Hopelessly Devoted to You

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For the compilation record released by Hopeless Records, see Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 1.

"Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming another hit from the film.

[edit] Cover versions

In 1993, the dansband Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester covered the song in Swedish as "Aldrig nånsin glömmer jag dig" on the album Kärlek gör mig tokig.

In 2003, Jill Johnson covered the song on her album Roots and Wings.

In 2007, Kristin Chenoweth sang "Hopelessly Devoted to You" in second episode of TV show Pushing Daisies.

In 2008, Alaina Whitaker sang "Hopelessly Devoted to You" on the seventh season of American Idol, but was eliminated shortly thereafter.