It 's Only the Beginning " is a song by Australian singer songwriter Deborah Conway . It was released as the first single from her debut studio album '' String of Pearls '' ( 1991 ) . It peaked at number 19 in Australia in August 1991 . When Conway and Cutler first completed the song , Conway said she felt 'em barrassed ' . She said “ It ’s so happy , I ca n’t cope , what am I doing ? ” she lamented to her former Do-Re-Mi partner , Bray . Together they rewrote the song . “ I tried to cloak it , disguise its happiness , ” Conway recalls . But she finally gave in to joy in that instance . “ The recorded version is the original lyric without the de-happifying of it . ” At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 , the song was nominated for four awards . ' Single of the Year ' and ' Song of the Year ' losing out to Yothu Yindi 's " Treaty " and ' Breakthrough Artist - single ' losing out to Baby Animals ' " Early Warning , while Richard Pleasance was nominated for Producer of the Year but lost to Simon Hussey
ARIA Music Awards of 1992
ARIA Music Awards of 1992
It's Only the Beginning