Olivia Newton-John singles discography | |
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Singles | 69 |
Featured artist | 3 |
Promotional singles | 19 |
The singles discography of British-Australian recording artist Olivia Newton-John consists of 69 singles, three as a featured artist and 25 promotional recordings. She was a four-time Grammy award winner who amassed five number-one and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, [1] seven Top Ten Billboard Hot Country singles, and two number-one Billboard 200 solo albums. Ten of her singles topped Billboard's adult contemporary music singles chart. Eleven of her singles have been certified gold by the RIAA. She sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. [2]
Newton-John's first chart success was the 1971 single, "If Not for You", which became a top ten recording in several countries including Australia. In 1973, "Let Me Be There" became her first single to reach commercial success in the United States. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100, number three on the adult contemporary chart and number seven on the country songs chart. The song established Newton-John as both a pop and country artist. Between 1974 and 1977, Newton-John regularly made the top ten on the American pop, adult contemporary and country charts. Her most successful were "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)", "Please Mr. Please", "I Honestly Love You" and "Have You Never Been Mellow". It was "I Honestly Love You" that became her most successful, topping music charts in Australia, Canada and the United States.
In 1978, Newton-John starred in the film Grease . Its success began a new era of music success for Newton-John, with "You're the One That I Want", "Summer Nights" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You" reaching the top ten of the music charts throughout the world. She transitioned further into pop music after starring in 1980's Xanadu with both "Magic" and the title track becoming number one singles internationally. However, it was 1981's "Physical" that became her most successful recording. It topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. During the decade she continued having singles reach the top ten with songs like "Heart Attack" and "Twist of Fate".
In the 90s, Newton-John's singles began reaching progressively lower chart positions. This began after the success of the 1990 duet with John Travolta called "The Grease Megamix". The single topped the Australian pop chart and reached the top ten in several other countries. Further singles like "Deeper Than the River" and "No Matter What You Do" reached positions outside the top 40 in Australia in the middle of the decade. In 1998, she re-recorded "I Honestly Love You" and the new version made chart positions in Australia and the United States. On the American adult contemporary chart, the re-recording reached number 18. It was not until 2010 that Newton-John made several international charts with a re-recording of "Physical". The song was cut with the cast of Glee , which Newton-John appeared on. She released several more singles before her death in 2022 including the number one American dance single, "You Have to Believe".
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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AUS [3] | BEL [4] | CAN [5] | GER [6] | NL [7] | NOR [20] | NZ [8] | UK [9] | US [10] | US AC [11] | |||||
"I Can't Help It" (with Andy Gibb) | 1980 | 62 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | After Dark | ||
"Rest Your Love on Me" (with Andy Gibb) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Magic" | 4 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 13 | — | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | Xanadu | |||
"Xanadu" (with Electric Light Orchestra) | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
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"Suddenly" (with Cliff Richard) | 37 | — | 60 | — | — | — | 30 | 15 | 20 | 4 | ||||
"Physical" | 1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 29 | Physical | ||
"Make a Move on Me" | 1982 | 8 | — | 4 | 38 | 49 | — | 22 | 43 | 5 | 6 |
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"Landslide" | — | 18 | — | — | 39 | — | — | 18 | 52 | — | ||||
"Heart Attack" | 22 | 18 | 2 | 51 | — | 5 | 11 | 46 | 3 | — |
| Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | ||
"Tied Up" | 1983 | 54 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | |||
"Twist of Fate" | 4 | 33 | 5 | — | 42 | — | 22 | 57 | 5 | — |
| Two of a Kind | ||
"Livin' in Desperate Times" [23] | 1984 | 81 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | |||
"Take a Chance" (with John Travolta) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||||
"Soul Kiss" | 1985 | 20 | — | 21 | — | 38 | — | — | 100 | 20 | 20 | Soul Kiss | ||
"Toughen Up" | 1986 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Best of Me" [24] (with David Foster) | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | 6 | David Foster | |||
"The Rumour" | 1988 | 35 | — | 50 | 36 | — | — | — | 85 | 62 | 33 | The Rumour | ||
"Can't We Talk It Over in Bed" [25] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Reach Out for Me" [26] | 1989 | 153 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | Warm and Tender | ||
"When You Wish Upon a Star" [27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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AUS [3] | BEL [4] | CAN [5] | GER [6] | NL [7] | NOR [20] | NZ [8] | UK [9] | US [10] | US AC [11] | |||||
"The Grease Megamix" (with John Travolta) | 1990 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| Non-album singles | |
"Grease: The Dream Mix" (with Frankie Valli and John Travolta) | 1991 | — | 28 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 47 | — | — | |||
"I Need Love" [28] | 1992 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 96 | — | Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 | ||
"Deeper Than a River" [29] | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | ||||
"No Matter What You Do" [30] | 1994 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gaia: One Woman's Journey | ||
"Don't Cut Me Down" [31] | 1995 | 193 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Had to Be" [32] (with Cliff Richard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | Songs from Heathcliff | |||
"You're the One That I Want" (Martian remix) [33] (with John Travolta) | 1998 | 27 | 33 | — | — | 62 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Grease: The Remix EP | ||
"I Honestly Love You" (1998 version) | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 18 | Back with a Heart | |||
"Back with a Heart" | 215 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Precious Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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CAN [5] | CAN AC [34] | US AC [11] | |||
"Change of Heart" (with Jim Brickman) | 2000 | — | — | — | My Romance |
"Valentine" (with Jim Brickman) | 2001 | — | — | — | |
"Instrument of Peace" | 2006 | — | 45 | 30 | Grace and Gratitude |
"Christmas on My Radio" | 2007 | — | 11 | - | Christmas Wish |
"Angel in the Wings" [35] (featuring Jann Arden) | 2008 | 28 | 26 | — | A Celebration in Song |
"Hope Is Always Here" [36] (featuring David Foster) | 2009 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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AUS [3] | US Cou. | |||
"Help Me to Heal" [37] | 2010 | — | — | Grace and Gratitude: Renewed |
"Magic" (Peach & Murphy mix) [38] (featuring Wacci) | 2011 | 79 | — | Non-album singles |
"When You Wish Upon a Star" (2011 version) | — | |||
"Window in the Wall" [39] (with Chloe Lattanzi) | 2021 | — | — | Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1) |
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" [40] (with Paul Anka) | — | — | ||
"Valentine" (25th Anniversary Remix) [41] (with Jim Brickman) | 2022 | — | — | Non-album single |
"Jolene" (re-recorded) [42] (with Dolly Parton) | 2023 | — | — [lower-alpha 1] | Just The Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1) |
"My Dream" [44] (with Jim Brickman and Il Volo) | 2024 | — | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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AUS [3] [45] | CAN [5] | UK [9] | US [10] | US Dan. [46] | |||
"Physical" (Glee cast featuring Olivia Newton-John) | 2010 | 88 | 62 | 56 | 89 | — | Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers |
"I Touch Myself" (as part of the I Touch Myself Project) | 2014 | 72 | — | — | — | — | The I Touch Myself Project [47] |
"You Have to Believe" (Dave Audé featuring Olivia Newton-John and Chloe Lattanzi) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | 1 | Non-album single |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Love Song" [48] | 1971 | If Not for You |
"If You Could Read My Mind" [49] | 1972 | |
"I'm a Small and Lonely Light" [50] | Olivia | |
"Maybe Then I'll Think of You" [51] | 1973 | Non-album single |
"Loving You Ain't Easy" [52] | 1974 | Long Live Love |
"A Window to the Sky" [53] | 1975 | The Other Side of the Mountain |
"Loving Arms" | Have You Never Been Mellow | |
"Follow Me" | ||
"Compassionate Man" [54] | 1976 | Don't Stop Believin' |
"Sad Songs" [55] | 1977 | Making a Good Thing Better |
"Slow Dancing" | ||
"Suspended in Time" [56] | 1980 | Xanadu |
"Face to Face" (with Barry Gibb) | 1984 | Now Voyager |
"Emotional Tangle" [57] | 1985 | Soul Kiss |
"It's Always Australia for Me" | 1988 | The Rumour |
"Warm and Tender" | 1990 | Warm and Tender |
"I Want to Be Wanted" [58] | 1992 | Back to Basics: The Essential Collection, 1971–1992 |
"Falling" [59] (with Raybon Brothers) | 1997 | Raybon Brothers |
"Dare to Dream" (with John Farnham) | 2000 | The Games of the XXVII Olympiad |
"Tenterfield Saddler" [60] (with Peter Allen) | 2002 | 2 |
"Phenomenal Woman" | 2005 | Stronger Than Before |
"Mickey" (Chew Fu Fix) | 2012 | A Few Best Men |
"Two Strong Hearts" (Live) (with John Farnham) | 2015 | Two Strong Hearts Live |
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Live) (with John Farnham) | ||
"Stone in My Pocket" [61] (with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky) | 2016 | Liv On |
"Love Is a Gift" (with Delta Goodrem) | 2018 | I Honestly Love You |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"The Day I Met Marie" | 1967 | The Shadows | From Hank Bruce Brian & John |
"Come In You'll Get Pneumonia" | The Easybeats | Vigil | |
"Don't Move Away" | 1971 | Cliff Richard | Sunny Honey Girl |
"Susie Darlin'" | 1973 | Barry Crocker, Pat Carroll | Golden Hits |
"Fly Away" | 1975 | John Denver | Windsong |
"The Key" | 1979 | — | Music for UNICEF Concert |
"Fine Line" | 1984 | Barry Gibb | Now Voyager |
"Hammerhead" | 1987 | James Reyne | James Reyne |
"I'm Leaving It All Up to You" | 1994 | Cliff Richard | It's Cliff Richard - Show No.6 |
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" | |||
"Rolling on a River (Proud Mary)" | |||
"Away in a Manger" | — | The Spirit of Christmas '94 | |
"Choosing When It's Too Late" | 1995 | Cliff Richard | Songs from Heathcliff |
"Dream Tomorrow" | |||
"I Do Not Love You Isabella" | |||
"Marked with Death" | |||
"Christmas Never Felt Like This" | — | Mother & Child | |
"Part of Your World" | 1996 | Music from the Park | |
"How To Grow Up Big and Strong" | Orphans of God | ||
"You're the One That I Want" | Francis Lalanne | Best of Dance Music Vol. 4 | |
"The First Noel" | 1999 | — | The Spirit of Christmas '99 |
"Flying Dreams" | 2000 | Kenny Loggins | More Songs from Pooh Corner |
"A Mother's Christmas Wish" | Jim Brickman | My Romance | |
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Kenny Loggins | The Spirit of Christmas 2000 | |
"Sordid Lives" | 2001 | — | Sordid Lives [62] |
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" | |||
"Coming Home" | |||
"A Handful of Dust" | 2002 | Lee Kernaghan | Electric Rodeo |
"Lullaby, Lullaby, My Lovely One" | 2003 | Delilah | My Child [63] |
"Silver Bells" | — | The Spirit of Christmas 2003 | |
"This Can't Be Real" | 2004 | Barry Manilow | Scores: Songs from the Copacabana and Harmony |
"Wishin' and Hopin'" | 2006 | Dionne Warwick | My Friends & Me |
"I Honestly Love You" | 2007 | Jim Brickman | Homecoming |
"Cotton Jenny" | Anne Murray | Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends | |
"Christmas Lullaby" | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Song | |
"Slow Love" | 2008 | Mariya Takeuchi | Sincerely... Mariya Takeuchi Song Book |
"O Holy Night" | — | The Spirit of Christmas 2008 | |
"Every Time It Snows" | Mark Masri | Christmas Is | |
"A Mother's Christmas Wish" | Amy Sky | The Lights of December | |
"O Come, All Ye Faithful" | Elvis Presley | Christmas Duets | |
"Amoureuse" | 2010 | Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige and Friends |
"Isn't It Amazing" | 2012 | — | Hope: Songs of Faith and Inspiration |
"Canadian Summer Dream" | 2013 | Liona Boyd | The Return... To Canada with Love |
"Never Never Never" | 2014 | Engelbert Humperdinck | Engelbert Calling |
"Best of Friends" | 2016 | — | The Best Songs from The Land Before Time |
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" | Kelly Lang | Throwback | |
"Getting Better All the Time" | Marie Osmond | Music Is Medicine | |
"Fulfilled" | Steve Real | Never Too Late | |
"Everybody's Someone" | 2018 | Cliff Richard | Rise Up |
"Two Strong Hearts" (with John Farnham) | 2020 | various artists | Artists Unite for Fire Fight |
"You're the Voice" (with John Farnham, Mitch Tambo and Brian May) | |||
"Merry Christmas to You" | Delta Goodrem | Only Santa Knows | |
"Rest Your Love on Me" | 2021 | Barry Gibb | Greenfields |
Dame Olivia Newton-John was a British and Australian singer and actress. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included fifteen top-ten singles, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200: If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975). Eleven of her singles and fourteen of her albums have been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"I Honestly Love You" is a song recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in 1974 on the album Long Live Love in the United Kingdom and If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States. The song became a worldwide pop hit, her first number-one single in the United States and Canada. The single was first released in Australia as "I Love You, I Honestly Love You", as per its chorus. The song was written by Jeff Barry and Australian singer and composer Peter Allen. The latter recorded it around the same time for his album Continental American.
If You Love Me, Let Me Know is the third North American album by singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 28 May 1974. Other than the title track, all the material was from her previous three international albums, Olivia (1972), Music Makes My Day (1973) and Long Live Love (1974). It was her first album to top the Billboard 200.
"The Grease Megamix" is a megamix released in 1990 to commemorate the video release of Grease. The single was credited to John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and released via Polydor Records. It was created by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow for PWL by the request of Polydor Records, who supplied copies of the original multi-track recordings. The megamix topped the charts of Australia and Spain and became a top-five hit in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Physical is the eleventh studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released through MCA Records on 13 October 1981. The album was produced and partly written by her long-time record producer John Farrar. Recorded and mixed at David J. Holman's studio in Los Angeles additional recording at Ocean Way, Physical became one of Newton-John's most controversial and sexual records, and her most successful studio album. Musically, the album features considerable use of synthesizers, and it explores lyrical themes such as love and relationships, sex, and environmental protection. Upon its release, while the album was a success it received positive reviews from music critics, many of them considering it to be Newton-John's best effort. The album charted high in several countries, including the United States, Japan and Newton-John's native Australia, becoming one of the most successful albums of the early 1980s. It also ranks among the best-selling albums by Australian solo artists, selling more than ten million copies worldwide.
"Let Me Be There" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second single from her studio album of the same name. The country-influenced song was Newton-John's first Top 10 single in the US, peaking at No. 6, and also won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocalist. Mike Sammes sings a bass vocal harmony on the song.
Come On Over is the seventh studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released in March 1976. The album peaked at number two on the US Top Country Albums chart and number 13 on the US Billboard 200.
Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album released by Olivia Newton-John in 1977. In Australasia, it was released as Greatest Hits Vol. 2 as an extension of the 1974 compilation First Impressions, while in other regions, it fully spanned Newton-John's career up to the point of release.
"Xanadu" is the title song from the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film of the same name. Written by Jeff Lynne of the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the song is performed by Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John, with Lynne adding parenthetic vocals in the style of his other songs on the Xanadu soundtrack, and ELO providing the instrumentation. It was Lynne's least favourite of his own songs. Released as a single in June 1980, it reached number one in several European countries and was the band's only UK number-one single when it peaked there for two weeks in July 1980. It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. It also peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 is the third greatest hits album by English-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 9 June 1992 by Geffen Records. It is the first compilation to contain both her country and pop hits. The album contained four new tracks: lead single "I Need Love", US Adult Contemporary top-20 single "Deeper Than a River", "Not Gonna Be the One" and a cover version of Brenda Lee's 1960 US number one "I Want to Be Wanted". A tour was planned to promote the album, but had to be cancelled when Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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