Hopelessly Devoted to You
| "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | ||||
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| File:Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You.jpg | ||||
| Single by Olivia Newton-John | ||||
| from the album Grease OST | ||||
| B-side | "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" by The Grease Orchestra | |||
| Released | September 9, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country, soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Writer(s) | John Farrar | |||
| Producer(s) | John Farrar | |||
| Certification | Gold (US)[1] | |||
| Olivia Newton-John singles chronology | ||||
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"Hopelessly Devoted to You", is a song written by John Farrar. It was originally performed by Olivia Newton-John in the film version of Grease. The song received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday at the 51st Academy Awards.
Halfway through shooting the movie, Newton-John's contractually-entitled vocal solo had still not been written. Farrar, Newton-John's personal producer, wrote the song and submitted it to the film's production team. Though reluctant at first, they eventually approved it; shooting and recording took place after the rest of the film had been completed.[2]
Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards.[3] It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Easy Listening chart.[4] On the country chart, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" peaked at number twenty and was her first top twenty country hit in two years.[5]
Contents
Charts
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| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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| Australian Kent Music Report | 2 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 14 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 7 |
| U.S. Hot Country Singles | 20 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| Preceded by
"Grease" by Frankie Valli
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Canadian Hot 100 number-one single 7 October 1978 |
Succeeded by "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder |
| Preceded by
"One Day at a Time" by Gloria
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Irish Singles Chart number-one single 18 November 1978 |
Succeeded by "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" by Boney M |
Sonia's version
| "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | ||||
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| Single by Sonia | ||||
| B-side | "The Anthem Medley" | |||
| Released | June 30, 1994 | |||
| Format | CD single 7" single 12" single |
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| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | Cockney Records/BMG | |||
| Writer(s) | John Farrar | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Cyrus | |||
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In 1994, Sonia took over the role of Sandy at a West End production of Grease, replacing Debbie Gibson. In conjunction, she released a cover version of the song. The single was released in June 1994 as a non-album single. It has a double A-side released as a B-side "The Anthem Medley". On the 12-inch single, "The Anthem Medley" was released as the A-side and "Hopelessly Devoted to You" as the B-side. The music video for Sonia's version of "Hopelessly Devoted to You" features Sonia walking through an old city and singing. The music video for "The Anthem Medley" features Sonia dancing and singing in a nightclub.[6] The single become her first not to reach top forty in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number sixty-one.
Formats and track listings
CD single
- "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58
- "The Anthem Medley" - 4:24
- "The Anthem Medley" (Club Mix) - 7:04
- "The Anthem Medley" (Extended Mix) - 6:24
7" single
- "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58
- "The Anthem Medley" - 4:24
12" single
- "The Anthem Medley" (Club Mix) - 7:04
- "The Anthem Medley" (Extended Mix) - 6:24
- "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak Position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 61[7] |
Other cover versions
- In 2003, English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud recorded a cover for the TV special Greasemania.
- A cover of the song was performed by Kristin Chenoweth's character Olive Snook in the 2007 Pushing Daisies episode "Dummy".
- The song was sung in the 2012 Glee episode, "The Role You Were Born to Play", by Darren Criss character, Blaine Anderson.
- In 2014, The X Factor Australia series 6 winner Marlisa Punzalan performed her version of the song on the third week of the live shows. It was later included on her debut album, titled Marlisa.
References
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- ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8309
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