''Have You Never Been Mellow'' is the fifth

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by British-Australian singer

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, released on 12 February 1975 by

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Reception

Both the title single and the album rose to the top of their respective US charts (the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart). The title song and its follow-up, " Please Mr. Please", were both top 10 on three ''Billboard'' charts: the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Country. The title song was Newton-John's first charting single in Japan, where it reached number 26 on the

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singles chart. Newton-John received a

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nomination for

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for her work on the song "Have You Never Been Mellow", but lost to "

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" by

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. The album was also named Favorite Pop/Rock Album at the

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, beating

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and

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. The album was certified Gold in the US. The LP sold 169,380 in Japan.

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References

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