Starting Over Again (Donna Summer song) explained

Starting Over Again
Cover:Starting_Over_Again_-_Dolly_Parton.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dolly Parton
Album:Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
B-Side:Sweet Agony
Released:February 25, 1980
Recorded:December 1979
Genre:Country
Length:3:58
Label:RCA
Producer:Gary Klein
Prev Title:Sweet Summer Lovin'
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You
Next Year:1980

"Starting Over Again" is a song recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. The song was written by Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano.[1] Parton's recording was performed as a slow tempo ballad, gradually building to a dramatic crescendo. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from her album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. "Starting Over Again" made the U.S. pop top forty, peaking at number 36, and reached number 1 on the U.S. country charts on May 24, 1980, becoming Parton's 12th number one. [2] Dolly’s recording would also make Donna Summer the first black female to co-write a number 1 country hit.[3]

Donna Summer performed it live numerous times on television specials during the 1980s, including her own program, The Donna Summer Show. A studio version of the track has yet to surface.

Content

The song tells the story of a middle-aged couple separating after 30 years of marriage. It was based upon the divorce of Sudano's parents.

Chart history

Weekly

Year-End

Reba McEntire cover

Starting Over Again
Cover:StartingOverAgain1995.JPG
Type:single
Artist:Reba McEntire
Album:Starting Over
B-Side:I Won't Mention It Again
Released:1996
Recorded:1995
Genre:Country
Length:4:07
Label:MCA Nashville
Producer:Tony Brown, Reba McEntire
Prev Title:Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:You Keep Me Hangin' On
Next Year:1996

Reba McEntire also covered the song in 1995 for her Starting Over album. Released as the album's third single, McEntire's version peaked at number 19 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[5] In the album's liner notes, McEntire wrote that she chose to cover the song as a tribute to Parton and Summer, both artists whom she'd admired.

Chart history

Other cover versions

Martine McCutcheon covered "Starting Over Again" in 2001.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bruce Sudano's 'Wedding Day' rings bells with listeners. Advertisement Music. Tennessean Music Team. 24 July 2009. 19 September 2015.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 262.
  3. https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/entertainment/how-donna-summer-made-black-female-history-on-country-charts-before-beyonce/amp/
  4. Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-End Charts (1980) . Billboard . 4 December 2020.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1844-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 226.