Hopelessly Devoted to You

"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
File:Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You.jpg Artwork for German vinyl single
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
B-side	"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Released	9 September 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Pop
Length	3:05
Label	RSO
Songwriter(s)	John Farrar
Producer(s)	John Farrar
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 recorded by English-born Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978). It was written and produced by John Farrar and originally performed by Newton-John in the film version of the musical Grease (1978). 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.

It reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Adult Contemporary chart. On the country chart, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" peaked at number 20 and was her first top 20 country hit in two years. Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards.

The song was not part of the original musical production (and was replaced with the 1950s standard "Since I Don't Have You" for the 1994 revival), but it was added to the score for the 2007 revival and was included in the 2016 Grease: Live performance, sung by Julianne Hough.

Background

Halfway through shooting Grease, Newton-John's contractually-entitled vocal solo had yet to be written. Farrar, Newton-John's personal producer, wrote the song and submitted it to the film's production team. They were reluctant but then approved it; shooting and recording took place after the other parts of the film had been completed.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian (KMR)	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	2
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	14
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	6
UK Singles (OCC)	2
US Billboard Hot 100	3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	20
US Cash Box Top 100	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Australia	36
Canada	12
New Zealand	33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	34
US Billboard Hot 100	35

Sonia's version

"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
File:SoniaHopelessly.jpg
Single by Sonia
B-side	"The Anthem Medley"
Released	18 July 1994
Length	2:58
Label	Cockney Records/BMG
Songwriter(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 July 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. 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	61

Other cover versions

• In 1979, the song was covered by Polish singer Anna Jantar.
• In 1992, the song was covered by Hong Kong singer Cass Pang (彭羚)-一世愛著你( Hopelessly Devoted To You)
• In 1992, the song was covered by Mexican singer Angelica Vale. The song was called "Un Nuevo Amor".
• In 1996, the song was covered for the Greased EP by Less Than Jake.
• In 2001, Swedish teen pop girl group Play covered this song for the album Us Against the World.
• 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 featured in the 2012 Glee episode, "The Role You Were Born to Play". It was sung by Darren Criss as his 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.
• In 2016, American Idol (season 15) contestant Dalton Rapattoni performed his version of the song during the third round of Hollywood Week.
• Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John.
• In 2018, Delta Goodrem who played Newton-John in the Australian miniseries Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You, performed the song on her soundtrack album I Honestly Love You.

External links

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