| cover = Sinitta - Right Back.jpg
| Artist = [[Sinitta]]
| alt =
| Album = [[Wicked (Sinitta album)|Wicked]]
| type = single
| A-side =
| artist = [[Sinitta]]
| B-side = "I Just Can't Help It"
| album = [[Wicked (Sinitta album)|Wicked]]
| B-side = I Just Can't Help It
| Released = [[May]] [[1989]] <ref>[http://www.pwl-empire.com/discog.html pwl-empire.com]</ref>
| released = May 1989<ref>{{cite web|title=Pete Waterman Entertainment Ltd - Official Top 40 Hits Discography |url=http://www.pwl-empire.com/discog.html |access-date=14 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228233512/http://pwl-empire.com/discog.html |archive-date=28 February 2009 }}</ref>
| Format = [[7" Single]]<br>[[12" Single]]<br>[[CD Single]]
| Recorded = 1988
| recorded = 1989
| studio =
| Genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Disco]]
| Length = 3:16
| venue =
| Label = [[Fanfare Records]]
| genre = [[Dance-pop]]
| length = 3:16
| Writer = J.Vincent Edwards, [[Pierre Tubbs]]
| Producer = Pete Hammond
| label = [[Fanfare Records]]
| writer = [[J. Vincent Edwards]], [[Pierre Tubbs]]
| Certification =
| producer = Pete Hammond
| Last single = "[[I Don't Believe In Miracles]]"<br/>(1988)
| prev_title = [[I Don't Believe In Miracles]]
| This single = "'''Right Back Where We Started From'''"<br/>(1989)
| prev_year = 1988
| Next single = "[[Love On a Mountain Top]]"<br/>(1989)
| next_title = [[Love on a Mountain Top#Sinitta version|Love on a Mountain Top]]
| Misc =
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|I2RXgHfqYx0|"Right Back Where We Started From"}}}}
}}
}}
A [[1989]] remake of "Right Back Where We Started From" was included on the 1988 [[Sinitta]] album ''[[Sinitta discography#Wicked|Wicked]]'' and was released as the album's second single in June [[1989]] reaching #2 in New Zealand<ref name="Sinitta -Right Back Where We Started From">{{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sinitta&titel=Right+Back+Where+We+Started+From&cat=s
A 1989 cover version of "Right Back Where We Started From" was released by American-born British [[Pop music|pop]]/[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Sinitta]] and included on her second album, ''[[Wicked (Sinitta album)|Wicked]]'' (1989). It was released as the album's second single in June 1989 by [[Fanfare Records]] and met with success, attaining the top 20 in many countries, including the UK where it reached number four. Later, "Right Back Where We Started From" served as the title cut for a [[Sinitta discography#Right Back Where We Started From: The Hits+ Collection 1986-2009|Sinitta retrospective]] released in 2009.

| title=Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From|accessdate=2009-11-16}}</ref>, #4 UK, #5 in Ireland, #6 in Australia, #16 in Denmark, and #17 in Spain. Sinitta's "Right Back Where We Started From" also reached #48 in the Netherlands and became the singer's only chart item in her native US reaching #84 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #48 on the magazine's Hot Dance Chart (Maxi-single sales).
===Formats and track listings===
===Critical reception===
Bill Coleman from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' concluded that the song "could be the club kitten's biggest hit in the States. Already a smash in the U.K., this [[Bubblegum music|bubble-gum]], [[hi-NRG]]/pop cover of [[Maxine Nightingale]]'s late '70s hit has smash potential."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Bill |last=Coleman |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-09-23.pdf |title=Single Reviews |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=23 September 1989 |page=85 |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' stated that the "cheerful" cover "will undoubtedly do well across the Continent."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-06-24.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]] |date=24 June 1989 |page=26 |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> [[Sylvia Patterson]] from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' wrote, "This is hardly a radical interpretation of the original, except that it's a bit faster (due to [[Stock Aitken & Waterman|the Stocks]]' contribution) and not as well sung (due to Sinitta's). Still, it always was a supreme [[disco]] classic and it would take a right duffer to mess this one up."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sylvia |last=Patterson |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/33515138434/in/album-72157683231892995/ |title=Singles |magazine=[[Smash Hits]] |date=3 May 1989 |page=59 |access-date=9 March 2023|author-link=Sylvia Patterson}}</ref> Retrospectively, in a 2023 review of the parent album, the Pop Rescue website called "Right Back Where We Started From" "a wonderfully up-beat and bouncy song from the start" and a "catchy hit".<ref>{{cite web|title= REVIEW: "WICKED" BY SINITTA (CD, 1989) |publisher= Pop Rescue |date= 11 August 2023 |url= https://poprescue.com/2023/08/11/review-wicked-by-sinitta-cd-1989/ |accessdate= 30 October 2023}}</ref>
; 7" Single

===Chart performance===
"Right Back Where We Started From" was by far the most successful single from the ''Wicked'' album. It started at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart on 3 June 1989, reached number four for two weeks and fell off the chart after ten weeks.<ref name="UK"/> It achieved [[List of music recording certifications|silver]] status, awarded by the [[British Phonographic Industry]].<ref name="UKcert"/> The same month, it peaked at number five in Ireland and appeared on the chart for five weeks.<ref name="Ireland"/> In Continental Europe, it was also a top four hit in Finland,<ref name="Finland"/> a top 12 and 13 hit in Denmark and the Flanders region of Belgium,<ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Flanders"/> a top 25 hit in West Germany where it charted for 12 weeks,<ref name="Germany"/> but stalled at number 48 in the Netherlands.<ref name="Netherlands"/> On the overall [[Eurochart Hot 100]] compiled by the ''[[Music & Media]]'' magazine, it debuted at number 65 on 10 June 1989, peaked at number 15 in its third week and counted 11 weeks on the chart.<ref name="Europe"/> It had an eight-week chart run on the European Airplay Top 50, with a peak at number eight.<ref name="Airplay"/>

Outside Europe, "Right Back Where We Started From" was a hit single in New Zealand and Australia where it reached number two and number seven, respectively; in both countries, it charted for 17 weeks.<ref name="New Zealand"/><ref name="Australia"/> It received a gold disc, awarded by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].<ref name="ARIA"/> It became the singer's only charting single in her native US, reaching number 84 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100 chart and number 48 on the magazine's Hot Dance chart (maxi-single sales).

===Track listings===
* '''7" single'''
#"Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16
#"Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16
#"I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
#"I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43

; 12" Single
* '''12" single'''
#"Right Back Where We Started From" (Left Back On The Side Mix) - 7:12
#"Right Back Where We Started From" (Left Back on the Side mix) - 7:12
#"I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
#"I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
#"Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16
#"Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16


===Charts===
''[[Sinitta discography#Right Back Where We Started From : The Hits+ Collection 1986-2009|Right Back Where We Started From]]'' served as the title cut for a Sinitta retrospective released in 2009.
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====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Right Back Where We Started From" by Sinitta
|-
! Chart (1989)
! Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|Australia|7|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|refname="Australia"|access-date=7 August 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|Flanders|13|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|refname="Flanders"|access-date=7 August 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref name="Denmark">Danish Singles Chart. 28 July 1989.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="Europe">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-06-24.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|date=24 June 1989|access-date=25 September 2020|magazine=[[Music & Media]]}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref name="Airplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-07-08.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=27|date=8 July 1989|page=III<!-- 10 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name="Finland">{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=235|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Sinitta|page=235|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=7 August 2023|language=fi}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
!scope="row"{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Right Back Where We Started|refname="Ireland"|access-date=5 September 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|Dutch100|48|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|refname="Netherlands"|access-date=5 September 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|New Zealand|2|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|refname="New Zealand"|access-date=5 September 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|artistid=23105|refname="UK"|accessdate=5 September 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-06-17.pdf |title=Top Dance Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=17 June 1989 |page=27<!-- 31 in PDF file --> |via=World Radio History |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|84
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot Dance 12-Inch Singles Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Dance Music|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=21 October 1989|page=34|id={{ProQuest|1438697474}}}}</ref>
|align="center"|48
|-
!scope="row"{{Singlechart|West Germany|25|artist=Sinitta|song=Right Back Where We Started From|refname="Germany"|accessdate=5 September 2023|songid=17623}}
|-
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1989 year-end chart performance for "Right Back Where We Started From" by Sinitta
|-
!Chart (1989)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1989/singles-chart# |title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1989 |publisher=[[ARIA]] |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|44
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1989-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 1989|work=THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Year End Singles|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=44|date=January 27, 1990}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|}
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===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Right Back Where We Started From" by Sinitta}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Sinitta|title=Right Back Where We Started From|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1989|certref=<ref name="ARIA"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Sinitta|title=Right Back Where We Started From|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1989|id=5528-1452-1|access-date=5 September 2023|refname="UKcert"}}
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==Other versions==
==Other versions==
* [[:pt:Celly Campello|Celly Campello]] included a Portuguese rendering of the song: "Vamos começar tudo outra vez", on her 1976 eponymous album.
* [[Marcia Hines]]' 1996 album ''[[Discotheque (album)|Discotheque]]'' - composed of covers of classic dance hits - included a remake of "Right Back Where We Started From".
* [[Anita Sarawak]] recorded the song for her 1976 album ''Sophisticated Lady''.
* The 2000 [[direct-to-video]] animated [[Walt Disney Pictures]] film ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' featured a remake of "Right Back Where We Started From" by [[Cleopatra (band)|Cleopatra]]. The Cleopatra cover was also later included on the soundtrack for the 2008 Disney film ''[[College Road Trip]]''.
* [[:sv:Birgitta Wollgård & Salut|Birgitta Wollgård]] recorded the song for her 1978 album ''Ställd Mot Väggen''.
* Alternative rock band [[Lazlo Bane]] covered the song for their ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Lazlo Bane album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' album. However the title was changed to "Get Right Back"
* A Dutch rendering: "Jij maakt mij stapelgek", was introduced in 1991 by Flemish singer Sylviane [Coigné]: [[:nl:Bouke (zanger)|Bouke]] remade the song for his 2008 ''In mijn gedachten'' album. Another Dutch rendering: "Een, twee, drie", recorded by [[:nl:Bart Kaëll|Bart Kaëll]], reached #32 on the Dutch charts in Belgium in 1995.
* The 2008 self-titled debut album of [[indie rock]] band [http://www.last.fm/music/Army+Navy/ Army Navy] includes a cover of the song as a [[bonus track]]. It was recently used in the [[Shrek Forever After]] Teaser Trailer
* [[Marcia Hines]]' 1996 album ''[[Discotheque (Marcia Hines album)|Discotheque]]'' - composed of covers of classic dance hits - included a remake of "Right Back Where We Started From".
* The [[Jonas Brothers]] sampled the main riff of the song for their track "Keep It Real" on their 2009 album [[Lines, Vines and Trying Times]].
* The 2000 [[direct-to-video]] animated [[Walt Disney Pictures]] film ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' featured a cover of "Right Back Where We Started From" by [[Cleopatra (group)|Cleopatra]]. The Cleopatra cover was also later included on the soundtrack for the 2008 Disney film ''[[College Road Trip]]''.
*Dutch singer Johnny Valentino has a 20 February 2010 single release with a translation of "Right Back Where We Started From", entitled "Het Gaat Gebeuren" ("it will happen").
* Alternative rock band [[Lazlo Bane]] covered the song for their 2007 [[cover album]] ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Lazlo Bane album)|Guilty Pleasures]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lazlobane3|title= Lazlo Bane's Guilty Pleasures|publisher=cdbaby.com|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> However the title was changed to "Get Right Back".
* Canadian hockey-punkers The Hanson Brothers covered the song in 2002.
* The 2008 self-titled debut album of [[indie rock]] band [[Army Navy (band)|Army Navy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Army+Navy/ |title=Army Navy – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at |publisher=Last.fm |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> included a cover of the song as a [[bonus track]]. It was recently used in the ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' teaser trailer. and also the featured in the trailer for ''[[Parental Guidance (film)|Parental Guidance]]''.
* The [[Jonas Brothers]] sampled the main riff of the song for their track "Keep It Real" on their 2009 album, ''[[Lines, Vines and Trying Times]]''.
* [[René Froger]] recorded the song for his 2010 album ''Hollands Glorie''.
* Dutch singer Johnny Valentino has a 20 February 2010 single release with a translation of "Right Back Where We Started From", entitled "Het Gaat Gebeuren" ("It will happen").
* [[Mark Kozelek]], known for his work as [[Sun Kil Moon]], released a cover on his 2013 covers album ''[[Like Rats]]''.
* In 2012, The Chandler Travis Philharmonic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chandlertravis.com/ctp/news/ |title=News « Chandler's World |publisher=Chandlertravis.com |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> recorded a version for the compilation album ''Super Hits Of The Seventies'', a fundraiser for radio station [[WFMU]].
*In 2018, rapper [[Yung Gravy]] sampled the song in his song "Gravy Train".<ref>{{Citation|last=Yung Gravy|title=Yung Gravy - Gravy Train [prod. engelwood x jason rich]|date=24 October 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpSTwj6Plc8|access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.songlyrics.com/maxine-nightingale/right-back-where-we-started-from-lyrics/ Lyrics of this song]
* {{YouTube|ckCwBAhz4oc|Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From}}


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Latest revision as of 16:41, 18 December 2024

"Right Back Where We Started From"
Artwork for French vinyl release
Single by Maxine Nightingale
from the album Right Back Where We Started From
B-side"Believe in What You Do"
Released1975 (International)
February 1976 (U.S.)
Recorded1975
GenreR&B, disco
Length3:18
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards
Producer(s)J. Vincent Edwards, Pierre Tubbs
Maxine Nightingale singles chronology
"Love on Borrowed Time"
(1971) 		"Right Back Where We Started From"
(1975) 		"Gotta Be the One"
(1976)
Music video
"Right Back Where We Started From" on YouTube

"Right Back Where We Started From" is a song written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards,[1] which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by British singer Maxine Nightingale for whom it was an international hit. In 1989, a remake by British-American singer Sinitta reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The music features a significant repetitive sample from the song "Goodbye, Nothing to Say", written by Stephen Jameson and Marshall Doctores, which was recorded first by Jameson under the name of Nosmo King, and then by the Javells featuring Nosmo King (UK #26),[2] both in 1974.[3][4]

Maxine Nightingale version

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In the UK

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In a 3 May 2008 interview with Michael Shelley of WFMU, Edwards recalled that after hearing Maxine Nightingale sing on the session for Al Matthews' "Fool" that track's producer Pierre Tubbs had come up with "Right Back Where We Started From" as a good title for a song for Nightingale herself to record and had invited Edwards to co-write the song. Utilizing a tune which Edwards had written "a couple of years before", Tubbs and Edwards wrote "Right Back Where We Started From" in about seven minutes while driving to Charing Cross Hospital where Tubbs' wife Gabrielle (née Zimmerman) was set to give birth to Tubbs' daughter Nadine. The song heavily reflects Edwards' admiration for the Motown songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. A rough demo featuring Edwards' vocal was cut the next day and it was Edwards, who had performed with Nightingale in the West End production of Hair, who approached Nightingale with an offer for her to record the song.

Nightingale recorded "Right Back Where We Started From" within a week of Edwards offering her the song, although she had initially refused, succumbing to Edwards' persuasion only on the condition that the track be released under a pseudonym. Edwards also had to convince Nightingale to accept a royalty payment rather than a one-time session fee equivalent to US$45. "Right Back Where We Started From" would ultimately be released in Nightingale's real name; she would also be awarded a more substantial royalty than she had agreed to. According to Edwards, consideration was given to "Right Back Where We Started From" being recorded as a duet featuring Nightingale and himself, but this possibility ended when Private Stock Records recruited Edwards to cut a remake of "The Worst That Could Happen". Nightingale had opined to Rolling Stone that Edwards' vocal on the demo was "pretty horrendous".

"Right Back Where We Started From" was recorded at Central Sound Studio, a small demo studio on Denmark Street near Soho. Personnel on the session included two former members of the Electric Light Orchestra, bass guitarist Mike de Albuquerque and violinist Wilfred Gibson (who did the strings arrangement).[5] In the WFMU interview, Edwards identified other players on the session as drummer Pete Kircher and keyboardist Dave Rowberry. Also, Tubbs played guitar and Edwards provided percussion. Nightingale would advise Rolling Stone that she had disliked Tubbs's utilization of both a crashing keyboard arrangement and heavy hand claps; she was also discomforted by being required to sing in a higher key than she was accustomed to.

Mike de Albuquerque recalled, "We were doing...one of those demo sessions where everybody goes and sits down with music in front of you and you try and get through as many tunes as possible....I remember [Pierre Tubbs]...saying, listen guys, I want to record in entirety four pieces in this three hour session...and we recorded two pieces with Maxine and two with somebody else....[Let] me stress, it was a demo session that this multi million selling thing came out of, it wasn't let's go and remake it... it was the original demo session....[That] multi million selling recording, I would think, cost [Tubbs] less than a £100 if you put the other tracks into the pudding".[6]

Released within two weeks of its recording by United Artists, who employed Tubbs in its art department, "Right Back Where We Started From" broke in the London discos and reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart dated 29 November 1975.[7]

In the US

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United Artists issued "Right Back Where We Started From" in the US in January 1976, and the single entered the charts in February to rise as high as #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 1 May 1976. The single reach number 1 on Cash Box and Record World. On 27 April, the single received Gold certification for sales of a million units.

"Right Back Where We Started From" also appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and Black Singles charts at #5 and #46, respectively.[8]

Following the single's US success, Nightingale completed a Right Back Where We Started From album with Tubbs producing; Billboard ranked the album at #65.[9]

Personnel

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Charts

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Soundtrack appearances

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"Right Back Where We Started From" was prominently featured in the 1977 film Slap Shot, during the scenes where the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team are traveling on their bus, and during the end credits. The VHS release of Slap Shot replaced "Right Back Where We Started From", and all other songs featured in the film, with stock music due to licensing issues. When Slap Shot was released on DVD in 2002, the original songs were restored. In the premiere episode of the HBO series 24/7, which focused on the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, "Right Back Where We Started From" was played over footage of the Pittsburgh Penguins traveling to the game, as an homage to Slap Shot. As a similar homage, the song is played after home wins by the New York Islanders, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Sheffield Steelers, while the New York Rangers played the song in their locker room after home wins during the 2013-14 season. TD Garden organist Ron Poster occasionally plays the song during Boston Bruins games, and The Hanson Brothers (who were named after a group of characters in Slap Shot) recorded a punk rock version of the song for the soundtrack of Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, under the title "Get it Right Back".[22]

Sinitta version

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"Right Back Where We Started From"
Single by Sinitta
from the album Wicked
B-side"I Just Can't Help It"
ReleasedMay 1989[23]
Recorded1989
GenreDance-pop
Length3:16
LabelFanfare Records
Songwriter(s)J. Vincent Edwards, Pierre Tubbs
Producer(s)Pete Hammond
Sinitta singles chronology
"I Don't Believe In Miracles"
(1988) 		"Right Back Where We Started From"
(1989) 		"Love on a Mountain Top"
(1989)
Music video
"Right Back Where We Started From" on YouTube

A 1989 cover version of "Right Back Where We Started From" was released by American-born British pop/R&B singer Sinitta and included on her second album, Wicked (1989). It was released as the album's second single in June 1989 by Fanfare Records and met with success, attaining the top 20 in many countries, including the UK where it reached number four. Later, "Right Back Where We Started From" served as the title cut for a Sinitta retrospective released in 2009.

Critical reception

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Bill Coleman from Billboard concluded that the song "could be the club kitten's biggest hit in the States. Already a smash in the U.K., this bubble-gum, hi-NRG/pop cover of Maxine Nightingale's late '70s hit has smash potential."[24] Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that the "cheerful" cover "will undoubtedly do well across the Continent."[25] Sylvia Patterson from Smash Hits wrote, "This is hardly a radical interpretation of the original, except that it's a bit faster (due to the Stocks' contribution) and not as well sung (due to Sinitta's). Still, it always was a supreme disco classic and it would take a right duffer to mess this one up."[26] Retrospectively, in a 2023 review of the parent album, the Pop Rescue website called "Right Back Where We Started From" "a wonderfully up-beat and bouncy song from the start" and a "catchy hit".[27]

Chart performance

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"Right Back Where We Started From" was by far the most successful single from the Wicked album. It started at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart on 3 June 1989, reached number four for two weeks and fell off the chart after ten weeks.[28] It achieved silver status, awarded by the British Phonographic Industry.[29] The same month, it peaked at number five in Ireland and appeared on the chart for five weeks.[30] In Continental Europe, it was also a top four hit in Finland,[31] a top 12 and 13 hit in Denmark and the Flanders region of Belgium,[32][33] a top 25 hit in West Germany where it charted for 12 weeks,[34] but stalled at number 48 in the Netherlands.[35] On the overall Eurochart Hot 100 compiled by the Music & Media magazine, it debuted at number 65 on 10 June 1989, peaked at number 15 in its third week and counted 11 weeks on the chart.[36] It had an eight-week chart run on the European Airplay Top 50, with a peak at number eight.[37]

Outside Europe, "Right Back Where We Started From" was a hit single in New Zealand and Australia where it reached number two and number seven, respectively; in both countries, it charted for 17 weeks.[38][39] It received a gold disc, awarded by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[40] It became the singer's only charting single in her native US, reaching number 84 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and number 48 on the magazine's Hot Dance chart (maxi-single sales).

Track listings

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  • 7" single
  1. "Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16
  2. "I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
  • 12" single
  1. "Right Back Where We Started From" (Left Back on the Side mix) - 7:12
  2. "I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
  3. "Right Back Where We Started From" - 3:16

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Right Back Where We Started From" by Sinitta
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[40] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Gold 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

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  • Celly Campello included a Portuguese rendering of the song: "Vamos começar tudo outra vez", on her 1976 eponymous album.
  • Anita Sarawak recorded the song for her 1976 album Sophisticated Lady.
  • Birgitta Wollgård recorded the song for her 1978 album Ställd Mot Väggen.
  • A Dutch rendering: "Jij maakt mij stapelgek", was introduced in 1991 by Flemish singer Sylviane [Coigné]: Bouke remade the song for his 2008 In mijn gedachten album. Another Dutch rendering: "Een, twee, drie", recorded by Bart Kaëll, reached #32 on the Dutch charts in Belgium in 1995.
  • Marcia Hines' 1996 album Discotheque - composed of covers of classic dance hits - included a remake of "Right Back Where We Started From".
  • The 2000 direct-to-video animated Walt Disney Pictures film An Extremely Goofy Movie featured a cover of "Right Back Where We Started From" by Cleopatra. The Cleopatra cover was also later included on the soundtrack for the 2008 Disney film College Road Trip.
  • Alternative rock band Lazlo Bane covered the song for their 2007 cover album Guilty Pleasures.[45] However the title was changed to "Get Right Back".
  • Canadian hockey-punkers The Hanson Brothers covered the song in 2002.
  • The 2008 self-titled debut album of indie rock band Army Navy,[46] included a cover of the song as a bonus track. It was recently used in the Shrek Forever After teaser trailer. and also the featured in the trailer for Parental Guidance.
  • The Jonas Brothers sampled the main riff of the song for their track "Keep It Real" on their 2009 album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times.
  • René Froger recorded the song for his 2010 album Hollands Glorie.
  • Dutch singer Johnny Valentino has a 20 February 2010 single release with a translation of "Right Back Where We Started From", entitled "Het Gaat Gebeuren" ("It will happen").
  • Mark Kozelek, known for his work as Sun Kil Moon, released a cover on his 2013 covers album Like Rats.
  • In 2012, The Chandler Travis Philharmonic[47] recorded a version for the compilation album Super Hits Of The Seventies, a fundraiser for radio station WFMU.
  • In 2018, rapper Yung Gravy sampled the song in his song "Gravy Train".[48]

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to J. Vincent's Edwards official Homepage". Vincentedwards.com. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 9 November 1974. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale)". Jon Kutner.
  4. ^ "The Originals © by Arnold Rypens". originals.be.
  5. ^ Kinch, Martin (October 2003). "Wilf Gibson Interview". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  6. ^ Kinch, Martin (18 August 1998). "Mike De Albuquerque Interview". Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  7. ^ "Chart For Week Up To 29/11/1975". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
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