''Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' is the second greatest hits album by Olivia Newton-John released on 3 September 1982. The album compiled most singles released by Newton-John since the release of her 1977 ''Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits'' album from her following albums and soundtracks. The album included two new recordings; "Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John song), Heart Attack" and "Tied Up", both of which were actually recorded during the sessions for the "Physical (Olivia Newton-John album), Physical" album. It was released in the United Kingdom as ''Olivia's Greatest Hits''. The album is one of the best selling album by Olivia and was certified multi-platinum in both United States and Canada.

Production and release

The album is Olivia's second greatest hits album and include songs released by the singer between 1978 and 1982, her previous compilation include songs from 1971 to 1976. Five of the ten songs of the album are from two successful movies by the singer: Grease (film), Grease (1978) and Xanadu (film), Xanadu (1980). The album omitted some singles released by Newton-John during this period (1978-1982) including songs from ''Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, Grease'' ("Summer Nights (Grease song), Summer Nights"), ''Totally Hot'' ("Deeper Than the Night", "Totally Hot", "Dancin' 'Round and 'Round") and ''Physical (Olivia Newton-John album), Physical'' ("Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song), Landslide"). The album also did not include "I Can't Help It (Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John song), I Can't Help It", her duet with Andy Gibb from his ''After Dark (Andy Gibb album), After Dark'' album, even though the song reached #12 in the Billboard Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album was released in the United Kingdom as ''Olivia's Greatest Hits'' with a slightly different cover and a 19-track listing covering all of her major UK hits from ''If Not for You (album), If Not for You''. In Australia it was released as ''Greatest Hits Vol. 3''. The two new songs ("Heart Attack" and "Tied Up") were released as singles to promote the album and reached number 3 and 38 on the U.S. pop charts, respectively. "Heart Attack" was a Number One single in France, and it was certified gold in Canada. "Tied Up" was a surprise Number One single in Cyprus.

Reception

The album was well received by the music critics. JT Griffith from ''AllMusic'' website gave the album four out of five stars and wrote the album "remains the best choice for casual fans who only want the roller-rink hits". The album only climbed to No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200, but spent over 80 weeks on the chart and ultimately ranked as the No. 10 album of 1983. This was the longest charting album of Newton-John's career and her first non-soundtrack album to rank in the year-end Top 10. It also peaked at number 8 with a 38-week chart run in UK. 150,000 were shipped in Canada initially. The album was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA in the US and Platinum in the UK.

Track listing

1982 International Edition and 2023 Deluxe Edition re-releasehttps://www.discogs.com/release/25711693-Olivia-Newton-John-Olivias-Greatest-Hits-Vol-2 #"Heart Attack" #"Magic" #"Physical" #"Deeper Than The Night" #"Hopelessly Devoted To You" #"Make A Move On Me" #"Landslide" #"A Little More Love" #"You're The One That I Want" #"Tied Up" #"Suddenly" #"Totally Hot" #"The Promise" #"Xanadu"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

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