"It's Only the Beginning" is a song by Australian singer songwriter

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. It was released as the first single from her debut

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''String of Pearls'' (1991). It peaked at number 19 in Australia in August 1991. The song was written by Conway and American songwriter

Scott Cutler Scott Michael Cutler is an American songwriter, musician, record producer, and music executive. As a member of the alternative rock band Ednaswap, he co-wrote "Torn" which was covered in 1997 by Natalie Imbruglia. Her recording became the worl ...

. When the song was first completed, Conway said she felt "embarrassed", lamenting to her former

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bandmate, Dorland Bray: “It’s so happy, I can’t cope, what am I doing?”. Together they rewrote the song. “I tried to cloak it, disguise its happiness,” Conway recalls. But she finally gave in to the joy of it. “The recorded version is the original lyric without the de-happifying of it.” At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992, the song was nominated for four awards. ' Single of the Year' and ' Song of the Year' losing out to

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's "

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" and 'Breakthrough Artist - single' losing out to

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' "Early Warning, while

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was nominated for Producer of the Year but lost to

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Track listings

; CD Single/ 7″ # "It's Only The Beginning" # "Deborah Conway's Nightmare #347"

Weekly charts

Cover versions

Beccy Cole Beccy Cole (born Rebecca Diane Thompson, 27 October 1972), also known as Beccy Sturtzel, Rebecca Diane Albeck and Bec O'Donovan, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released ten studio albums, wi ...

covered the song for her 2010 album '' Preloved''.

References

External links

* 1991 songs 1991 singles Mushroom Records singles Songs written by Scott Cutler {{1990s-pop-song-stub