Grease: The Dream Mix

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"Grease: The Dream Mix"
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Single by Frankie Valli, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
B-side "We Go Together"
ReleasedMarch 1991
Recorded1978
Length3:44
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
John Travolta singles chronology
"The Grease Megamix"
(1990)
"Grease: The Dream Mix"
(1991)
"Two Sleepy People"
(1997)
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"The Grease Megamix"
(1990)
"Grease The Dream Mix"
(1991)
"I Need Love"
(1992)

"Grease: The Dream Mix" is a song released in March 1991 to commemorate the video release of Grease . It followed the success of "The Grease Megamix" (1990). The single was credited to Frankie Valli, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and is a megamix of the tracks "Grease", "Sandy" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You".

Contents

The peaked inside the top 50 of the charts of Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single [1]

  1. "Grease: The Dream Mix" (7-inch version) – 3:44
  2. "We Go Together" - 3:50
  3. "We Go Together" – 3:50

CD single [2]

  1. "Grease: The Dream Mix" (7-inch version) – 3:44
  2. "Grease: The Dream Mix " (12-inch version) – 7:35
  3. "We Go Together" – 3:50
  4. "Grease: The Dream Mix" (7-inch Original Groove) – 5:10

Charts

Chart performance for "Grease: The Dream Mix"
Chart (1991)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 28
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [4] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 11
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 47

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