Suddenly (Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard song)

"Suddenly" is a song from the soundtrack album Xanadu, and is the love theme from the 1980 film of the same name. The song is performed as a duet between Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard. It was written by John Farrar who also produced the record. It was released on Jet Records and reached No. 15 in the UK charts in October 1980 and reached No. 20 in the US. The video shows them in a penthouse singing the song to each other.

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	37
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[1]	60
Canadian Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	14
Irish Singles Chart	6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	4
UK Singles Chart	15

Personnel

Olivia Newton-John - vocals
Cliff Richard - vocals
John Farrar - guitar, synthesizer
David McDaniel - bass
Ed Greene - drums
Michael Boddicker - vocoder
Jai Winding - electric piano
Richard Hewson - orchestra conductor

Cover versions

The song was covered by Filipino singers Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga on their gold album Love Duets, released February 20, 2009, also released as a single.

References

↑ "RPM Top 50 Singles - Volume 34, No. 4, November 22, 1980" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

Xanadu

Film
Musical

Music

Film	Soundtrack "Magic" "Suddenly" "I'm Alive" "Don't Walk Away" "All Over the World" "Xanadu" "You Made Me Love You"

Musical	Broadway Cast Recording "Evil Woman" "Strange Magic" "Have You Never Been Mellow"

Olivia Newton-John singles

1970s	If Not for You "If Not for You" "Banks of the Ohio" Olivia "What is Life" "Just a Little Too Much" Let Me Be There "Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Let Me Be There" Long Live Love "Long Live Love" "I Honestly Love You" If You Love Me, Let Me Know "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" "I Honestly Love You" Have You Never Been Mellow "Have You Never Been Mellow" "Please Mr. Please" Clearly Love "Something Better to Do" "Let It Shine" Come on Over "Come on Over" "Jolene" Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin'" "Every Face Tells a Story" "Sam" Making a Good Thing Better "Making a Good Thing Better" Grease "You're the One That I Want" "Summer Nights" "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Totally Hot "A Little More Love" "Deeper Than the Night" "Totally Hot"

1980s	Xanadu "Magic" "Xanadu" "Suddenly" Physical "Physical" "Make a Move on Me" "Landslide" Greatest Hits Vol. 2 "Heart Attack" "Tied Up" Two of a Kind "Twist of Fate" "Take a Chance" "Livin' in Desperate Times" Soul Kiss "Soul Kiss" "Toughen Up" The Rumour "The Rumour" "Can't We Talk It Over in Bed" Warm and Tender "Reach Out for Me" "When You Wish upon a Star"

1990s	Back to Basics "I Need Love" "Deeper Than a River" Gaia: One Woman's Journey "No Matter What You Do" "Don't Cut Me Down" Back with a Heart "I Honestly Love You (1998 version)" "Back with a Heart"

2010s	Grace and Gratitude "Help Me to Heal" A Few Best Men "Mickey (Chew Fu Fix)"

Featured singles	"I Can't Help It" "The Best of Me" "Had to Be" "Falling" "Physical (Glee cast version)" "You Have to Believe" (with Dave Aude and Chloe Lattanzi)

Other singles	"Till You Say You'll Be Mine" "Rest Your Love on Me" "Spirit of the Florest" "The Grease Megamix" "Grease: The Dream Mix" "One Heart at a Time" "Love Shouldn't Hurt" "Hope Is Always Here" "When You Wish upon a Star (2011 version)" "Magic (Peach & Murphy remix)"

Cliff Richard singles discography

1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" (1959)

1960s	"Please Don't Tease" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms..." (1961) "The Young Ones" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968)

1970s	"Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)

1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)

1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)

2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "Yesterday Once More" (2006) "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Mistletoe and Wine" (re-entry) (2008) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)

2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016)

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