Starting Over Again
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| "Starting Over Again" | ||
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| Single by Dolly Parton | ||
| from the album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Knew YouWhen" | |
| Released | March 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Writer(s) | Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano | |
| Producer(s) | Gary Klein | |
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| Dolly Parton singles chronology | ||
| "Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1979) |
"Sweet Summer Lovin'" (1980) |
"Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You" (1980) |
"Starting Over Again" was a 1980 U.S. pop and country hit single for Dolly Parton. Telling the story of a middle aged couple separating after thirty-five years of marriage, the song was written by disco diva Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. (The story was actually based on Sudano's parents' divorce.) Parton's recording was performed as a slow tempo ballad, gradually building to a dramatic crescendo. Released as the first single from Parton's 1980 album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, "Starting Over Again" made the U.S. pop top forty, and reached #1 on the U.S. country charts in the spring of 1980; it also was a top-40 hit on the pop singles charts.
The song was sometimes confused with John Lennon's similarly titled "(Just Like) Starting Over", which was released around the same time.
Reba McEntire also covered the song in 1995, taking it to #17 on the country chart.
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