Let Me Be There Explained

Let Me Be There
Cover:Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Olivia Newton-John
Album:Let Me Be There
Released:September 1973
Recorded:August 8 1973
Genre:Country, pop
Length:3:02
Label:Festival
Producer:Bruce Welch, John Farrar
Prev Title:Take Me Home, Country Roads
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Long Live Love
Next Year:1974

"Let Me Be There" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second single from her studio album of the same name. The country-influenced song was Newton-John's first Top 10 single in the US, peaking at No. 6, and also won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocalist. Mike Sammes sings a bass vocal harmony on the song.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973–1974)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 11
New Zealand (Listener)[3] 11
US Cashbox[4] 4
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[5] 30
U.S. Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 53
Canada Top Singles[8] 71
US Cashbox[9] 22
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 26

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Morse. Ann. Keely. John. Olivia Newton-John. registration. 1 March 1976. Creative Education. 9780871914750.
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 217.
  3. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener . Flavourofnz.co.nz . 8 October 2016 . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312034707/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=837#n_view_location . dead .
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc.. 2014. 978-0-89820-209-0.
  5. Canadian Digital Song Sales: Week of August 20, 2022. subscription. Billboard. 16 August 2022.
  6. CU.S Digital Song Sales: Week of August 20, 2022. subscription. Billboard. 16 August 2022.
  7. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1974. . 29 . . 30 December 1974 . 15 January 2022 .
  8. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013. 8 October 2016.
  9. Web site: The CashBox Year End Charts:1974 . 25 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725004901/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1974YESP.html . 25 July 2012 . dead.
  10. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974 . Musicoutfitters.com . 8 October 2016.