So many favorites from Olivia, but this is probably #2 of my all time favorites of her. It is the essential Olivia. I don't just place this up near the top because of the timeline of this song, many folks will agree this is Olivia at her very best. I've looking all over for a copy of the first time I watched and listened to Olivia on television, in Feb, 1975, on The Smothers Brothers Comedy half hour show. There she was, looking like a goddess in a white dress, swinging on a swing,, the ropes covered with flowers, singing this song. She even kicked off her shoe where she sings "kick off your shoes". I remember like it was yesterday. More exciting to me than watching the moon landing, was a kid like me, seeing and hearing my favorite singer, and most beautiful woman in the world, on television for the very first time.
ONJ's second consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 song, and the album went to #1, too. This is the first ONJ song I ever heard, shortly before I turned 9 years old, and I was completely hooked. Yes, that album cover knocked me out when I saw that her face was as beautiful as her voice. "Running around as you do, with your head up in the clouds, I was like you". She was on the cover of People Magazine for the first time when this album came out, too. She was red hot, and it was only the tip of the iceberg! This is the first album I ever bought. My allowance was $3 a week, and an LP cost $2.99. Wow, good times!
Wow, such a cute story 😍 and glad this went #1 for her. She is so beautiful and you're right her voice matches it which of course just makes you like her more. What was the 1st number 1?
This song was her First US Number One and she did it on The US Variety Series The Midnight Special where Tina Turner did her very last appearance with Ike Turner before she left him in 1976 after 17 Years of Physical and Emotional Abuse. In 1980 when she did her TV Special on ABC called "Hollywood Nights" she had Tina as one of her Guest Stars and Olivia introduced Tina to her then Manager Roger Davies. He helped Tina make one of the most successful Comebacks in Music next to Marvin Gaye (1939-1984). Olivia never got the credit she so richly deserved but she never showed any ill will.
Running around with your head up in the clouds, is the line This is a lay back have a cold one, light up, summer day song...🤗🤗🤗 Chill the f. K out. 😂😂🤣...I love it!!!
"I find the days hard to face now.......and the nights go so slow, I'm sure you know, wish I knew what to do, it would be so nice seeing you! Sweet Olivia, you will be eternally missed.
I have been a super fan of hers since I’m seven years oldI am now 50 and I know all the word and intonation to her songs. I’m sure if I met her I would cry. Did I mention I’m a super fan? Lol
Over time this song has grown on me tremendously and as you age, it tends to have WAY more meaning. I hate that it always had a sugary awful sweetness of a song reputation but honestly, the lyrics are very strong in a very innocent kind of way. Glad you liked it.
Running around with your head up in the clouds...I was like you... This is one of those songs like she is singing to me...like telling me to be mellow and be strong. When I feel I need a picked upper like having a bad day... I play Olivia's music because it always tells me it's gonna be ok if whatever. I just admire her music and I like other musicians but she's my number 1. Enjoy her music because there's more to explore. Try I Honestly Love You😍. You have swag too empress. I love your reaction like Olivia amazes you at times.
😄 thanks! And she truly does amaze me most songs. You're right about her music being uplifting and making you feel good. So glad I discovered this lady and she has so much material to cover
Empress, great video! Have you never been mellow is a testament to the genius of ON-J and John Farrah, who produced and wrote this and a slew of smash hits! The fact that this is the same woman who hit big with physical and heart attack, blows my mind!
This is one of my favorite ONJ songs. I like the message and melody of this song. This became a hit. I think the lyrics is "Running around to see you do, wave your head up in the clouds, I was like you"... My other favorite songs of hers are "Don't Stop Believin', "Sam" and "Hopelessly Devoted To You".
Ah, thanks for pointing out the lyric! As you saw, I couldn't make it out 😂. And I'm gonna add those songs on the list. If you haven't checked out my reaction to Sam Live plz do. Such a great song ❤
Empress you have one of the best channels I've come across. You're engaging, inviting, funny and super cute. Not to mention you have a great ear for music. This song is timeless. Also you have a nice voice as well =)
Your intro is everything! Lol this is one of her best hits :-) olivia herself didn’t really know the meaning of this song until she started performing it live in the late 90s (she had not performed live since 1982)
🤩 thanks! And interesting...she looked pretty young here, so i can believe she just used to sing songs w/o truly understanding them 😂. Nonetheless she did a wonderful job interpretating it 🔥
After I saw “Grease” in the theater, I found this album in my mother’s record collection. I remember hearing this song on the radio but did not have a visual of her! This is a beautiful, well crafted tune that was well deserving of being #1! I liked her effortless, simplistic vocal approach! The lyrics and the overall production of this tune are top notch! This is ear candy, personified💕
All of the reactors should just shut it down. You just said the greatest reaction line OF. ALL. TIME. "Has your ass just chilled the fuck out?" Like ONJ, pure gold. Great reactions on the songs I've watched so far. Thanks!
Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds ... I was like you. :-) ... Sounds tragically unhip, but this was the first 45 single/vinyl record that I ever bought back in sixth grade in 1975. I had a huge crush on Olivia. :-)
I love ONJ - and gotta say you have a beautiful voice. You should go on AGT. With that voice, those cheek bones, and ur cool factor…you’d be a shoe in!
Have you reacted to Olivia's TV special? i saw that you reacted to the one of her jamming with ABBA and Andy Gibb, i mean the other one from 1978, it also features them but the whole thing is more polished and like a medley of their greatest hits at the time. She sings this song and it's almost better than the studio version, it's so good it almost makes me mad that it lasts like 30 seconds lol, if you haven't maybe react to it, i'm sure you'll love it.
@@EmpressReacts this is the original video! ua-cam.com/video/D8mQ9nt5WAY/v-deo.html so you don't go crazy trying to find it, now i'm excited about you watching it ☺
Two videos I would suggest you watch when you have time are CBS Morning interview with Olivia Newton-John. And Olivia Newton-John remembers Karen Carpenter. I hope you play the last one
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John There was a time when I was in a hurry as you are I was like you There was a day when I just had to tell my point of view I was like you Now I don't mean to make you frown No, I just want you to slow down Have you never been mellow? Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you? Have you never been happy just to hear your song? Have you never let someone else be strong? Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds I was like you Never had time to lay back, kick your shoes off, close your eyes I was like you Now you're not hard to understand You need someone to take your hand Have you never been mellow? Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you? Have you never been happy just to hear your song? Have you never let someone else be strong?
Hope you try to react If you love me let me know, Xanadu, I honestly love you, If you could read my mind, Don't move away,Had to be,Let it be me with Cliff Richard
Dang boo, its been a CCCOOOOLLL minute since I’ve seen a video post from you. Ok now. How you been doing? Oh yeah, I remember this song. ONJ has such a pure voice. You need to listen to the Xanadu soundtrack.
Yep it has 🥰🥰. I'm doing good. Juat getting back into music and discovering some 🔥🔥 bops. I actually just heard Xanadu for the first time yday and I ❤ it ua-cam.com/video/9YUYO2ZoIPA/v-deo.html
I really enjoyed your reaction.. your smile lights up a room.
😊 thank you
So many favorites from Olivia, but this is probably #2 of my all time favorites of her. It is the essential Olivia. I don't just place this up near the top because of the timeline of this song, many folks will agree this is Olivia at her very best. I've looking all over for a copy of the first time I watched and listened to Olivia on television, in Feb, 1975, on The Smothers Brothers Comedy half hour show. There she was, looking like a goddess in a white dress, swinging on a swing,, the ropes covered with flowers, singing this song. She even kicked off her shoe where she sings "kick off your shoes". I remember like it was yesterday. More exciting to me than watching the moon landing, was a kid like me, seeing and hearing my favorite singer, and most beautiful woman in the world, on television for the very first time.
Love some country Olivia newton John!
ONJ's second consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 song, and the album went to #1, too. This is the first ONJ song I ever heard, shortly before I turned 9 years old, and I was completely hooked. Yes, that album cover knocked me out when I saw that her face was as beautiful as her voice. "Running around as you do, with your head up in the clouds, I was like you". She was on the cover of People Magazine for the first time when this album came out, too. She was red hot, and it was only the tip of the iceberg! This is the first album I ever bought. My allowance was $3 a week, and an LP cost $2.99. Wow, good times!
Wow, such a cute story 😍 and glad this went #1 for her. She is so beautiful and you're right her voice matches it which of course just makes you like her more. What was the 1st number 1?
Oh thanks for that lyric "as you do" 😂 i couldn't make it out
Empress First #1 was I Honestly Love You. It also won the Grammy for Record Of The Year.
@@IBGECKO okay, adding that to the year...super excited to check it out seeing it won record of the yr. Glad she beat that curse 😄
These are the times I miss.. I was 8 when this song came out.. and I never had a bigger crush 😍
Running with your head up in the clouds
Thats what made Olivia amazing... she was singing to YOU
🔥
This song was her First US Number One and she did it on The US Variety Series The Midnight Special where Tina Turner did her very last appearance with Ike Turner before she left him in 1976 after 17 Years of Physical and Emotional Abuse. In 1980 when she did her TV Special on ABC called "Hollywood Nights" she had Tina as one of her Guest Stars and Olivia introduced Tina to her then Manager Roger Davies. He helped Tina make one of the most successful Comebacks in Music next to Marvin Gaye (1939-1984). Olivia never got the credit she so richly deserved but she never showed any ill will.
This was actually her 2nd US number one song in 1975. Her first US number one song was "I Honestly Love You" in 1974.😀
Running around with your head up in the clouds, is the line
This is a lay back have a cold one, light up, summer day song...🤗🤗🤗
Chill the f. K out. 😂😂🤣...I love it!!!
70s music doesn't get any better than this, so tender,. Smooth,.
🔥🔥
Classic ONJ...beautiful! It was a big hit.
goood cause its 🔥🔥
"I find the days hard to face now.......and the nights go so slow, I'm sure you know,
wish I knew what to do, it would be so nice seeing you!
Sweet Olivia, you will be eternally missed.
Great song
I have been a super fan of hers since I’m seven years oldI am now 50 and I know all the word and intonation to her songs. I’m sure if I met her I would cry. Did I mention I’m a super fan? Lol
She was my favorite artist for so many years and this is one of my all time favorite songs! 😍
girl just love ONJ!! since i was a young girl ( we're talking the actual 70's in Australia) played this album to death omg love u libby
great song - I was about 5 when this came out, and I remember my mom loved this song and she often sang along; we might have had it on 8 track!
Mellow Swag Silk... Love ONJ 💛
agree😍
When I was a youngster when this first came out, I didn't care for it. But now that i'm older, I LOVE it..and totally "get it".
Glad u see how 🔥🔥🔥it is 🥰
Over time this song has grown on me tremendously and as you age, it tends to have WAY more meaning. I hate that it always had a sugary awful sweetness of a song reputation but honestly, the lyrics are very strong in a very innocent kind of way. Glad you liked it.
I can see that. I think the music gave it that sweetness, but imo its kinda instantly likeable as you just saw 😂.🔥🔥 song
Like the no. 1 Karen Carpenter
Very karen carpenter-esq. Came on comments to say that
I remember when this hit the radio was playing all the time..summer out laying on the beach..just sea air. And mellow
sounds soo cool
Finally you grant Empress my wish that Onj song was totally one of my fave songs
I told you i would get around to it and i'm so glad I did 🔥❤
I honestly love you, :) love your reactions!!! and comments, you are the best at flashbacks and appreciation
Thank you so much!! Aaaaand i still haven't heard that song yet😂
Running around with your head up in the clouds...I was like you...
This is one of those songs like she is singing to me...like telling me to be mellow and be strong. When I feel I need a picked upper like having a bad day... I play Olivia's music because it always tells me it's gonna be ok if whatever. I just admire her music and I like other musicians but she's my number 1. Enjoy her music because there's more to explore. Try I Honestly Love You😍. You have swag too empress. I love your reaction like Olivia amazes you at times.
😄 thanks! And she truly does amaze me most songs. You're right about her music being uplifting and making you feel good. So glad I discovered this lady and she has so much material to cover
You are the first person that I have ever heard call her ONJ. I love it. I am going to start calling you EMP.
😎fine with me
Nice one Empress! Beautiful song from Olivia. Voice of an Angel.
Yaaaas! Thanks 🤩
Another hard to sing song! Only Olivia can do it 😍
💯💯💯
I Love it
This song sums up early 70's music. I have a bunch of ONJ videos saved on my UA-cam but don't know how to share them on here, lol.
So, this sweet sound was the sound? Interesting - back then everyone should have been mellow with music like this 😄
@@EmpressReacts The Carpenters, Bread, John Denver were very big then. Actually Olivia has done covers of their songs🙂
Empress, great video! Have you never been mellow is a testament to the genius of ON-J and John Farrah, who produced and wrote this and a slew of smash hits! The fact that this is the same woman who hit big with physical and heart attack, blows my mind!
I still need to listen to heart attack and you're right this sounds totally different from Physical. She's almost like a mystery to me 😄
Yay!! I couldn't click fast enough when I saw this classic. Thanks!!🙂
This song is 🔥. Glad you enjoyed 😁
This is one of my favorite ONJ songs. I like the message and melody of this song. This became a hit.
I think the lyrics is "Running around to see you do, wave your head up in the clouds, I was like you"...
My other favorite songs of hers are "Don't Stop Believin', "Sam" and "Hopelessly Devoted To You".
Ah, thanks for pointing out the lyric! As you saw, I couldn't make it out 😂. And I'm gonna add those songs on the list. If you haven't checked out my reaction to Sam Live plz do. Such a great song ❤
@@EmpressReacts I have seen your reaction video on "Sam". I clicked like. 😊
Been waiting on this
❤ i know 😁
Empress you have one of the best channels I've come across. You're engaging, inviting, funny and super cute. Not to mention you have a great ear for music. This song is timeless. Also you have a nice voice as well =)
😁 thanks!
This was an instant favorite of mine and has withstood the test of time!
Its sooo good
Your intro is everything! Lol this is one of her best hits :-) olivia herself didn’t really know the meaning of this song until she started performing it live in the late 90s (she had not performed live since 1982)
🤩 thanks! And interesting...she looked pretty young here, so i can believe she just used to sing songs w/o truly understanding them 😂. Nonetheless she did a wonderful job interpretating it 🔥
After I saw “Grease” in the theater, I found this album in my mother’s record collection. I remember hearing this song on the radio but did not have a visual of her! This is a beautiful, well crafted tune that was well deserving of being #1! I liked her effortless, simplistic vocal approach! The lyrics and the overall production of this tune are top notch! This is ear candy, personified💕
Yaaas to everything you just said 💯😍
All of the reactors should just shut it down. You just said the greatest reaction line OF. ALL. TIME.
"Has your ass just chilled the fuck out?"
Like ONJ, pure gold. Great reactions on the songs I've watched so far. Thanks!
Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds ... I was like you. :-) ... Sounds tragically unhip, but this was the first 45 single/vinyl record that I ever bought back in sixth grade in 1975. I had a huge crush on Olivia. :-)
Please, please, please review Please Mr. Please and And In The Morning from this album.
I'll add them to the list 🥰
Thank you! I love you for loving ONJ!
@@jilliantaylor5122 ❤ that easy today she's AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥
Got two more suggestions which may have been given already.. but from 1983 Livin In Desperate Times and Take a Chance (duet with John Travolta)
A John Travolta duet outside of Grease 🤯😂 Gotta check it out
Empress Yep, both songs are from their movie Two of a Kind. It flopped sadly, but soundtrack did well.
@@michaeldubin8965 interesting 🤔🤣 adding it all to the list
Empress oh and that soundtrack also has her last top 10 hit Twist of Fate
@@michaeldubin8965 😥 dang
I love ONJ - and gotta say you have a beautiful voice. You should go on AGT. With that voice, those cheek bones, and ur cool factor…you’d be a shoe in!
😊 thank u! i've auditoned for a few of the talent shows over the years, but they haven't been ready for Empress😂its all so very political
Have you reacted to Olivia's TV special? i saw that you reacted to the one of her jamming with ABBA and Andy Gibb, i mean the other one from 1978, it also features them but the whole thing is more polished and like a medley of their greatest hits at the time. She sings this song and it's almost better than the studio version, it's so good it almost makes me mad that it lasts like 30 seconds lol, if you haven't maybe react to it, i'm sure you'll love it.
I haven't!
@@EmpressReacts this is the original video! ua-cam.com/video/D8mQ9nt5WAY/v-deo.html so you don't go crazy trying to find it, now i'm excited about you watching it ☺
Two videos I would suggest you watch when you have time are CBS Morning interview with Olivia Newton-John. And Olivia Newton-John remembers Karen Carpenter. I hope you play the last one
Okay, i'll check them out ❤
Have You Never Been Mellow
- Olivia Newton-John
There was a time when I was in a hurry as you are
I was like you
There was a day when I just had to tell my point of view
I was like you
Now I don't mean to make you frown
No, I just want you to slow down
Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you?
Have you never been happy just to hear your song?
Have you never let someone else be strong?
Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds
I was like you
Never had time to lay back, kick your shoes off, close your eyes
I was like you
Now you're not hard to understand
You need someone to take your hand
Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you?
Have you never been happy just to hear your song?
Have you never let someone else be strong?
Just play it
you're so adorable empress! good song choice =)
Thanks 😁
Hope you try to react If you love me let me know, Xanadu, I honestly love you, If you could read my mind, Don't move away,Had to be,Let it be me with Cliff Richard
I'll add them to the list
Thank you Empress im one of your avid fan 😊♥you have a cool choice of music😊
@@rufinaannaayad9098 aw, thank you! glad you're enjoying my channel ❤
Are you ever going to play that ONJ tv special I mentioned?
No, remind me the name of it?
The ONJ special with ABBA and
Andy Gibb
@@THEPATRIOT1000 i just added it to the list - this lady has a lot of material to cover 🥰
I really like your voice, very sweet, maybe you could do a cover!
wow! thank u!!!😍
Dang boo, its been a CCCOOOOLLL minute since I’ve seen a video post from you. Ok now. How you been doing? Oh yeah, I remember this song. ONJ has such a pure voice. You need to listen to the Xanadu soundtrack.
Yep it has 🥰🥰. I'm doing good. Juat getting back into music and discovering some 🔥🔥 bops. I actually just heard Xanadu for the first time yday and I ❤ it ua-cam.com/video/9YUYO2ZoIPA/v-deo.html
You would rock this song if you did it at karaoke
Thanks ‼️
Empress I think there’s something behind your voice let it go.
Great song