Right Back Where We Started From

It was recorded in mid-1975 at Central Sound Studio on Denmark Street in London, after Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards wrote the song for Maxine Nightingale. The session featured Nightingale on lead vocals, Tubbs and Edwards among the musicians, and Wilfred Gibson providing the string arrangement. Released on United Artists in 1975, it broke through in the London discos and became Nightingale’s breakthrough hit in the UK. The single also became an international crossover success, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song remains Nightingale’s signature recording and a durable disco-era favorite. It was later used prominently in the film Slap Shot and has been repeatedly covered, keeping it in circulation beyond its original chart run.