![]() Here’s a link to have a look at “The Greatest Songs Ever Recorded”: ! Occasionally, an “awesome song” crosses over to become a “Greatest Song!”Įven though I always emphasize new music and artists, it’s always fun to take a short drive through the legendary artists, since they influenced those other artists!īut a song doesn’t have to be old or done by a legendary Theme Attic Hall of Fame member to be thus honored. But since I have a website, I can collect them and lay out what my own greatest songs are. ![]() Nothing really brand new here that hasn’t been done before. I’ll select a song to celebrate and then give my thoughts about it. The Greatest Songs will pretty much follow the pattern of The Most Awesomest Song of the Day. The show can be heard on WHFR 89.3 FM in the Dearborn-Detroit area of Michigan, or it can be streamed with this link: ! My radio show, “Theme Attic,” is on Wednesdays 12PM-4PM ET. I would usually follow that by saying that I would eventually start a category for it, but then never get around to it. Tune in and listen to Olivia Newton-John’s performance of “I Honestly Love You” in the video below.For as long as I’ve been on the radio, and definitely for as long as I’ve been writing a blog, I will occasionally make a reference to a song being “One of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded!” (GSER) 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart while No. Though it was not as successful as the original release, it peaked at No. ![]() More than two decades after the song’s release, Newton-John recorded “I Honestly Love You” once again for her 1998 album Back with a Heart. Later, Allen recorded his own version, but it’s just not as good as the one Newton-John made. Barry had to convince him to let Newton-John record the song since she was one of the most popular singers in the world at that time and more likely to have a hit with it.Īllen eventually agreed, and it proved a smart move the song became a huge hit and helped launch Allen’s career as a songwriter. He wanted to keep it for himself as he was working on his album Continental American. However, Olivia Newton-John heard a demo of it and really wanted it for herself – to which Allen was hesitant at first. And I thought any girl who would hear that would have to say, ‘Well, can we just do it once?'”Īllen was also all set to record the song himself. “‘I honestly love you.’ No one had ever said that before. “I thought it would be a really sexy song for a guy to sing – ‘I’m not trying to sleep with you,'” Barry explained. This classic song was originally written from the perspective of a man. I love you, I honestly love you,” the song goes. But there you are with yours, and here I am with mine. “If we both were born in another place and time, this moment might be ending in a kiss. Despite their chemistry, the narrator in the song professes love and moves on. ![]() Written by Jeff Barry and Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, “I Honestly Love You” tells the tale of a couple who clearly has a spark and is in love with each other but can’t be together as they both belong with someone. Today, it remains Newton-John’s signature solo song. It also earned a nomination for Song of the Year. During the 17th Grammy Awards in 1975, “I Honestly Love You” won both Best Pop Vocal Performance for Female and Record of the Year. 1 single in the United States and Canada. Nearly five decades ago, Olivia Newton-John had a sincere confession, a helpless admission of an attraction that can’t go anywhere in her song “I Honestly Love You.” Released in the United States on Newton-John’s 1974 album If You Love Me, Let Me Know, the song became a worldwide pop hit.
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