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{{Short description|1972 single by Emerson, Lake and Palmer}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Infobox song
| Name = From the Beginning
| Cover = ElpBeginning.jpg
| name = From the Beginning
| Cover size =
| cover = ElpBeginning.jpg
| Caption =
| alt =
| Artist = [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
| type = single
| artist = [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
| from Album = [[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]
| album = [[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]
| B-side = "Living Sin"
| B-side = Living Sin
| Released = August 1972
| released = August 1972
| recorded =
| Format = [[Single_(music)#7-inch_format|7"]]
| Recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| Genre = [[Art rock]], [[progressive rock]]
| genre = [[Art rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[folk rock]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| Length = 3:48 (single version)<br>4:14 (album version)
| length = 3:48 (single version)<br>4:14 (album version)
| Label = [[Cotillion Records|Cotillion]]
| Writer = [[Greg Lake]]
| label = [[Cotillion Records|Cotillion]]
| Producer = [[Greg Lake]]
| writer = [[Greg Lake]]
| producer = [[Greg Lake]]
| Certification =
| prev_title = [[Nut Rocker#Other recordings|Nut Rocker]]
| Last single = "[[Nut_Rocker#Other_recordings|Nutrocker]]"<br/>(1971)
| prev_year = 1971
| This single = '''"From the Beginning"'''<br/>(1972)
| next_title = [[Rodeo (ballet)#In popular culture|Hoedown]]
| Next single = "Jerusalem"<br/>(1973)
| next_year = 1972
}}
}}
"'''From the Beginning'''" is a song written by [[Greg Lake]] and performed by the [[progressive rock]] trio [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]. It was released on their 1972 album ''[[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]''. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest charting single there.<ref name=Billboard/>
"'''From the Beginning'''" is a song written by [[Greg Lake]] and performed by the [[progressive rock]] trio [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]. It was released on their 1972 album ''[[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]''. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest-charting single there.<ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine|date=28 October 1972|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/emerson-lake-palmer/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>


==Composition==
==Composition==
The song was written in the key of [[A minor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=From the Beginning|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0107870|accessdate=1 December 2017|work=Musicnotes.com}}</ref> It is driven by an acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, [[double bass]], and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (played by [[Carl Palmer]] with [[tympani#Sticks and mallets|tympani mallets]] and without [[cymbals]]), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from [[Keith Emerson]], accompanied by overdubbed synthesizer sounds.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heller|first1=Jason|last2=Gehr|first2=Richard|last3=Epstein|first3=Dan|title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer: 10 Essential Songs|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/emerson-lake-and-palmer-10-essential-songs-20160311/from-the-beginning-1972-20160311|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=Rolling Stone|date=11 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kovarsky|first1=Jerry|title=The Art of Synth Soloing: Welcome Back My Friend (More Emerson)|url=https://www.keyboardmag.com/how-to/1255/the-art-of-synth-soloing-welcome-back-my-friend-more-emerson/58518|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]|date=17 June 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618151323/https://www.keyboardmag.com/how-to/1255/the-art-of-synth-soloing-welcome-back-my-friend-more-emerson/58518|archivedate=18 June 2016}}</ref>
The song was written in the key of [[A minor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=From the Beginning|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0107870|access-date=1 December 2017|work=Musicnotes.com|date = 13 August 2012}}</ref> It is driven by an acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (played by [[Carl Palmer]] with [[congas]], [[tympani#Sticks and mallets|tympani mallets]] and without [[cymbals]]), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from [[Keith Emerson]], accompanied by overdubbed synthesizer sounds.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Heller|first1=Jason|last2=Gehr|first2=Richard|last3=Epstein|first3=Dan|title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer: 10 Essential Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/emerson-lake-and-palmer-10-essential-songs-20160311/from-the-beginning-1972-20160311|access-date=2 December 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=11 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kovarsky|first1=Jerry|title=The Art of Synth Soloing: Welcome Back My Friend (More Emerson)|url=https://www.keyboardmag.com/how-to/1255/the-art-of-synth-soloing-welcome-back-my-friend-more-emerson/58518|access-date=2 December 2017|work=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]|date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618151323/https://www.keyboardmag.com/how-to/1255/the-art-of-synth-soloing-welcome-back-my-friend-more-emerson/58518|archive-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> This song was originally intended for [[King Crimson]]'s debut album ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]'', but band leader [[Robert Fripp]] didn't think it would fit into the album's context. {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

''[[Record World]]'' said that "Greg Lake gets a great sound out of his band on this acoustically jazzy number that highlights his voice and fine lyrics."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 12, 1972|accessdate=2023-03-30|title=Single Picks|page=8|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/RW-1972-08-12.pdf}}</ref>
==Personnel==

* [[Keith Emerson]] - [[Moog synthesizer]]
* [[Greg Lake]] - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass
* [[Carl Palmer]] - drums, percussion


==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1972)
!Chart (1972)
!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|34|artist=Nilsson|song=Without You |chartid=4208}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|34|chartid=4208|rowheader=true|access-date=October 17, 2023}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|39|artist=Emerson Lake Palmer|rowheader=true|access-date=October 17, 2023}}
| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web|date=28 October 1972|title=Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/emerson-lake-palmer/chart-history/hot-100/song/577324|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|39
|-
|-
| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top Singles<ref name="Cashbox">{{cite web|date=21 October 1972|title=Cash Box Top 100|url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/70s_files/19721021.html|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top Singles<ref name="Cashbox">{{cite web|date=21 October 1972|title=Cash Box Top 100|url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/70s_files/19721021.html|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201233114/http://98.130.35.56/archives/70s_files/19721021.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|40
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|}
|}


==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Marsyas (band)|lt=Marsyas|cs|3= Marsyas (hudební skupina)}} covered the song in Czech under the name "Studená koupel" in their 1982 album, ''Kousek přízně''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gratias|first1=Petr|title=Hudební echo: Kousek přízně (1982)|url=http://www.rock.cz/clanek/4317-hudebni-echo-kousek-prizne-1982|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=22 September 2011|language=cs}}</ref>
*{{Interlanguage link|Marsyas (band)|lt=Marsyas|cs|3= Marsyas (hudební skupina)}} covered the song in Czech under the name "Studená koupel" in their 1982 album, ''Kousek přízně''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gratias|first1=Petr|title=Hudební echo: Kousek přízně (1982)|url=http://www.rock.cz/clanek/4317-hudebni-echo-kousek-prizne-1982|access-date=2 December 2017|date=22 September 2011|language=cs}}</ref>
*[[Dokken]] covered the song in their 1995 album, ''[[Dysfunctional (Dokken album)|Dysfunctional]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Flick|first=Larry|journal=Billboard|date=23 November 1996|title=Dokken|accessdate=5 March 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22This+can%27t+be+Dokken!+There%27s+no+metallic%22&source=bl&ots=PkbhJIDKR6&sig=u3bYHsAAH3a9zxIbHcdqdNQk9H4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmtvyJrunXAhUKcCYKHcE1BZwQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22This%20can't%20be%20Dokken!%20There's%20no%20metallic%22&f=false|page=84|volume=108|issue=47}}</ref>
*[[Dokken]] covered the song in their 1995 album, ''[[Dysfunctional (Dokken album)|Dysfunctional]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flick|first=Larry|magazine=Billboard|date=23 November 1996|title=Dokken|access-date=5 March 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22This+can%27t+be+Dokken%21+There%27s+no+metallic%22&pg=PA84|page=84|volume=108|issue=47}}</ref>
*The song was sampled by singer [[Amerie]] on the track "Got To Be There" from her debut 2002 album, ''[[All I Have (album)|All I Have]]'' with Greg Lake receiving a songwriting credit.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Verrico|first1=Lisa|title=Talk of the Clones|accessdate=1 December 2017|work=[[The Times]]|date=9 August 2002|page=12|quote=Other highlights include the jazzy ballad Nothing Like Loving You and the Emerson Lake and Palmer-sampling Got to be There.}}</ref>
*The song was sampled by singer [[Amerie]] on the track "Got To Be There" from her debut 2002 album, ''[[All I Have (album)|All I Have]]'' with Greg Lake receiving a songwriting credit.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Verrico|first1=Lisa|title=Talk of the Clones|work=[[The Times]]|date=9 August 2002|page=12|quote=Other highlights include the jazzy ballad Nothing Like Loving You and the Emerson Lake and Palmer-sampling Got to be There.}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 21:50, 1 April 2024

"From the Beginning"
Single by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from the album Trilogy
B-side"Living Sin"
ReleasedAugust 1972
GenreArt rock, progressive rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length3:48 (single version)
4:14 (album version)
LabelCotillion
Songwriter(s)Greg Lake
Producer(s)Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake & Palmer singles chronology
"Nut Rocker"
(1971) 		"From the Beginning"
(1972) 		"Hoedown"
(1972)

"From the Beginning" is a song written by Greg Lake and performed by the progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released on their 1972 album Trilogy. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest-charting single there.[1]

Composition

[edit]

The song was written in the key of A minor.[2] It is driven by an acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (played by Carl Palmer with congas, tympani mallets and without cymbals), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from Keith Emerson, accompanied by overdubbed synthesizer sounds.[3][4] This song was originally intended for King Crimson's debut album In the Court of the Crimson King, but band leader Robert Fripp didn't think it would fit into the album's context. [citation needed]

Record World said that "Greg Lake gets a great sound out of his band on this acoustically jazzy number that highlights his voice and fine lyrics."[5]

Personnel

[edit]

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 34
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 39
US Cashbox Top Singles[8] 40

Cover versions

[edit]
  • Marsyas [cs] covered the song in Czech under the name "Studená koupel" in their 1982 album, Kousek přízně.[9]
  • Dokken covered the song in their 1995 album, Dysfunctional.[10]
  • The song was sampled by singer Amerie on the track "Got To Be There" from her debut 2002 album, All I Have with Greg Lake receiving a songwriting credit.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 28 October 1972. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "From the Beginning". Musicnotes.com. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ Heller, Jason; Gehr, Richard; Epstein, Dan (11 March 2016). "Emerson, Lake and Palmer: 10 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ Kovarsky, Jerry (17 June 2016). "The Art of Synth Soloing: Welcome Back My Friend (More Emerson)". Keyboard. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. August 12, 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4208." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Emerson Lake Palmer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100". 21 October 1972. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  9. ^ Gratias, Petr (22 September 2011). "Hudební echo: Kousek přízně (1982)" (in Czech). Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  10. ^ Flick, Larry (23 November 1996). "Dokken". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 47. p. 84. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  11. ^ Verrico, Lisa (9 August 2002). "Talk of the Clones". The Times. p. 12. Other highlights include the jazzy ballad Nothing Like Loving You and the Emerson Lake and Palmer-sampling Got to be There.


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