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Olivia newton john physical5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Just over a year later and little did Newton-John know, but her forth coming album Physical was going to become her most successful album to date. Newton-John, it would appear, had the Midas touch. Everything the singer touched turned to gold, no matter what the critics said. It not only did well, but it went to number one in six countries and hit the top five in both the UK and USA. ![]() The beginning of one of the most infamous decades (the ‘80s) and Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released the soundtrack to the now cult classic film of the same name, which interestingly was able to weather the storm of the film’s critical and commercial disappointment. An education in music that would go on to become a love affair with Olivia Newton-John and her music, and one that hasn’t waned one little bit over the past forty years.įollowing on from the phenomenal success that Newton-John had in 1978’s Grease, and continuing with another album ( Totally Hot) in the same year that saw the singer back at the top of the charts, it seemed that Australia’s “golden girl” could do no wrong. The window wound right down as the wind blew my curls into a gentle mess atop my head and my Mum, tilting the rear vision mirror in our direction, making us laugh with her over exaggerated version of “Physical” was in part-not that I knew at the time-the beginnings of my musical education. Sitting in the back of our old, beige Kingswood, my brother and I giggled profusely at our Mum singing along to Olivia Newton-John, a common occurrence during my summers as a kid in Adelaide, Australia. Happy 40th Anniversary to Olivia Newton-John’s eleventh studio album Physical, originally released October 13, 1981. ![]()
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