"Right Back Where We Started From" is a song written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards,[2] which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by British singer Maxine Nightingale for whom it was an international hit.

Personnel on the session included two former members of the Electric Light Orchestra, bass guitarist Mike de Albuquerque and violinist Wilfred Gibson (who did the strings arrangement).

Nightingale would advise Rolling Stone that she had disliked Tubbs's utilization of both a crashing keyboard arrangement and heavy hand claps; she was also discomforted by being required to sing in a higher key than she was accustomed to.

[7] Released within two weeks of its recording by United Artists, who employed Tubbs in its art department, "Right Back Where We Started From" broke in the London discos and reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart dated 29 November 1975.

[8] United Artists issued "Right Back Where We Started From" in the US in January 1976, and the single entered the charts in February to rise as high as #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 1 May 1976.

"Right Back Where We Started From" was prominently featured in the 1977 film Slap Shot, during the scenes where the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team are traveling on their bus, and during the end credits.

The VHS release of Slap Shot replaced "Right Back Where We Started From", and all other songs featured in the film, with stock music due to licensing issues.

In the premiere episode of the HBO series 24/7, which focused on the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, "Right Back Where We Started From" was played over footage of the Pittsburgh Penguins traveling to the game, as an homage to Slap Shot.

TD Garden organist Ron Poster occasionally plays the song during Boston Bruins games, and The Hanson Brothers (who were named after a group of characters in Slap Shot) recorded a punk rock version of the song for the soundtrack of Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, under the title "Get it Right Back".

It was released as the album's second single in June 1989 by Fanfare Records and met with success, attaining the top 20 in many countries, including the UK where it reached number four.