Grease (soundtrack)

The most successful songs from the soundtrack were written specifically for the film. They included the Billboard number-one hits "You're the One That I Want", "Grease" and the number-three, Academy Award-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You".

The soundtrack album hit the top of the charts in the summer of 1978, replacing The Rolling Stones' Some Girls.

Some of the backing musicians debuted as Toto after their fame from the soundtrack. They also performed on Olivia Newton-John's album Totally Hot and Physical.

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Side 1

Grease 3:23
(Written by Barry Gibb)
Performed by Frankie Valli
(Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson) – 3:23
Summer Nights – 3:35
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John & Cast
Hopelessly Devoted to You – 3:00
(Written and Produced by John Farrar)
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
You're the One That I Want – 2:47
(Written and Produced by John Farrar)
Performed by John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John
Sandy – 2:30
(Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon)
Performed by John Travolta
Produced by John Farrar

Side 2

Beauty School Dropout – 4:02
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Frankie Avalon
Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee – 1:38
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Stockard Channing
Greased Lightnin'
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by John Travolta & Jeff Conaway
It's Raining on Prom Night – 2:57
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Cindy Bullens
Alone at the Drive-in Movie – 2:22
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
(instrumental)
Produced by John Farrar
Blue Moon
(Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)
Performed by Sha Na Na – 4:02

Side 3

Rock n' Roll is Here to Stay – 2:00
(Written by Dave White)
Performed by Sha Na Na
Those Magic Changes – 2:15
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Sha Na Na
Hound Dog – 1:23
(Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
Performed by Sha Na Na
Born to Hand Jive
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Sha Na Na – 4:39
Tears on My Pillow – 2:06
(Written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis)
Performed by Sha Na Na
Mooning – 2:12
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Louis St. Louis and Cindy Bullens

Side 4

Freddy, My Love – 2:40
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Cindy Bullens
Rock n' Roll Party Queen – 2:08
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Louis St. Louis
There Are Worse Things I Could Do – 2:18
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Stockard Channing
Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise) – 1:20
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
Produced by John Farrar
We Go Together – 3:14
(Written by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey)
Performed by John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John & Cast
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – 2:22
(Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster)
(Instrumental)
Grease (Reprise) – 3:23
(Written by Barry Gibb)
Performed by Frankie Valli
(Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	The Billboard 200	1
1998	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Drums: Olle Brown, Carlos Vega, Cubby O'Brien Ron Ziegler
Bass: Mike Porcaro, William David Hungate, Max Bennett, David Allen Ryan, Wm. J. Bodine, Dean Cortez, Harold Cowart
Guitar: John Farrar, Tim May ("Born to Hand Jive"), Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Dan Sawyer, Bob Rose, Dennis Budimir, Thomas Tedesso, Cliff Morris, Joey Murcia, Peter Frampton ("Grease")
Keyboards: Louis St. Louis, Greg Mathieson, Mike Land, Lincoln Majorca, Thomas Garvin, Bhen Lanzarone, George Bitzer
Saxophone: Ray Pizzi ("We Go Together" & "Greased Lightnin'"), Ernie Watts ("There Are Worse Things I Could Do" and "Alone At A Drive-In Movie"), Jerome Richardson, John Kelson, Jr.
Trumpet: Albert Aarons, Robert Bryant
Trombone: Lloyd Ulgate
Percussion: Eddie "Bong" Brown, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman, Antoine Dearborn
Harp: Dorothy Remsen, Gayle Levant
Concertmaster: James Getzoff
Contractor: Carl Fortina
Copyist: Bob Borenstein
Background Vocals: Curt Becher, Paulette K. Brown, Beau Charles, Carol Chase, Kerry Chater, Loren Farber, John Farrar, Venetta Fields, Gerald Garrett, Jim Gilstrap, Mitch Gordon, Jim Haas, Petty Henderson, Ron Kicklin, Diana Lee, John Lehman, Maxayn Lewis, Melissa MacKay, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall, Gene Merlino, Gene Morford, Lisa Roberts, Sally Stevens, Zedrick Turnbough, Jackie Ward, M. Ann White, Jerry Whitman

All selections except "Grease" arranged by: John Farrar, Michael Gibson, Louis St. Louis
Strings on "Summer Nights" arranged by Bhen Lanzarone
Horns and Strings on "Greased Lightnin'" and "Born to Hand Jive" Arranged by Michael Melvoin

Recorded at: Filmways/Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood
United Western Studios, Hollywood
Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood

Engineered by: David J. Holman, Jay Lewis, Eirik Wangberg, Michael Carneval, Karl Richardson ("Grease")

All selections except "Grease" mixed and re-mixed by David J. Holman at Filmways/Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood

Preceded by Some Girls by The Rolling Stones	Billboard 200 number-one album July 29 - September 15, 1978 September 23 - October 6, 1978 October 14 - November 3, 1978	Succeeded by Don't Look Back by Boston
Preceded by Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album August 16 - August 22, 1998	Succeeded by Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia