John's eleventh solo single.
John's first record since 1975 and released exactly five years to the day after "Imagine".
Now on "Geffen" records, this single was a precursor to "Double Fantasy" and came in a picture
sleeve which is a section of the "Double Fantasy" cover.
The inner groove has an inscription of, "ONE WORLD ONE PEOPLE".
The song started life as a 1979 Dakota demo called, "My Life". John developed the final song during his 1980 summer holiday
in Bermuda.
Before piecing bits together, John had a number of musical ideas that he had committed to tape as a variety of possible
tunes. Starting Over is probably the best example of a number of ideas that are individually rejected, yet together the
pieces make a perfect whole.
Firstly a piece called "I Watch Your Face" was composed which was an unused piece that has the barest hint of the
Starting Over melody. This was followed by "My Life", "Don't Be Crazy", "The Worst Is Over" and finally the bringing
together of all these demos as a finished (Just Like) Starting Over.
See the Starting Over entry in John's Bootleg Outtakes List for examples of the
outtakes.
There was also a green vinyl version available ...
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| Starting Over - Green Vinyl |
p.s. The title is "(Just Like) Starting Over", but in most of the JPGR indexes you will see it as "Starting Over (Just Like)".
This is done for sorting purposes.
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