Olivia Newton-John Reaction If Not For You (TANGY BOP W/ A DAB OF RANCH!) | Empress Reacts 

Great song. Written by Bob Dylan and made famous by George Harrison right after the split up of the Beatles in 1970. You have GREAT taste in music Empress!!

Thank you for posting this one! This is hands down my favorite one of her songs. I'm always entranced by watching her perform this. Her moves, her innocence... RIP.

Might catch myself singing this on some random day... 😁🔥🔥

This is one of my fave song top 10 most definitely. You know Olivia didn’t want to sing this song? I enjoy it more than ever and be careful.. it’s one of those songs get stuck in your head😂. I like the reference of ranch dressing😂😂 you are absolutely right 😂

If you listen to the studio version, you can hear when her dog, Jackson, bumped the mic stand during the guitar solo.

Olivia please mister please

Glad you did the performance video, her dancing cracks me up🤣 Can't wait til you get to the next album🥰

Absolutely beautiful

Yaass kween

Dear Empress, I was thinking when I heard this song, and when I saw the cover I realized that my father got this record and he really loved Olivia 😍 She Is an awesome singer, she's really cute and she has an incredibile voice. Thank you so much for having made me listen to It once again, after so many years!!! Anyway, you're cute too, our sweet Empress 😘❤️ and your reaction made me laugh too 🤣🤣🤣

"I'm giving this 10 🖐🖐" I agree 😊

I have another update on Olivia 😍😍!! She & her daughter Chloe have brought out a new song together called Window in the wall which both song & music video has just came out today 💖

This went to #1 in US ac charts, first one out of the box. She really did not want to record this one and had to be talked into it. Ironically, it happens to be her husbands favorite of hers. Oh... and if anyone tries to tell you there is a ‘demo’ of this song floating around.. it DOES NOT exist. It is only the same song with left side stereo only (cuts out all the waa waa waa).

"I Honestly Love You" should be on your ONJ list. Lessgooo!

I don’t know why this look just screams she’s a sweetie

Have You Never Been Mellow will always be my fav ONJ song 💯. It was the first album I ever bought as a teenage boy. I wore out those grooves and would fall asleep listening to it. It still amazes me that ONJ’s initial success in the US was in Country music. She won her first Grammy as a Country artist and was also voted the 1974 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, beating out the likes of Dolly, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker and Anne Murray. And she did it without even living in the US at the time! It wasn’t until 1976 that ONJ left the UK and settled over here at the urging of her friend and fellow Aussie, Helen Reddy. Helen Reddy was the Queen of 70s Pop and your girl ONJ wisely headed to LA rather than Nashville, as her CMA win had inadvertently caused a huge schism to form within Country music. A new genre called country-pop (or pop-country) had taken hold due to ONJ, Mac Davis, Anne Murray, etc and this pissed off the country “traditionalists” so much they actually quit the CMA for a while. “Pop” artists recording Country music found it difficult to get airplay or receive recognition in Nashville- Glen Campbell (Rhinestone Cowboy) and John Denver (Take Me Home, Country Roads) are 2 notable artists that faced the backlash. However, all the fuss was really quite shady because at the same time there was a huge stampede of country acts crossing over into pop (Dolly, Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle), getting huge airplay and racking up gold records. ONJ wisely made the decision to head to LA and said goodbye to Nashville. Just 2 years later, Grease would make her into a global superstar. Today, Keith Urban (Australia) and Shania Twain (Canada) are country LEGENDS, but Nashville was not very welcoming to outsiders after ONJ’s CMA win. The following year (1975) Charlie Rich famously lit 🔥 the envelope for CMA Entertainer of the Year on fire with his lighter when he had to announce John Denver as the winner. Even the recent controversy with Lil Nas and Old Town Road shows that Country music is still having the same argument with itself. My rule is if it sounds “country” (vocals, arrangement, instrumentation) and tells a story- then it’s “country”- no matter who is singing it. We all got some country in us.

It's a cover of George Harrison's (The Beatles) song. It was #1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart and #25 on the Hot 100 Billboard Chart. You can George Harrison's original on youtube.com. I almost forgot Bob Dylan wrote the song. It's genre is classified as Country-Rock

She looks like Suzi Quatro dressed like Snow White!! LOL. This was the first time I had access to ONJ and I was hooked.

Hahaha glad you gave this a 10

First time hearing this and I like it!

ONJ certainly had her share of cute, innocent, infectious songs pre Xanadu. She was considered crossover pop as her music/ sound was influenced by country western music. Give a listen to "Let Me Be There"! You'll love her killer vocals, tambourine & "barbershop" backup singers. Fun song! I think her biggest 70s hit was "Have You Never Been Mellow". I think she sings it mostly in the 1st soprano range, head voice throughout.

Oh, what a good taste you've got! On my mind, this is the best Bob's cover in spite of my George Harrison adoration. (Forgive me George).

Considered her first US hit, number 25 on the hit 100 and number 1 AC. Bob Dylan wrote the song. Early in her career, Olivia didn't care for the song. She likes it now.

Great Reaction, Empress. My early fave ONJ! I had an Olivia Wall of posters and cut outs from my days working in a record store. Country is considered 'TWANGY' music but Olivia is rightfully ' TANGY' or spicey! ' Have You Never Been Mellow' next!

You have a lovely singing voice...

Love your reaction to this song. I like the song okay but not one of my favorites. You are giving me a new appreciation for it though. Tens across the board to you!!

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I'm some way this reminded me definitely of Linda Ronstand