Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is the second greatest hits album by Olivia Newton-John released on 3 September 1982. The album compiled most singles released by Newton-John since the release of her 1977 Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits album from her following albums and soundtracks. The album included two new recordings; "Heart Attack" and "Tied Up", both of which were actually recorded during the sessions for the Physical album. It was released in the United Kingdom as Olivia's Greatest Hits.

The album is one of the best-selling albums by Newton-John and was certified multi-platinum in both United States and Canada.

The album is Olivia's second greatest hits album and include songs released by the singer between 1978 and 1982, her previous compilation include songs from 1971 to 1976. Five of the ten songs of the album are from two successful movies by the singer: Grease (1978) and Xanadu (1980). The album omitted some singles released by Newton-John during this period (1978-1982) including songs from Grease ("Summer Nights"), Totally Hot ("Deeper Than the Night", "Totally Hot", "Dancin' 'Round and 'Round") and Physical ("Landslide"). The album also did not include "I Can't Help It", her duet with Andy Gibb from his After Dark album, even though the song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and also went to Number One in Belgium.^[1]

The album was released in the United Kingdom as Olivia's Greatest Hits with a slightly different cover and a 19-track listing covering all of her major UK hits from If Not for You. In Australia it was released as Greatest Hits Vol. 3.^[2]

The two new songs ("Heart Attack" and "Tied Up") were released as singles to promote the album and reached numbers three and 38 on the US pop charts,^[1] respectively. "Heart Attack" was certified gold in Canada.

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The album was well received by the music critics. JT Griffith from AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars and wrote the album "remains the best choice for casual fans who only want the roller-rink hits".^[3]

The album only climbed to No. 16 on the Billboard 200,^[1] but spent over 80 weeks on the chart and ultimately ranked as the No. 10 album of 1983. This was the longest-charting album of Newton-John's career and her first non-soundtrack album to rank in the year-end Top 10. It also peaked at number 8 with a 38-week chart run in the UK. 150,000 copies were shipped in Canada initially.^[4]

The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA in the US^[5] and platinum in the UK.

1982 international edition^[6] and 2023 deluxe edition re-release^[7]

1. "Heart Attack" from Physical, 1981
2. "Magic" from the Xanadu soundtrack, 1980
3. "Physical" from Physical, 1981
4. "Deeper Than the Night" from Totally Hot, 1978
5. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from the Grease soundtrack, 1978
6. "Make a Move on Me" from Physical, 1981
7. "Landslide" from Physical, 1981
8. "A Little More Love" from Totally Hot, 1978
9. "You're the One That I Want" with John Travolta, from the Grease soundtrack, 1978
10. "Tied Up" from Physical, 1981
11. "Suddenly" with Cliff Richard, from the Xanadu soundtrack, 1980
12. "Totally Hot" from Totally Hot, 1978
13. "The Promise (The Dolphin Song)" from Physical, 1981
14. "Xanadu" with Electric Light Orchestra, from the Xanadu soundtrack, 1980