Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You (Lyrics) [HD]

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Olivia Newton-John sings 'I Honestly Love You' from her 1974 MCA Records album 'If You Love Me, Let Me Know'. This was a number-one single written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen that won Olivia the 1975 Grammy for Record of the Year. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song.

Note: The song first had the name 'I Love You, I Honestly Love You'.

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I Honestly Love You (Singer: Olivia Newton-John)

Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you must realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head

I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say

I love you
I love you
I honestly love you

If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I honestly love you
I honestly love you

Songwriters: Jeff Barry, Peter Allen
[Lyrics from Musixmatch]

Wikipedia states:

"I Honestly Love You" is a song recorded by Olivia Newton-John released in 1974 on the album Long Live Love in United Kingdom and If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States. The song became a worldwide pop hit, her first number-one single in the United States and Canada. It remained her signature solo song until the 1981 hit "Physical". The single was first released in Australia as "I Love You, I Honestly Love You", as per its chorus. The song was written by Jeff Barry and Australian singer and composer Peter Allen. The latter recorded it around the same time for his album Continental American.

At the 17th Grammy Awards in 1975, the single won both Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. The composition was nominated for Song of the Year but lost to "The Way We Were". British arranger, keyboardist and composer Alan Hawkshaw received the award for Best Arrangement from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for "I Honestly Love You". He also played on the recording.

In June 2007, VH1 ranked Newton-John's recording at no. 11 in its 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs list.