Totally Hot

Infobox Album | Name = Totally Hot
Type = Album
Artist = Olivia Newton-John


Released = 1978
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Adult contemporary/Rock/Pop music/Country
Length =
Label = MCA
Producer = John Farrar
Reviews =
Last album = "Grease"
(1978)
This album = "Totally Hot"
(1978)
Next album = "Xanadu"
(1980)

"Totally Hot" is an album by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. Released in November 1978, it was her first album following the global success of the film "Grease" earlier that year which had made Newton-John an international superstar. The album peaked at no.7 in the US, and was also a Top 10 success in Japan, Canada, and her native Australia as well as making the Top 30 in the UK. In a similar pattern to her "Grease" character, Sandy Ollson, Newton-John moved away from the more wholesome image of her previous releases and was dressed in leather on the album cover. The album's singles "A Little More Love" (No.3 US, No.4 UK), "Deeper Than The Night" (No.11 US) and the title track (No.52 US) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. Newton-John's artistic development was also shown by a greater depth and power in her vocals and her two contributions as a songwriter ("Borrowed Time" and "Talk To Me"). Newton-John filmed promotional videos for all three singles. The album was certified Platinum in the US, and its first single, "A Little More Love", was certified Gold.

Although the album focused much less on Country music than her mid-1970's albums, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. While the "Totally Hot" single was targeted to pop radio, its B-side, "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round", was worked to AC (No. 25) and Country (No. 29). This was the first time since her 1975 single, "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy ... He's My Brother", that Newton-John worked both sides of a single to different radio audiences. "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round" also charted Pop (No. 82) after "Totally Hot" fell off the Hot 100.

Track listing

Side One
#"Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" (by Stephen Sinclair and Joe Falsia)
© 1978 Screen Gems/BMI
Drums: Mike Botts - Bass: David McDaniels - Piano: Jai Winding
Guitar: John Farrar - Synthesizer: Michael Botticker
#"Dancin' Round And Round" (by Adam Mitchell)
© 1978 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corps. Ten Speed Music
Drums: Mike Botts - Bass: David Hungate - Piano: Jai Winding - Guitar: John Farrar - Synthesizer: Michael Botticker
#"Talk To Me" (by Olivia Newton-John)
© 1978 Zargon Music/ASCAP
Drums: Ed Green - Bass: David Hungate - Piano: David Foster - Guitars: John Farrar and Steve Lukather - Trumpet: Steve Madaio - Alto: Marty Grebb - Trombone: Chuck Findley - Tenor: Gerald Peterson - Percussion: Lenny Castro
#"Deeper Than The Night" (by Tom Snow and Johnny Vastano)
#"Borrowed Time" (by Olivia Newton-John)

Side Two
#"A Little More Love" (by John Farrar)
#"Never Enough" (by John Farrar and Pat Farrar/Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer)
#"Totally Hot" (by John Farrar)
#"Boats Against The Current" (by Eric Carmen)
© 1977 Camex Music, Inc.
#"Gimme Some Lovin'" (by Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Spencer Davis)
© 1967 Island Music Ltd., London, England