Not Gonna Give In To It

Album: Gaia (1996)
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Songfacts®:

  • This self-penned song came from Olivia Newton-John's mid-'90s battle with breast cancer. The disease claimed her life in 2022 when she was 73.
  • "Not Gonna Give In To It" was the first song from Olivia Newton-John with lines in Spanish. She had previously recorded in French and German.
  • This song was originally released on Newton-John's highly personal album Gaia; many of its songs deal with her cancer, loss of her father, and divorce. The song is also featured on a special instructional/inspirational CD included with a breast cancer detection device and kit put out by Olivia in 2003 called the "LivKit." >>>
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    James - Minneapolis, MN, for all above

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