Right Back Where We Started From

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“Right Back Where We Started From”
Single by Maxine Nightingale
from the album Right Back Where We Started From
Released 1976
Format 7"
Recorded 1975
Genre R&B
Label United Artists
Writer(s) Maxine Nightingale
Producer J. Vincent Edwards, Pierre Tubbs
Maxine Nightingale singles chronology
- "Right Back Where We Started From"
(1976)
"Gotta Be the One"
(1976)

"Right Back Where We Started From" is a single by British R&B singer Maxine Nightingale released off her 1976 album of the same name. Released as Nightingale's debut single in 1976, the single was her biggest hit in the United States, reaching #2. The single also reached the top 10 in the UK and Canada.

The song is a favorite among hockey fans, as the song was played in many scenes of the Paul Newman film, Slap Shot.


A 1989 cover of "Right Back Where We Started From" by Sinitta made it to the #4 spot in the UK.

The girl group, Cleopatra, sang this song in the animated Disney film, An Extremely Goofy Movie.


[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
Canadian Singles Chart 5