THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

768-John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John-Summer Nights.

1978-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 3.47.As they said in ‘Gavin and Stacey,”It’s not a proper wedding disco until we’ve done the ‘Grease Megamix.”

‘Summer Nights’ was written by Jim Jacobs, and Warren Casey (1935-1988,) who together also wrote the original Grease musical, which was first performed in Chicago, United States, in 1971.The musical was named after the 1950’s United States working class youth subculture, known as ‘Greasers.’The musical is set in 1959, at fictional Rydel High School, and follows the lives of 10 working class teenagers.

In 1978 the musical was made in to a film, with some of the original songs dropped, and others commissioned for the film.The two main characters are John Travolta, who played Danny Zuko, and Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy Olsson. The main story line of Grease is the relationship between Danny and Sandy, who had first met in the summer of 1958, at the beach, and fall in love, at the end of summer Sandy was meant to be going back to Australia, and the two thought they might never meet again.Sandy’s parents have a change of mind, and she enrols at Rydel High School, both unaware of each others presence.

In ‘Summer Nights’ Danny and Sandy recount events of their romance to their respective groups, ‘The T Birds,’ and ‘The Pink Ladies,’Sandy’s version tells of the romance of their relationship, while Danny’s version is more sexual.

In 1991 ‘Summer Nights,’ along with two other songs from the Grease soundtrack,’You’re The One That I Want,’ and ‘Greased Lightnin” were remixed into a new song called the ‘Grease Megamix,’ this song was created to promote the films release on home video,it reached Number 3 in the UK.

‘She swam by me, she got a cramp.He went by me, got my suit damp. I saved her life, he nearly drowned, he showed off splashin’ around.’