Heading in the Right Direction

"Heading in the Right Direction"
Single by Renée Geyer Band
from the album Ready to Deal
A-side	"Heading in the Right Direction"
B-side	"Love's Got a Hold"
Released	December 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Armstrongs Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Funk soul
Length	3:59
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Garry Paige Mark Punch
Producer(s)	Ernie Rose and Renee Geyer Band
Renée Geyer Band singles chronology
"(I Give You) Sweet Love" (1975) "Heading in the Right Direction" (1975) "If Loving You Is Wrong" (1976)

"Heading in the Right Direction" is an Australian song written by Garry Paige and Mark Punch. It was first recorded by the Johnny Rocco Band in 1975 and made famous by the Renée Geyer Band later that year. Geyer's version was released in December 1975 as the second single from her third studio album Ready to Deal. It became Geyer's first top 40 single, peaking at number 31 on the Kent Music Report.

Reception

Cash Box magazine in 1977 said "This is a R&B flavoured ballad though Ms. Geyer's vocal inflection does not lean in that direction. A classy production and a good hook."^[1]

Track listing

Australian 7" Single (102672)

• Side A "Heading in the Right Direction" - 3:59
• Side B "Love's Got a Hold" - 3:47

Charts

Chart (1975/76)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	31

Cover versions

• Bettye Swann released the song as a single on Atlantic Records in 1976.^[3]
• Marilyn Ali covered the song in 1999.
• John Farnham covered the song on his album, I Remember When I Was Young (2005).
• Lucy Durack covered the song and released a version as the lead single from her self-titled album. (2012).^[4]

References

1. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 May 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. "Bettye Swann – Heading In The Right Direction / Be Strong Enough To Hold On". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
4. "Heading in the Right Direction (single)". iTunes AU. Retrieved 3 May 2017.