The First Step

"The First Step"
Single by Tracy Byrd
from the album No Ordinary Man
B-side	"No Ordinary Man"
Released	November 14, 1994
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	2:24
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Doug Crider, Verlon Thompson
Producer	Jerry Crutchfield
Tracy Byrd singles chronology
"Watermelon Crawl" (1994) "The First Step" (1994) "The Keeper of the Stars" (1995)

"The First Step" is a single by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. Released in 1994, it was the third single from the album No Ordinary Man. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song continues Byrd's pattern of two-step cliches, but that he manages to "inject more than enough spirit to get this one over." Price concludes that Byrd was "born to sing this stuff."

Chart performance

Chart (1994-1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4