You and Me Just Started

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"You and Me Just Started"
Single by Linda Taylor
from the album Taylor Made
B-side "You and Me Just Started" (club mix)
ReleasedApril 30, 1982 (1982-04-30)
Label GPL GP 317
Songwriter(s)
  • Chris Palmer
  • Linda Taylor
Producer(s) Chris Palmer
Linda Taylor singles chronology
"(You're) In The Pocket"
(1981)		"You and Me Just Started"
(1982)		"Every Waking Hour"
(1986)

"You and Me Just Started" is a 1982 single by English singer Linda Taylor. It became a hit for her in the UK that year as well as in the US.

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Background

An ad appeared in the 3 May 1982 issue of UK music trade magazine Record Business informing readers that Linda Taylor's new single from her album Taylor Made , "You and Me Just Started" was a hit and it was available in 7" format on GP 317 and 12: format on GP 3112. It was available through PRT Distribution or Groove Production. [1]

Brian Chin mentioned in his Dance Trax column for Billboard that the Prelude record label had a successful import run with the UK label Groove and would release "You and Me Just Started" in the US. [2]

It is on the RVA Mag 039: Body Talk playlist. [3]

Reception

In his January 30, 1982 Odds ‘N’ Bods column, James Hamilton gave a brief review of Linda Taylor's album which was still in the early stages, and in what he described by as an incomplete rough mix, he said that every cut was dripping with class and the ultimate killer was likely to be "You and Me Just Started". [4] On the week of April 24, Hamilton mentioned the single again in his column, calling Cris Palmer's production an "excellent chunkily bumping 114bpm 12in staccato lurcher full of great little twiddly bits". He also mentioned the influence from Chic's song "Good Times" and that DJs could craftily mix Chic in the break near the end of the song. [5]

Charts

UK

For the week of April 26, 1982 "You and Me Just Started" made its debut in the Record Business Disco Bubbling Under chart at no. 56. [6] The following week saw its debut at no. 24 in the Record Business Disco Top 50 chart on the week of May 3, 1982. [7] It also debuted at no. 20 in the Record Business Twelve Inchers chart. [8] On its fourth week, the week of May 24, it peaked at no. 8 in the Disco Top 50. [9] [10] It also peaked at no. 5 in the Twelve Inchers chart that week, [11] with the last entry in that chart at no. 9 on the week of June 14. [12] [13] It spent a total of eleven weeks in the Disco Top 50. [14] [15]

US

For the week ending 19 June 1982, her single "You and Me Just Started" made its debut in the Billboard Dance / Disco Top 80 chart at no. 52. There was a significant response to the record, and it was at no. 48 the following week. [16] On the week ending August 7, with a significant response to the single, it had moved up from 25 to 19. [17] On the week ending August 28, it was at its second week at peak position no. 13. [18] [19] It spent a total of fourteen weeks in the chart with its last entry at 73 on the week ending September 18. [20]

Chart summary
CountryPublicationPeak positionNotes
UKRecord Business Disco Bubbling Under56 [21]
UKRecord Business Disco Top 508 [22] [23]
UKRecord Business Disco Twelve Inchers5 [24] [25]
UKRecord Business
RB Quarterly Chart Survey
Disco Singles		15 [26]
US Billboard Dance / Disco Top 8013 [27] [28]

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References

  1. ↑ Record Business, May 3, 1982 - Page 10 LINDA TAYLOR New Single
  2. ↑ Billboard, May 29, 1982 - Page 55 General News, Dance Trax * Continued from page 52
  3. ↑ RVA Mag, May 3, 2019 - THIS BEAT IS MINE: WEEKEND PLAYLIST BY BODY TALK, 039: Body Talk, 19 You and Me Just Started Linda Taylor
  4. ↑ James Hamilton's Disco Page, January 30, 1982 - ODDS ‘N’ BODS
  5. ↑ James Hamilton's Disco Page - April 24, 1982 ODDS ‘N’ BODS, UK NEWIES
  6. ↑ Record Business, April 26, 1982 - Page 9 DiscoBUBBLING UNDER, 56, _, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  7. ↑ Record Business, May 3, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 24, New, 1, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  8. ↑ Record Business, May 3, 1982 - Page 13 DiscoTwelve Inchers, 20, _, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  9. ↑ Record Business, May 24, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 8, 13, 4, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  10. ↑ Record Business, May 31, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 10, 8, 5, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  11. ↑ Record Business, May 24, 1982 - Page 13 DiscoTwelve Inchers, 5, 11 YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  12. ↑ Record Business, June 14, 1982 - Page 5 Disco, Twelve Inchers, 9, 6, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  13. ↑ Record Business, June 14, 1982 - Page 13 Disco, Twelve Inchers
  14. ↑ Record Business, July 12, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 33, 27, 11, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  15. ↑ Record Business, July 19, 1982 - Disco Top 50
  16. ↑ Billboard, June 26, 1982 - Page 52 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 38, Last Week, 52, Weeks on Chart 2
  17. ↑ Billboard, August 7, 1982 - Page 38 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 19, Last Week 25, Weeks on Chart 8
  18. ↑ Billboard, August 28, 1982 - Page 28 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 13, Last Week 13, Weeks on Chart 11
  19. ↑ Billboard, September 4, 1982 - Page 48 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 20, Last Week 13, Weeks on Chart 12
  20. ↑ Billboard, September 18, 1982 - Page 47 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 73, Last Week 44, Weeks on Chart 14
  21. ↑ Record Business, April 26, 1982 - Page 9 DiscoBUBBLING UNDER, 56, _, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  22. ↑ Record Business, May 24, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 8, 13, 4, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  23. ↑ Record Business, May 31, 1982 - Page 10 Disco Top 50, 10, 8, 5, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  24. ↑ Record Business, May 24, 1982 - Page 13 DiscoTwelve Inchers, 5, 11 YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  25. ↑ Record Business, May 31, 1982 - Page 13 Disco, Twelve Inchers, 10, 5, YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  26. ↑ Record Business, July 5, 1982 - Page 9 RB QUARTERLY CHART SURVEY, DISCO SINGLES, 15 YOU AND ME JUST STARTED
  27. ↑ Billboard, August 28, 1982 - Page 28 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 13, Last Week 13, Weeks on Chart 11
  28. ↑ Billboard, September 4, 1982 - Page 48 Billboard Dance/ Disco Top 80, This Week 20, Last Week 13, Weeks on Chart 12
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