Heading in the Right Direction explained

Heading in the Right Direction
Type:	single
Artist:	Renée Geyer Band
Album:	Ready to Deal
A-Side:	Heading in the Right Direction
B-Side:	Love's Got a Hold
Released:	December 1975
Recorded:	1975
Studio:	Armstrongs Studios, Melbourne
Length:	3:59
Label:	Mushroom Records
Producer:	Ernie Rose and Renee Geyer Band
Prev Title:	(I Give You) Sweet Love
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	If Loving You Is Wrong
Next Year:	1976

"Heading in the Right Direction" is an Australian song written by Garry Paige and Mark Punch. It was first recorded by the Johnny Rocco Band in 1975 and made famous by the Renée Geyer Band later that year. Geyer's version was released in December 1975 as the second single from her third studio album Ready to Deal. It became Geyer's first top 40 single, peaking at number 31 on the Kent Music Report.

Reception

Cash Box magazine in 1977 said "This is a R&B flavoured ballad though Ms. Geyer's vocal inflection does not lean in that direction. A classy production and a good hook."^[1]

Track listing

Australian 7" Single (102672)

• Side A "Heading in the Right Direction" - 3:59
• Side B "Love's Got a Hold" - 3:47

Cover versions

• Bettye Swann released the song as a single on Atlantic Records in 1976.^[3]
• Marilyn Ali covered the song in 1999.
• John Farnham covered the song on his album, I Remember When I Was Young (2005).
• Lucy Durack covered the song and released a version as the lead single from her self-titled album. (2012).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Single Reviews . Cash Box. World Radio History. 22. 14 May 1977. 25 November 2021.
2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
3. Web site: Bettye Swann – Heading In The Right Direction / Be Strong Enough To Hold On . Discogs . 2021-12-26.
4. Web site: Heading in the Right Direction (single). iTunes AU. 3 May 2017.