Something Better to Do

"Something Better to Do"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Clearly Love
B-side	"He's My Rock"
Released	September 1975
Genre	Country, pop
Length	3:15
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	John Farrar
Producer(s)	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Please Mr. Please" (1975) "Something Better to Do" (1975) "Let It Shine" (1975)

"Something Better to Do" is a song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John. The song was included in Newton-John's 1975 album, Clearly Love. The narrator of the song muses that she's having a hard time adjusting to life without her departed lover; even the birds are wasting their songs singing to her, and until her beloved returns, "the birds will have to find something better to do."

"Something Better to Do" was Newton-John's fifth number one on the Easy Listening chart, spending three weeks at the top, while peaking at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] In addition, the song went to number nineteen on the U.S. country chart.^[2] The record's performance on the Hot 100 and Country charts seemed to signal the beginning of a downturn in Newton-John's popularity, as it broke her streak of five consecutive singles to make the top ten of both charts stretching back to "Let Me Be There" in early 1974; however, her popularity on easy listening-oriented radio stations continued unabated for a time.

Chart performance

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)

References