Have You Never Been Mellow

by Olivia Newton-John

Top hit from: 02.03 to 08.03.1975

"Have You Never Been Mellow" is a popular song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John as the title track for her album of the same name.
In March 1975, the single became Newton-John's second consecutive number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The record also received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The song also topped the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart and — in her continued success as a crossover artist — peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Country Singles chart.
In the United States, it was Newton-John's fourth straight single to be certified gold for sales of one million copies. "Have You Never Been Mellow" also reached number one in Canada and peaked at number 10 in Australia and number 26 in Japan, but was not much of a success elsewhere in the world, failing to chart altogether in the United Kingdom.
The song was performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu.
Along with her later single "Xanadu", a remixed version by The Olivia Project appears in the Dance Dance Revolution series of video games.
The Dutch band Party Animals sampled the song in 1996 on their hit "Have You Ever Been Mellow". The song reached

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Lyrics

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 say my point of view
I was like you

But I don't mean to make you frown
No, I just want to put you down
Six feet down
In the ground

Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried
Just to get some comfort up inside?
Have you never been happy?
Just to hear you’re wrong
Have you never let someone else be strong? (NO!)

Running around as you do
With your head up in the clouds
I was like you
Never had time to lay back
Shoot some high drugs, think again
I was like you

But you're not hard to understand
You need someone to show you’re glam

Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried
Just to get some comfort up inside?
Have you never been happy
Just to hear you’re wrong?
Have you never let someone else be strong? (NO!)

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