At the Beginning

"At the Beginning"
Single by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx
from the album Anastasia: Music from the Motion Picture
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997
RecordedSarm West Coast, O'Henry
GenrePop
Length3:42
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Stephen Flaherty
Lynn Ahrens
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Donna Lewis singles chronology
"Love & Affection"
(1997)
"At the Beginning"
(1997)
"I Could Be the One"
(1998)
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Angel's Lullaby"
(1997)
"At the Beginning"
(1997)
"Days In Avalon"
(2000)

"At the Beginning" is a song by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx, released as the first single from the Anastasia soundtrack. It plays during the end credits of the film. It was released as a CD and cassette single on October 21, 1997, on Atlantic Records.

The song reached No. 45 on the Hot 100 giving Lewis her third Hot 100 hit and Marx his 17th. To date, neither has hit the Hot 100 since "At the Beginning" dropped out. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart, but did spend a week at No. 1 on Radio & Records' Adult Contemporary Chart before being knocked out by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

The song gave Marx his eighth and most recent number one hit single as a singer. Lewis would not have any further songs that hit any chart.