The music video for Sonia's version of "Hopelessly Devoted to You" features Sonia walking through an old city and singing. On the 12-inch single, "The Anthem Medley" was released as the A-side and "Hopelessly Devoted to You" as the B-side. It has a double A-side released as a B-side "The Anthem Medley". The single was released in July 1994 as a non-album single. In conjunction, she released a cover version of the song. In 1994, English singer Sonia took over the role of Sandy in a West End production of Grease, replacing Debbie Gibson. Sonia (pictured in 2008) covered the song in 1994. Sonia version "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. The song was used in the trailer for the Netflix miniseries The Watcher.Ĭanada Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) They were reluctant but then approved it shooting and recording took place after the other parts of the film had been completed. Farrar, Newton-John's personal producer, wrote the song and submitted it to the film's production team. Halfway through shooting Grease, Newton-John's contractually-entitled vocal solo had yet to be written. Every thesaurus and every rhyming dictionary I had, just trying to really make it work properly". In June 2004, Farrar recalled writing the song: "'Hopelessly Devoted To You': I spent the longest period writing the lyrics of any song I've ever written. 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. In 2001, Swedish girl group Play covered the song on their debut album. Record World called it "a '50s-inspired love ballad with the production sound of the '70s." Lyrically, the song is about Olivia's character in the movie, Australian newcomer Sandy Olsson, singing about how she keeps loving John Travolta's character Danny Zuko, leader of a gang of greaser boys, despite him brushing her off in favor of his friends. 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. Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards in 1979. On the country chart, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" peaked at number 20 and was her first top 20 country hit in two years. It reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was released in Australia in August 1978 and peaked at number two. It was written and produced by John Farrar and originally performed by Newton-John in the film version of the musical Grease (1978). " Hopelessly Devoted to You" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978).
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