It's Only the Beginning
| "It's Only the Beginning" | ||||
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 CD single cover | ||||
| Single by Deborah Conway | ||||
| from the album String of Pearls | ||||
| B-side | "Deborah Conway's Nightmare #347” | |||
| Released | June 1991 | |||
| Format | Vinyl/CD single/cassette | |||
| Genre | Pop/rock | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Deborah Conway and Scott Cutler | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Pleasance | |||
| Deborah Conway singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Only the Beginning" is a song by Australian singer songwriter Deborah Conway. It was released as the first single from her debut studio album String of Pearls (1991). It peaked at number 19 in Australia in August 1991. [1]
When Conway and Cutler first completed the song, Conway said she felt 'embarrassed'. She said “It’s so happy, I can’t cope, what am I doing?” she lamented to her former Do-Re-Me]] partner, Bray. Together they rewrote the song. “I tried to cloak it, disguise its happiness,” Conway recalls. But she finally gave in to joy in that instance. “The recorded version is the original lyric without the de-happifying of it.” [2]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992, the song was nominated for four awards. 'Single of the Year' and 'Song of the Year' losing out to Yothu Yindi's "Treaty" and 'Breakthrough Artist - single' losing out to Baby Animals' "Early Warning, while Richard Pleasance was nominated for Producer of the Year but lost to Simon Hussey.[3]
Track listings
- CD Single/ 7″
- "It's Only The Beginning"
- "Deborah Conway's Nightmare #347"
Weekly charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 19 |
Cover versions
- Beccy Cole covered the song for her 2010 album Preloved.
References
- ↑ "It's Only the Beginning - Deborah Conway". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "ONCE MORE WITH FEELING". Melbourne Bayside Magazine. July 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ "Winners by Year 1992". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Deborah Conway – It's Only the Beginning". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
External links
- "Deborah Conway –"It's Only the Beginning"". discogs.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.