The Grease Megamix

"The Grease Megamix" is a song that was released in December 1990 to celebrate the video release of Grease. The single was credited to John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and released in Polydor Records. It was created by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow for PWL by the request of Polydor Records who supplied copies of the original multi-track recordings.

Reception

The megamix featured the three biggest hits from the Grease soundtrack: "You're the One That I Want", "Greased Lightnin'" and "Summer Nights".

The song peaked at number 1 in Australia and remained there for 5 weeks in May 1991. It was the third highest selling single there in 1991. ^[1]

Re-release

"The Grease Megamix" was re-released on the 1996 compilation CD Pure Disco. To promote the compilation, Polydor issued promotional CD singles of the Megamix to US radio stations, which propelled it to #12 in airplay. The single was not released commercially in the US, which made it ineligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

The megamix re-emerged for the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Grease movie in 1998. The Grease - The Remix EP featured the megamix and a remix of "You're the One That I Want", and charted at number 4 in the UK and number 27 in Australia. In 2006, after significant customer demand; Sunfly Karaoke added the megamix to their 'Most Wanted' series of karaoke discs. The karaoke version was constructed much the same way the original had been, utilizing the company's existing karaoke productions of the three component tracks.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	26
Canada (RPM)	50
France (SNEP)^[2]	14
Germany (Media Control Charts)	42
Ireland (IRMA)^[3]	4
New Zealand (RIANZ)^[2]	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[2]	3
Norway (VG-lista)^[2]	7
Spain (AFYVE)^[4]	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[2]	35
UK Singles Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	23
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	25

End of Year Chart	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	3

References

↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1991.htm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Grease Megamix", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
↑ Search for Irish peaks
↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Olivia Newton-John singles

1970s	If Not for You "If Not for You" "Banks of the Ohio" Olivia "What is Life" "Just a Little Too Much" Let Me Be There "Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Let Me Be There" Long Live Love "Long Live Love" "I Honestly Love You" If You Love Me, Let Me Know "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" "I Honestly Love You" Have You Never Been Mellow "Have You Never Been Mellow" "Please Mr. Please" Clearly Love "Something Better to Do" "Let It Shine" Come on Over "Come on Over" "Jolene" Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin'" "Every Face Tells a Story" "Sam" Making a Good Thing Better "Making a Good Thing Better" Grease "You're the One That I Want" "Summer Nights" "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Totally Hot "A Little More Love" "Deeper Than the Night" "Totally Hot"

1980s	Xanadu "Magic" "Xanadu" "Suddenly" Physical "Physical" "Make a Move on Me" "Landslide" Greatest Hits Vol. 2 "Heart Attack" "Tied Up" Two of a Kind "Twist of Fate" "Take a Chance" "Livin' in Desperate Times" Soul Kiss "Soul Kiss" "Toughen Up" The Rumour "The Rumour" "Can't We Talk It Over in Bed" Warm and Tender "Reach Out for Me" "When You Wish upon a Star"

1990s	Back to Basics "I Need Love" "Deeper Than a River" Gaia: One Woman's Journey "No Matter What You Do" "Don't Cut Me Down" Back with a Heart "I Honestly Love You (1998 version)" "Back with a Heart"

2010s	Grace and Gratitude "Help Me to Heal" A Few Best Men "Mickey (Chew Fu Fix)"

Featured singles	"I Can't Help It" "The Best of Me" "Had to Be" "Falling" "Physical (Glee cast version)" "You Have to Believe" (with Dave Aude and Chloe Lattanzi)

Other singles	"Till You Say You'll Be Mine" "Rest Your Love on Me" "Spirit of the Florest" "The Grease Megamix" "Grease: The Dream Mix" "One Heart at a Time" "Love Shouldn't Hurt" "Hope Is Always Here" "When You Wish upon a Star (2011 version)" "Magic (Peach & Murphy remix)"

Grease

Adaptions	Grease (1971 musical) Grease (1978 film) Grease 2 (1982 sequel film) Grease: Live (2016)

Songs	"Grease" "Summer Nights" "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" "Hopelessly Devoted to You" "Greased Lightnin'" "Beauty School Dropout" "Those Magic Changes" "Sandy" "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" "You're the One That I Want" "The Grease Megamix"

Soundtracks/albums	Grease (film) soundtrack Grease 2 soundtrack 2007 Broadway cast recording

TV series	Grease: You're the One that I Want! (2007) Grease Is the Word (2007) Grease: The School Musical (2009)

Miscellaneous	Grease (2010 video game) Glee: The Music Presents Glease Greased

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