Summer Nights

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"Summer Nights" was a popular song made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

Written by Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs, Summer Nights was one of the stand out songs from the musical Grease. The follow up to their earlier release You're The One That I Want it was a massive hit in the UK spending 7 weeks at number one, taking the duo's total at number one to 16 weeks for their two hits. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.

It was later covered by Less Than Jake and Catch Coffey.

Preceded by:
"Dreadlock Holiday" by 10cc
UK number one single
September 30, 1978
Succeeded by:
"Rat Trap" by Boomtown Rats