I Don't Know Where to Start

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"I Don't Know Where to Start"
Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album Step by Step
B-side "Skip-a-Beat"
ReleasedApril 10, 1982
Genre Country
Length3:26
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Thom Schuyler [1]
Producer(s) David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
"Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight"
(1981)
"I Don't Know Where to Start"
(1982)
"You and I"
(1982)

"I Don't Know Where to Start" is a song written by Thom Schuyler, and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in April 1982 as the third single from the album Step by Step . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last solo top-40 pop hit. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 13
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 35
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] 9

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