A Real Fine Place to Start

Foster's version is played in the key of A-flat major. "A Real Fine Place to Start" is an up-tempo contemporary country song, with prominent electric guitar and steel guitar fills. The song's narrator tells about being in love and getting to know a person from the beginning, describing this as "a real fine place to start." == Critical reception ==

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine gave the song a positive review, saying "the lyric has a joyful, buoyant take on love, and Evans' voice soars with every celebratory note [...] The last couple of years have seen her hit her stride as a hitmaker, and this gorgeous single should continue that momentum." == Chart performance ==

"A Real Fine Place to Start" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of May 7, 2005 at number 57, the third highest debut of the week. It rose quickly and was one of the biggest hits that summer. It entered the top-ten of the chart the week of August 13, 2005, becoming her eighth top-ten single. On September 24, 2005, the track would top the chart, displacing Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country", becoming her fourth number one single and her fastest run to the top spot. It spent two weeks atop and 25 weeks overall on the chart. In August 2005, the track would receive a Spin Award from Broadcast Data Systems for 50,000 confirmed spins. ==Music video==

Peter Zavadil directed the music video for "A Real Fine Place to Start", which was filmed at the Grand Canyon National Park in Flagstaff, Arizona. It premiered to CMT on June 13, 2005. It would reach the top spot of the network's Top Twenty Countdown for the week of October 6, 2005. Synopsis The music video is mainly set in a desert with Evans singing the song in various places around the desert. In the beginning of the video a motorcycle is shown driving along a road in the middle in the desert with a couple in it. The couple then stops on the roadside and the video then shows the two holding hands and sitting on rocks in the desert. The couple exemplifies what the song is talking about. The video regularly shifts between Evans and the couple in the music video. While the video isn't showing the couple, it is showing Evans singing in various places in the desert, including desert rocks and by a bonfire. Towards the middle of the song, the video shows Evans performing with a band at night. The video also shows Evans playing her rhythmic guitar for a brief period of time. ==Charts and certifications==

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