Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song)

Not to be confused with Starting Over Again (Natalie Cole song).

"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by the cousin duo Mel & Tim. It is the title track of their second LP. It was their second and final top 40 hit in the U.S. and Canada. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending five months on the American charts. On the R&B chart, the song peaked at number 4.

"Starting All Over Again"
Single by Mel & Tim
from the album Starting All Over Again
B-side	"It Hurts to Want It So Bad"
Released	July 1972 (1972-07)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:49 (single version) 4:07 (album version)
Label	Stax Records
Songwriter(s)	Phillip Mitchell
Producer(s)	Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins
Mel & Tim singles chronology
"Good Guys Only Win in the Movies" (1970) "Starting All Over Again" (1972) "I May Not Be What You Want" (1973)

The cousins performed "Starting All Over Again" on Soul Train on March 17, 1973. They appeared on the show along with Al Green.^[1]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Mel and Tim

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles[2]	27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3]	19
U.S. Billboard R&B	4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	18

Hall & Oates version

"Starting All Over Again" was covered by American duo Hall & Oates in 1990 on the album Change of Season. Released as a single in 1991, their version reached number 11 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart^[2] and number 10 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart during summer of that year.

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 11 Canada RPM Top 100[5] 14 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 10

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Rank Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 80

Other versions

• David Lindley, in 1985.
• Bobby Bland, in 1992.
• Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole, on the final album before his death, N Dis Life, released in 1996.
• "Starting All Over Again" was the title track of Paul Jones' 2009 album and it featured Eric Clapton on guitar.