Skip to content
Artwork for So Easy to Begin Olivia Newton‐John

So Easy to Begin

Olivia Newton‐John

10 sources

10 cited facts

  • 1977
  • 3:32
  • 162 BPM · A major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Open in graph

  1. Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

  2. Written by Jules Shear, also If She Knew What She Wants (The Bangles), All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper) and I’ll Kiss You (Cyndi Lauper)

  3. Part of Making a Good Thing Better, also Sad Songs, Making a Good Thing Better and You Won’t See Me Cry

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Credits

All 9 credits
Written by
Jules Shear
Performed by
Greg Mathieson, Jay Graydon, Jeff Porcaro, John Farrar, Leland Sklar and Sneaky Pete
Part of
Making a Good Thing Better
Released on
MCA Records

Connected by credits

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Elsewhere

Sources (10)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by Greg Mathieson

    So Easy to Begin was performed by Greg Mathieson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by Jay Graydon

    So Easy to Begin was performed by Jay Graydon

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by Jeff Porcaro

    So Easy to Begin was performed by Jeff Porcaro

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by John Farrar

    So Easy to Begin was performed by John Farrar

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by Leland Sklar

    So Easy to Begin was performed by Leland Sklar

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was performed by Sneaky Pete

    So Easy to Begin was performed by Sneaky Pete

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was written by Jules Shear

    So Easy to Begin was written by Jules Shear

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin is part of the release Making a Good Thing Better

    So Easy to Begin is part of the release Making a Good Thing Better

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song So Easy to Begin

    MCA Records is the label of the song So Easy to Begin

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz So Easy to Begin was released on 1977-06

    So Easy to Begin was released on 1977-06

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026