 Genius Meanings
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Electric Light Orchestra) – Xanadu
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The word Xanadu showed up in the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Xanadu is the fictional name of the land where Khubla Khan ordered the dome to be built
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. The Tubes) – Dancin'
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[Verse 1: Olivia Newton-John] / Anybody blue? / Anybody needin' someone too? / Anyone feelin' cold? / No one there you can hold? / [Pre-Chorus: Olivia Newton-John] / Don't wait to
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Olivia Newton-John – Suspended in Time
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[Verse 1] / A child and a fool in one / So sure I could need no one / My heart always on the run to nowhere / Now as you're holding me / My heart is reminding me / That now I could
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Cliff Richard) – Suddenly
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[Verse 1: Cliff Richard] / She walks in and I'm suddenly a hero / I'm taken in / My hopes begin to rise / [Verse 2: Olivia Newton-John] / Look at me / Can't you tell / I'd be so
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Olivia Newton-John – Magic
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After ONJ became an international star in 1978 with the success of the film Grease (and its soundtrack), her next film Xanadu, a roller-skating, disco fantasy flick, was considered
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Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
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“Hopelessly Devoted To You” by Olivia Newton-John was an original song written by John Farrar specifically for the 1978 movie, Grease, which was an adaptation of the 1972 musical
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Gene Kelly) – Whenever You're Away from Me
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[Verse 1: Gene Kelly & Oliva Newton-John] / No other face would take you off my mind / You're so refined / You're much too kind / I have to warn you I'm never gonna set you free
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Juliana Hatfield – Xanadu
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A place where nobody dared to go / The love that we came to know / They call it Xanadu / And now, open your eyes and see / What we have made is real / We are in Xanadu / A million
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The Olivia Project – Xanadu
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[Chorus] / Xanadu, Xanadu / (Now we are here) / In Xanadu (Xanadu) / Xanadu, Xanadu / (Now we are here) / In Xanadu / [Post-Chorus] / Xanadu, your neon lights will shine / For you
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Olivia Newton-John – Fool Country
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Fool,whatever you do you're reminded / Fool,wherever you go you won't find it / I'm really down on love, so save all your smiles / Ooh,I won't be needin' any love for a while / I'm
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Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow
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Have You Never Been Mellow topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary chart in March of 1975. It even peaked at #3 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.
It also
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Olivia Newton-John – Twist of Fate
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“Twist Of Fate” was ONJ’s last top 10 hit, reaching #5 in early 1984. It comes from the soundtrack of the film Two Of A Kind – an unsuccessful attempt to recreate the success ONJ
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Olivia Newton-John – (Livin' In) Desperate Times
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Never thought it would be so rough / And I wonder if I have enough / To keep from breaking down / No mercy in this town / Every day is just another test / Seems I'm always second
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Olivia Newton-John – Have You Ever Been Mellow
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There was a time when I was in a hurry as you are / I was like you / There was a day when I just had to tell my point of view / I was like you / Now I don't mean to make you frown
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Electric Light Orchestra – The Fall
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[Verse 1] / I see the early glow / I hear you say hello / I watch the shadows fall / I don't see you at all / [Pre-Chorus] / It's a lie (I don't believe it's so) / It's a lie / [
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Olivia Newton-John – Heart Attack
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“Heart Attack” was a single released from Olivia Newton-John’s compliation album Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol 2. .
The song peaked at #2 in Canada and #3 in the US in late 1982. It
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Olivia Newton-John – Tied Up
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“Tied Up” was a single released from ONJ’s greatest hits compilation album Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2.. It peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #54 in Australia in 1983.
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Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love
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She knows she has no self control over her man. The night is going by slowly and she cannot say no ever.
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Olivia Newton-John – Make a Move on Me
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“Make a Move on Me” is the second single from Olivia Newton-John’s most successful album Physical.
The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on Billboard’s Adult
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. David Foster) – The Best of Me
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So many years gone, still I remember / How did I ever let my heart believe / In one who never gave enough to me / And so many years gone,love that was so wrong / I can't forget the
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