"Hopelessly Devoted to You" is a song recorded by English-born Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for '. It was written and produced by John Farrar and originally performed by Newton-John in the film version of the musical 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. It reached number three on the US BillboardHot 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, but it was added to the score for the 2007 revival and was included in the 2016 ' 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
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Sonia's version
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.
In 2014, The X Factor Australiaseries 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 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 , performed the song on her soundtrack album I Honestly Love You.
