Don't Start Now (BoA song)

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"Don't Start Now"
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Single by BoA
from the album Don't Start Now / Jumping into the World, Listen to My Heart
ReleasedMay 29, 2002
Genre
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Jeff Vincent, Peter Rafelson
BoA singles chronology
"Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi"
(2002)
"Don't Start Now"
(2002)
"Valenti"
(2002)

"Don't Start Now" is a BoA's first recut single. It reached number 17 on the Japan Oricon charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Don't Start Now (Japanese Version)
  2. Don't Start Now (Korean Version)
  3. Don't Start Now (English Version)
  4. ID; Peace B (Jonathan Peter's Club Mix)
  5. Don't Start Now (Instrumental)

Original Version

The initial recording of "Don't Start Now" as written by Jeff Vincent and Peter Rafelson can be heard on the 2001 eponymous album by American pop singer Brooke Allison, titled "Toodle-oo". The only difference between "Toodle-oo" and BoA's English version is the line, "Time for you to find a ho in hosiery," [1] is altered to BoA's more age-appropriate line, "Time for you to find another fantasy." [2]

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Sales
total
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1720,580

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References

  1. Brooke Allison: Toodle - Oo Lyrics
  2. BoA-Nation :: Song Information / Lyrics - Don't Start Now Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine