"Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "QM6MZ1541490" . "Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . "1998" . "2011-11-04"^^ . . "5714dede25ac0d8aee4ced9a" . "RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . . "1974 songs" . "218000.0"^^ . "3a778fea-e0e8-46f1-874a-8826a556505d" . "January 1974" . "137.355"^^ . "false"^^ . . "John Farrar" . . "-0.191631"^^ . "Andy Williams songs" . "CD single" . "Olivia Newton-John songs" . "307139"^^ . . "Pop ballads" . "Song recordings produced by John Farrar" . . "5632" . "Songs written by Peter Allen (musician)" . "Number-one singles in Australia" . "1974 singles" . "1974-04-28"^^ . "-0.182569"^^ . "Jeff Barry" . <6zGLSnZGZts> . "RPM Country Tracks number-one singles" . "Grammy Award for Record of the Year" . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . . "14211077" . "MCA Inc." . "MCA Records singles" . "I Honestly Love You" . "2"^^ . "english" . "false"^^ . "false"^^ . . "I Honestly Love You" . "-15.6"^^ . . "Gramophone record" . "Songs written by Jeff Barry" . . "46"^^ . . "%22I Honestly Love You%22 (first released in Australia as %22I Love You, I Honestly Love You%22, per its chorus) was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-John's first number-one single in the United States and Canada.Released on the Long Live Love album in the United Kingdom by EMI, it was eventually released on the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States on MCA. The song was written by Jeff Barry and the Australian composer Peter Allen; the latter recorded it around the same time on his album Continental American. It also appears in the musical about Allen's life, The Boy from Oz. VH1 placed the song at No. 11 on its %2240 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs%22 list. The song won Newton-John both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 17th Grammy Awards. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind." . . "Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America" . .