Favorite Songs From Movies Top Ten: You’re the One That I Want (#2)

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With one eye firmly set on the weather I’m also watching y’all get up and dance! That’s right, it’s the penultimate song on my list of favorite songs out of movies that didn’t get Academy Award nominations, and it should have you up and dancing. I mean, I’m dancing to it as I listen…and I’m in a booth in a restaurant as I type this! Let’s party! #2: You’re the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta And in the “what are you, Amish” confession of the day (Angie said that in a reply years ago when I admitted I’d never seen Rocky and I thought it was hilarious), I’ve never seen all of Grease. I’ll go you one better: I’ve never seen any movie John Travolta was in. Yes, including (insert whichever one you’re thinking of). When Welcome Back, Kotter was popular Travolta became the “teen idol” from the show. He even released a single called “Let Her In” (no relation to Wings’ “Let ‘Em In”…at least Sir Paul can sing). Well, me and my Boz Scaggs fanaticism were NOT impressed. However, when this song was released as a single, I bought it. It’s great! It’s fun! And it wasn’t nominated??????? Grease, like a number of the movies with songs on this list, was originally a play. Now, this song was written specifically for the movie by John Farrer, who’d written a number of songs for Olivia Newton-John before (including her hit “Have You Never Been Mellow”). But it has such a perfect 50s vibe that the fact that it was new was lost on the Academy, and this didn’t get an Oscar nod. (“Hopelessly Devoted to You” did, however get nominated. Of course, I like this song better.) When Sandy shows up as a changed woman it makes Danny go berserk. It also provides on fantastic song. You’re the One That I Want Written by John Farrer Recorded by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta From Grease, 1978 You’d better shape up: