Olivia Newton-John on making the 'Physical' music video

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Olivia Newton-John looks back on the making of her 1981 music video, "Physical." Newton-John died Monday, Aug. 8 at the age of 73 after a long struggle with breast cancer. This interview was originally published on Yahoo Entertainment on Sep. 27, 2021: https://yhoo.it/3zQmTNw

Newton-John recalled: "I remember, I recorded the song. I was really anxious about it, because I thought I'd gone too far, and then tried to get them to stop it. It was too late. It was out there in the public, and I thought, well, you know what? I need to do a video, and I need to do it about an exercise.

That'll take away the, you know, what they're thinking it's about. "Physical" video was shot by Brian Grant, who's an amazing English director, who did most of my videos. And then I did the first video album, the first time that all the songs were shot. So we did that, and then the director just took it in another direction as well.

And it was hilarious. I thought was so funny, and I was banned. So at least, I can say, in my lifetime, me with the squeaky clean image that I had was banned."

Yahoo Music editor in chief Lyndsey Parker remembers the singer-actress: https://yhoo.it/3vNDMqy

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