"Let's Start Right Now" is the Brazilian song "Raios De Luz", composed by Cristovão Bastos and Abel Silva, with original English lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman.
"Let's Start Right Now" was recorded by Barbra Streisand with a 72-piece orchestra arranged and conducted by Jorge Calandrelli. The recording took place at the Sony Pictures Studio in 1999, produced by Barbra Streisand during the "A Love Like Ours" album sessions.
"Let's Start Right Now" was included as a bonus CD single in a limited edition of Barbra Streisand's "A Love Like Ours" album sold exclusively by Sam Goody stores. "Let's Start Right Now" also appears as a bonus track on the international CD single release of the Barbra Streisand & Vince Gill duet, "If You Ever Leave Me".
In 2003, Jermaine Jackson performed "Let's Start Right Now" live on "The View (U.S. TV series)" talk show, introduced by Barbara Walters.