"Right from the Start" is a song written by Billy Herzig and Randy Watkins, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in July 1987 as the fourth single from the album Too Many Times. The song was Conley's fourteenth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

"Right from the Start"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
from the album Too Many Times
B-side"Attracted to Pain"
ReleasedJuly 27, 1987
GenreCountry
Length3:08
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Billy Herzig
Randy Watkins
Producer(s)Earl Thomas Conley
Nelson Larkin
Mark Wright
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"That Was a Close One"
(1987)
"Right from the Start"
(1987)
"What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)"
(1988)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1987) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 39

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
  2. ^ "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2021.