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 Weekly singles charts Edit Chart (1978) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report [6] 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 [7] 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 [8] 4 Year-end charts Edit Chart (1978) Rank Australia [9] 36 Canada [10] 12 New Zealand [11] 33 UK [12] 34 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [13] 35
