Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun

“We’ve Only Just Begun” – Single by Carpenters from the album Close to You
B-side: “All of My Life”
Released: August 21, 1970
Recorded: 1970
Label: A&M
Songwriters: Paul Williams; Roger Nichols
Producer: Jack Daugherty
Charted No.1 in US, No.28 in UK, No.1 in Canada, No.6 in Australia

This started out as a bank commercial. Songwriters Paul Williams and Roger Nichols were commissioned by an advertising agency to write it in 1968 for Crocker Bank, which was trying to attract young people and newlyweds to their institution.

This song is very popular at weddings, as the lyrics describe a couple starting a new life together and living in harmony: “Talking it over, just the two of us, working together day by day.”

It was ranked at No. 414 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” It also became Carpenters’ second consecutive top-five single in the Billboard Hot 100.