Hopelessly Devoted to You

"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
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
"Summer Nights"
(1978)		 "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1978)		 "A Little More Love"
(1978)

"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]

Although the song was not part of the original musical production, it was kept for the 2016 Grease: Live performance, sung by Julianne Hough.[6]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [7] 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 [8] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 7
U.S. Hot Country Singles 20
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [9] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Rank
Australia [10] 36
Canada [11] 12
New Zealand [12] 33
UK [13] 34
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [14] 35

Preceded by
"Grease" by Frankie Valli		 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		 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"
Single by Sonia
B-side "The Anthem Medley"
Released June 30, 1994
Format CD single
7" single
12" single
Genre Dance-pop
Length 2:58
Label Cockney Records/BMG
Writer(s) John Farrar
Producer(s) Mark Cyrus
Sonia singles chronology
"Better the Devil You Know"
(1993)		 "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1994)		 "Wake Up Everybody"
(1995)

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.[15] 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

  1. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58
  2. "The Anthem Medley" - 4:24
  3. "The Anthem Medley" (Club Mix) - 7:04
  4. "The Anthem Medley" (Extended Mix) - 6:24

7" single

  1. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58
  2. "The Anthem Medley" - 4:24

12" single

  1. "The Anthem Medley" (Club Mix) - 7:04
  2. "The Anthem Medley" (Extended Mix) - 6:24
  3. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - 2:58

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
Position
UK Singles Chart 61[16]

Other cover versions

References

  1. ↑ "American single certifications – Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  2. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8309
  3. ↑ "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 182.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.
  6. ↑ Patrick Gomez, "Don't Worry! Grease: Live Did NOT Cut 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'", People Magazine (January 31, 2016).
  7. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  8. ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  9. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790303.html
  10. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  11. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a
  12. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3867
  13. ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1978.shtml
  14. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm
  15. ↑ youtube.com
  16. ↑ chartstats.com

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