''Two Strong Hearts Live'' is a live album by John Farnham and

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

recorded in

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with Philharmonia Australia in April 2015. The live album was released on 16 June 2015 with the live DVD being released on 21 August 2015.

Critical reception

Cameron Adams gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John have a chemistry and friendship you just can’t fake. And zero egos. The fact these two were having serious fun is not lost in the recorded translation. You also see new sides, like Farnham blitzing ' Over the Rainbow' and Livvie cutting loose with rock wailing on '

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'. That’s another one of the joys here, we rarely get to hear Olivia live and from the divine thrills of 'Xanadu' to the spine chills of I Honestly Love You it’s our loss. On the Grease favourites ' Summer Nights' and 'You’re the One That I Want', Farnham slips into John Travolta mode ndFarnham sings '

' better than ONJ’s original duet partner".

Chart performance

''Two Strong Hearts Live'' debuted at number one on the

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. This marked the second time Farnham and Newton-John had topped the charts together; in 1998, their ''

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'' album (with Anthony Warlow) also peaked at number one.

Track listing

# "Overture” # "

Two Strong Hearts "Two Strong Hearts" is a song written by Andy Hill and Bruce Woolley. Australian singer John Farnham recorded the song and released it as the second single from his 13th studio album, '' Age of Reason'' (1988). The song peaked at number six on ...

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Let Me Be There "Let Me Be There" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second single from her studio album of the same name. The country-influenced song was Newton-John's fi ...

" # " Xanadu" # "

I Honestly Love You "I Honestly Love You" is a song recorded by Olivia Newton-John released in 1974 on the album '' Long Live Love'' in United Kingdom and ''If You Love Me, Let Me Know'' in the United States. The song became a worldwide pop hit, her first number- ...

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" # "No One Comes Close" # "Love to Shine" # " Suddenly" # "Dare to Dream" # " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" # "Burn for You" # "

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You're the One That I Want "You're the One That I Want" is a song performed by American actor and singer John Travolta and Anglo-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical '' Grease''. It was written and produc ...

" # " Summer Nights" # "Hearts on Fire" # "

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