Starting Over Again

"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 musician 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, peaking at #36, and reached #1 on the U.S. country charts on May 24 1980.

The song was sometimes confused with John Lennon's similarly titled "(Just Like) Starting Over", which was released around the same time.

[edit] Reba McEntire version

“Starting Over Again”

Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Starting Over

Released

1996

Recorded

1995

Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano

Producer

Tony Brown, Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire singles chronology

"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"
(1995)

"Sweet Summer Lovin'"
(1996)

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1996)

Reba McEntire also covered the song in 1995 for her Starting Over. McEntire's version peaked at #17 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Preceded by "Gone Too Far" by Eddie Rabbitt	Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single May 24, 1980 by Dolly Parton	Succeeded by "My Heart"/"Silent Night (After the Fight)" by Ronnie Milsap