Both “Grease” and “You’re The One That I Want” were Billboard number-one hits.Īs of 2011, “You’re the One That I Want” and “Summer Nights” were still among the 20 best-selling singles of all-time in the UK. The most successful songs from the Grease soundtrack turned out to be the ones that were written specifically for the film rather than taken from the Broadway show. The soundtrack also earned the film its only Oscar nomination for “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” The song lost the Academy Award for Best Original Song to Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” from Thank God It’s Friday. behind the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. Grease was released on June 16, 1978, and the soundtrack album ended in 1978 as the second-best-selling album of the year in the U.S. #Grease40Ī post shared by Grease on at 2:03pm PDT Regram via Last night’s “Grease” reunion was one to remember! Catch some of the highlights in our Story. From the first talkie, theme songs in movies have found a treasured place in the popular consciousness, as these 50 best film songs prove. “You’re the One That I Want,” instead took the place of “All Choked Up.” Best Movie Songs: 50 Themes From Hollywood Film Classics. Notably, two songs that were in the broadway show, “Shakin’ at the High School Hop” and “All Choked Up” were left out of the film and soundtrack. The soundtrack was released two months before the movie came out, and as with most musicals at the time, the vocals were recorded during an entirely different soundtrack session before the filming of the movie. “Love is a Many Splendored Thing (Instrumental)”.“We Go Together” – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.“Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee (Reprise)” – Olivia Newton-John.“There Are Worse Things I Could Do” – Stockard Channing”.“Rock n’ Roll Party Queen” – Louis St.“Rock n’ Roll Is Here to Stay” – Sha-Na-Na.“Alone at a Drive-In Movie” – Instrumental.“It’s Raining on Prom Night” – Cindy Bullens.“Greased Lightnin” – John Travolta, Jeff Conaway.“Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” – Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Dinah Manoff and Jamie Donnelly.“Beauty School Dropout” – Frankie Avalon.“You’re the One That I Want” – Olivia Newton John and John Travolta.“Hopelessly Devoted to You” – Olivia Newton-John.They did turn down some offers: AT&T wanted to use the song where 'Home' was the AT&T store, and the band declined. “Summer Nights” – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John In 2010, the NFL used it in a spot titled 'There's No Place Like Home' that same year it was in commercials for the Kin phone, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Levi's, and the trailer for the movie Cyrus.The soundtrack contains the following songs:
There was later a single-disc bonus CD released with just sing-a-long versions in 2003. The Grease soundtrack is made up of 24 songs, and the CD version had all the original songs. Throw your mittens around your kittens and away we go! #HandJiveĪ post shared by Grease on at 3:37pm PDT How You Can Help Ukraine: Verified Charities, GoFundMe & Ways to Support Ukrainians