"The Grease Megamix" is a

megamix A megamix is a remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. It often features various artists. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. It is ...

released in 1990 to commemorate the video release of '' Grease''. The single was credited to

John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ''Carrie'' (19 ...

and

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

and released via

Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

. It was created by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow for

PWL Pete Waterman Entertainment (PWE) is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by British pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL (Pete Waterman Limited), is most famous for being the home of hit record prod ...

by the request of Polydor Records, who supplied copies of the original multi-track recordings. The megamix topped the charts of Australia and Spain and became a top-five hit in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Reception

The megamix featured the three biggest hits from the '' Grease''

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...

: "

You're the One That I Want "You're the One That I Want" is a song performed by American actor and singer John Travolta and Anglo-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical '' Grease''. It was written and produc ...

", " Greased Lightnin'" and " Summer Nights". The song peaked at number one in Australia and remained there for five weeks in May 1991. It was the third-highest-selling single there in 1991.

Re-release

"The Grease Megamix" was re-released on the 1996 compilation CD ''

Pure Disco Pure Disco is the name of a series of compilation CDs of disco, dance and funk music released by the Universal Music Group under the UTV Records label. Albums ''Pure Disco'' # Village People - "Y.M.C.A." (3:44) # Kool & The Gang - "Celebration" ...

''. To promote the compilation, Polydor issued promotional CD singles of the Megamix to US radio stations, which propelled it to number 12 in airplay. The single was not released commercially in the US, which made it ineligible to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; it did reach the top 40 on three of ''Billboard's''

radio format A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, ...

airplay charts. The megamix re-emerged for the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the ''Grease'' movie in 1998. The ''Grease (The Remix EP)'' featured the megamix, a remix of "

", a remix of " Summer Nights'", and the original versions of both songs.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single # "The Grease Megamix" # "Alone at the Drive-in-Movie" (instrumental) 12-inch single :A1. "The Grease Megamix" :B1. "Alone at the Drive-in-Movie" (instrumental) :B2. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (instrumental) CD single # "The Grease Megamix" (7-inch version) # "The Grease Megamix" (12-inch version) # "Alone at the Drive-in-Movie" (instrumental)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

pwlfromthefactoryfloor.com - Official Website of Phil Harding's Book - PWL From The Factory Floor - Expanded Edition and CD: Phil Harding Club Mixes of the 80s
* * http://www.discogs.com/John-Travolta-Olivia-Newton-John-The-Grease-Megamix/release/1777953 {{DEFAULTSORT:Grease Megamix, The John Travolta songs Olivia Newton-John songs 1990 singles Music medleys Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in Spain Songs from Grease (musical) Songs written by Jim Jacobs Songs written by John Farrar Songs written by Warren Casey