Back to the Start (song)

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"Back to the Start"
Promotional single by Lily Allen
from the album It's Not Me, It's You
Released17 April 2010 (UK, Australia)
Recorded2007
Studio
GenreSynth-pop
Length4:14
LabelRegal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Lily Allen promotional singles chronology
The Fear (The People vs. Lily Allen)
(2010) 		Back to the Start
(2010) 		Sheezus
(2014)

"Back to the Start" is a track on

B-side
, "Kabul Shit".

"Back to the Start" was played in nightly radio countdowns in Australia and peaked at #21 on the Australian Airplay Chart. There is no music video for the song.

Record Store Day

Lily Allen was one of twelve acts on the

vinyl-only format, limited to 1,000 copies and was only available from selected independent music stores across the UK on 17 April 2010. The song could also be cherry-picked from the regular album download.[1]

Background

Lyrically, the song is an apology to Allen's older half-sister Sarah Owen, who she didn't get along with when they were teenagers. During a track by track interview for It's Not Me, It's You, Allen stated "We had a rocky relationship for years and years and years and it was just getting to the point where we just couldn't argue like teenagers anymore, so I played it to her a long time ago and it's kinda worked, we've sorted a lot of things out."[2][3]

Allen plays a glockenspiel solo in the bridge of the song.[citation needed]

Track listing

  • Limited Edition 7" Vinyl
  1. "Back to the Start" – 4:14
  2. "Kabul Shit" – 3:45

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Airplay Chart 21

References

  1. ^ "Beatles, Lily Allen, Babyshambles releasing seven-inch singles for Record Store Day". NME.com. 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (Track by Track Interview)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
  3. ISBN 978-1-911-60089-3
    .
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