It's_Only_the_Beginning

It's Only the Beginning

It's Only the Beginning

1991 single by Deborah Conway

"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), and peaked at number 19 in Australia in August 1991. 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.[1]

Quick Facts Single by Deborah Conway, from the album String of Pearls ...

Background

The song was written by Deborah Conway and American songwriter Scott Cutler. When the song was first completed, Conway said she felt "embarrassed", lamenting to her former Do-Re-Mi bandmate Dorland Bray: "It's so happy, I can't cope, what am I doing?". Together, they rewrote the song. "I tried to cloak it, disguise its happiness," Conway recalls, but she finally gave in to the joy of it. "The recorded version is the original lyric without the de-happifying of it."[2]

Track listings

7-inch, CD, and cassette single[3][4][5]

  1. "It's Only the Beginning"
  2. "Deborah Conway's Nightmare #347"

Charts

More information Chart (1991), Peak position ...

Cover versions

References

  1. [1]
    "Winners by Year 1992". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "ONCE MORE WITH FEELING". Melbourne Bayside Magazine. July 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    It's Only the Beginning (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Deborah Conway. Mushroom Records. 1991. K10390.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. [4]
    It's Only the Beginning (Australian CD single liner notes). Deborah Conway. Mushroom Records. 1991. D11015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. [5]
    It's Only the Beginning (Australian cassette single sleeve). Deborah Conway. Mushroom Records. 1991. C 10390.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. [6]
    "Deborah Conway – It's Only the Beginning". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 June 2016.


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