2018Released
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Interesting facts and trivia about Let Me Be There. By Songfacts®.

Five years before she starred in the smash movie musical Grease, Aussie singer Olivia Newton-John won her first Grammy Award for the country tune "Let Me Be There." Up against country veterans like Tammy Wynette and Dottie West, Newton-John took the prize for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In the song, she's asking her lover to let her be there through the ups and downs in his life.

This was Newton-John's breakthrough single in the US, where it landed in the Top 10 on the Hot 100, the Country chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart. At the time, she was still living in Britain and didn't travel across the pond to promote the single or the album. When the song hit big, folks knew nothing of the beautiful woman behind the delicate voice, which was a relief to the singer. "The one great thrill I had in America was that my music was accepted before I was ever seen, before I was on television, before I did live appearances," she told Rolling Stone. "Therefore I had to hope it was my music and not my face."

This was written by John Rostill of the British rock band The Shadows. He wrote a couple more hits for Newton-John - including "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" and "Please, Please Me" - before his death in 1973. At just 31 years old, Rostill died of barbiturate poisoning, which was ultimately ruled a suicide.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Let Me Be There.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
129BPM

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Sony Music Entertainment
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