Summer Nights

Summer Nights is the title of a song recorded by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John, taken from the original soundtrack of the film Grease and released as a single in September 1978. The 'Cast' are also credited as artists.

The single reached no.1 in the UK, staying at the top for seven consecutive weeks, replaced by The Boomtown Rats' Rat Trap in November.

The song is the first to be performed in the movie (after the opening titles). During the performance the characters Danny (Travolta) and Sandy (Newton-John), who had met during the previous summer, recount their experiences separately to their respective friends.

Other songs and singles from Grease were also in the charts around the same time as Summer Nights, namely You're the One That I Want (Travolta/Newton-John), Hopelessly Devoted to You (Newton-John solo), Sandy (Travolta solo) and film theme Grease (Frankie Valli).

Summer Nights became the third biggest-selling single of 1978 in the UK, preceded only by You're The One That I Want (second) and Boney M's Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring. It was also the seventh biggest-selling song of the decade (see Record Mirror chart, Jan. 1980).