decade
1940s [91]
1950s [105]
1960s [203]
1970s [253]
1980s [230]
1990s [141]
2000s [129]
2010s [1]

check your birthday!
(e.g. 1965-10-31)

administrator login


(login/password)

                 advanced search
"You're the One That I Want"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 1978-06-10
genre: pop rock
artist: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
album: Grease OST
writers: John Farrar
producers: John Farrar
label:
lengths: 2:49

"You're the One That I Want" is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

The single was a huge international hit, reaching no.1 in several countries. It was the first of two songs from the Greasesoundtrack to top the U.S. and UK pop charts. It reached #1 on the U.S. Hot 100 for one week in June 1978, where it sold over 2 million copies. It also topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in the summer of 1978 and, as of 2008, is still the sixth best-selling single ever in the UK where it has sold over 1,975,000 copies. A re-released version of the single reached #4 in the UK in 1998, the twentieth anniversary of the film's debut.

In 1993, Epic Records released a soundtrack album in the UK, Grease - Original London Cast Recording, and "You're the One That I Want" was recorded as a duet by Craig McLachlan and Deborah Gibson (Epic UK 659 522, released July 1993). In part due to a routine promotional push, this cover version scored big on the UK singles charts, peaking at number thirteen.

Other cover versions and appearances in other media include: