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Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

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{{Infobox album

| name = Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

| type = greatest

| artist = Olivia Newton-John

| cover = Olivia greatest hits.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1977

| recorded = 1971–1976

| studio =

| genre =

| length =

| label = MCA

| producer = John Farrar

| prev_title = Making a Good Thing Better

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Grease

| next_year = 1978

}}

Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album released by Olivia Newton-John in 1977. In Australasia, it was released as Greatest Hits Vol. 2 as an extension of the 1974 compilation First Impressions, while in other regions, it fully spanned Newton-John's career up to the point of release.

The international edition of the album collected all of Newton-John's American Top 40 singles released between 1971 and 1977. "Changes" was the only track not released as a single, but it was one of Newton-John's first self-written songs that she recorded. The album became Newton-John's first to be certified platinum in the United States and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and number seven on the Top Country Albums chart. It ended up being certified double Platinum in the US and Platinum in the UK and Canada, as well as Gold in Hong Kong.

Reception

Cash Box magazine called it "twelve of her best-loved numbers and some breathtaking photographs of one of contemporary music's most photogenic personalities all in one package. An excellent and well-rounded introduction to Olivia's work for those who have yet to be captivated by her wholesome charm and sweet sounding vocal style.".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-10-29.pdf|title=Album Reviews |magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=12|date=29 October 1977|access-date=25 November 2021}}

In their review, Billboard called the album "a long awaited and well deserved greatest hits set, with all but one of the cuts having made the Top 40. The material ranges horn Olivia's 1971 creampuff folkie hit with Bob Dylan's "If Not For You" to her gutsy, throaty reading of the Bee Gees' "Come On Over." Also

included are rollicking country hits, exquisitely arranged, plaintive MOR songs; easy tempo supper club tunes and spry Top 40 hits."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-10-29.pdf|magazine=Billboard|title=Top Album Picks|issue=29 October 1977 |page=82 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}

Track listing

=Side One=

  1. "If Not for You" (Bob Dylan) - 2:50
    From If Not for You
  2. "Changes" (Olivia Newton-John) - 2:27
    From Olivia
  3. "Let Me Be There" (John Rostill) - 3:00
    From Let Me Be There / Music Makes My Day
  4. "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (John Rostill) - 3:12
    From If You Love Me, Let Me Know
  5. "I Honestly Love You" (Peter Allen - Jeff Barry) - 3:36
    From Long Live Love
  6. "Have You Never Been Mellow" (John Farrar) - 3:28
    From Have You Never Been Mellow

=Side Two=

  1. "Please Mr. Please" (Bruce Welch and John Rostill) - 3:24
    From Have You Never Been Mellow
  2. "Something Better to Do" (John Farrar) - 3:16
    From Clearly Love
  3. "Let It Shine" (Linda Hargrove) - 2:26
    From Clearly Love
  4. "Come On Over" (Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb) - 3:38
    From Come On Over
  5. "Don't Stop Believin'" (John Farrar) - 3:37
    From Don't Stop Believin'
  6. "Sam" (John Farrar - Hank Marvin - Don Black) - 3:41
    From Don't Stop Believin'

=2022 Deluxe Edition=

  1. "If Not For You" (Bob Dylan) - 2:53
    From If Not for You
  2. "Banks of the Ohio" - 3:18
    From If Not for You
  3. "Love Song" (Lesley Duncan) - 3:46
    From If Not for You
  4. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Bill Danoff - John Denver - Taffy Nivert) - 3:23
    From Let Me Be There / Music Makes My Day
  5. "Changes" (Olivia Newton-John) - 2:32
    From Olivia
  6. "Let Me Be There" (John Rostill) - 3:01
    From Let Me Be There / Music Makes My Day
  7. "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (John Rostill) - 3:15
    From If You Love Me, Let Me Know
  8. "I Honestly Love You" (Peter Allen - Jeff Barry) - 3:40
    From Long Live Love
  9. "Have You Never Been Mellow" (John Farrar) - 3:32
    From Have You Never Been Mellow
  10. "Please Mr. Please" (Bruce Welch and John Rostill) - 3:25
    From Have You Never Been Mellow
  11. "The Air That I Breathe" (Albert Hammond and Lee Hazlewood) - 3:52
    From Have You Never Been Mellow
  12. "Something Better to Do" (John Farrar) - 3:18
    From Clearly Love
  13. "Let It Shine" (Linda Hargrove) - 2:28
    From Clearly Love
  14. "Every Face Tells A Story" (Linda Hargrove) - 3:59
    From Don't Stop Believin''
  15. "Jolene" (Dolly Parton) - 3:02
    From Come On Over
  16. "Come On Over" (Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb) - 3:42
    From Come On Over
  17. "Don't Stop Believin'" (John Farrar) - 3:32
    From Don't Stop Believin'
  18. "Sam" (John Farrar - Hank Marvin - Don Black) - 3:43
    From Don't Stop Believin'
  19. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Tim Rice) - 6:01
    From Making a Good Thing Better
  20. "Making A Good Thing Better" (Pete Wingfield) - 3:43
    From Making a Good Thing Better

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

!Chart (1977–1982)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=217}}

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{{album chart|Canada|11|artist=Olivia Newton-John|album=Greatest Hits|access-date=28 July 2013|chartid=5472|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|24|artist=Olivia Newton-John|album=Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=13 November 2022}}
scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|last=Okamoto|first=Satoshi|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|page=349}}

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{{album chart|UK|19|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|7|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|US Cash Box Top Albums{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-12-17.pdf|title=Cash Box Top Albums|work=Cash Box|access-date=14 August 2022}}

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scope="row"|US Cash Box Country Albums{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-12-31.pdf|title=Cash Box Country Albums|work=Cash Box|access-date=14 August 2022}}

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{{album chart|New Zealand|10|artist=Olivia Newton-John|album=OLIVIA'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2|rowheader=true|access-date=11 December 2024}}

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|+ 2022 weekly chart performance for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

!Chart (2022)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Wallonia|163|artist=Olivia Newton-John|album=Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=13 November 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|50|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true|access-date=11 August 2024}}

=Year-end charts=

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|+ 1978 year-end chart performance for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

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! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1978/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1978|work=Billboard|access-date=19 August 2021}}

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Certifications and sales

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Olivia Newton-John|title=Greatest Hits (aka Great Hits vol 2)|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|certref={{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/HM7dYUG|title=Olivia Newton John - Australian album plaques in 1978 |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=18 September 2024}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Olivia Newton-John|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1977|certyear=1977|refname="candcert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Olivia Newton-John|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|refname=hong}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Olivia Newton-John|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1977|certyear=1983|refname="UK"|id=4823-3401-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Olivia Newton-John|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1977|certyear=1984|refname="US Plat"}}

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References

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Category:1977 greatest hits albums

Category:Albums produced by John Farrar

Category:Olivia Newton-John compilation albums

Category:MCA Records compilation albums