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Thursday
Aug022007

Show Notes for Physical by Olivia Newton John

Physical - Olivia Newton John

Title:

Physical

Artist

Olivia Newton John

Album:

Physical

Released:

1981

Album Peak Position:

The Billboard 200 #6

Written by:

Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick

About the writers

Wikipedia: Kipner's songwriting career has continued strongly since this major success, and among the other songs he has co-written are "Heart Attack" and "Twist of Fate" (both recorded by Newton-John), "Hard Habit to Break" and "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (Chicago), "Moonlight On Water" (Laura Branigan), "Impulsive" (Wilson Phillips), "Invisible Man" and "The Hardest Thing" (98 Degrees), "Genie in a Bottle" (Christina Aguilera), "I Don't Care" (Angela Vía, Delta Goodrem), "He Loves U Not" (Dream), "Stole" (Kelly Rowland), and "These Words" (Natasha Bedingfield).

Track Length:

3:44

Tempo:

124 bpm

Charts:

#1 Hot 100 for 10 Weeks starting Nov. 1981

Song Structure:

Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus

 

Song Breakdown

Sections
Duration
Intro   8 bars (15 seconds)
Verse   16 bars
Chorus
  16 bars

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