Totally Hot


Totally Hot is Olivia Newton-John's ninth US and tenth international studio album. Released in November 1978, it became her first solo Top 10 album since 1975's Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the album cover all in leather, Newton-John's transformation was seen to mirror her character Sandy's transformation in Grease. The album's singles "A Little More Love", "Deeper Than the Night", and the title track all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. Newton-John filmed promotional videos for all three singles and wrote two of the album's tracks, "Borrowed Time" and "Talk to Me".
Although the album de-emphasised Newton-John's country sound, it still reached No. 4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side, "Dancin' 'Round and 'Round" from the "Totally Hot" single to Country radio—the first time since her 1975 single, "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother", that Newton-John worked both sides of a single to different radio formats. "Dancin' 'Round and 'Round" peaked at No. 29 on the Country chart and is her last-charted solo Country airplay single to date.
The album was certified Platinum in the United States and the single, "A Little More Love", was certified gold. The album only reached No. 30 in the UK but it was certified Gold and the single "A Little More Love" reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and also became a Number One single in Israel. The album was a Top 10 success in Australia, Canada and Japan. The album was re-released in Japan during 2010 featuring two bonus tracks: an extended version of "Totally Hot" and "Love Is Alive" from her 1981 live album, Love Performance.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" – 5:48
  2. "Dancin' 'Round and 'Round" – 3:58
  3. "Talk to Me" – 3:27
  4. "Deeper Than the Night" – 3:35
  5. "Borrowed Time" – 3:36
Side two
  1. "A Little More Love" – 3:27
  2. "Never Enough" – 4:10
  3. "Totally Hot" – 3:11
  4. "Boats Against the Current" – 3:56
  5. "Gimme Some Lovin'" – 4:11
Japan 2010 SHM-CD bonus tracks
  2. "Love Is Alive" – 3:04
  3. "Totally Hot" – 5:20

    Personnel

Weekly charts

Certifications and sales