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You're the One That I Want

{{short description|1978 single by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John}}

{{for|the 2007 American reality TV competition show|Grease: You're the One That I Want!}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = You're the One That I Want

| cover = GreaseYoureTheOneThatIWant7InchSingleCover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

| album = Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

| B-side = "Alone at a Drive-In Movie" (instrumental)

| released = March 1978 (US)
May 1978 (UK)

| recorded = 1977–1978

| studio = Recorded and Mixed by David J. Holman at Heider Studios and United/Western Studio

| genre =

  • Pop{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= Billboard |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 15, 2024|quote= In the movie, the frothy pop song gives voice to the final turning point in the relationship between Travolta’s Danny and Newton-John’s Sandy.}}
  • bubblegum pop{{cite book|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= July 17, 2000|chapter= Sweathog Nation: Bubblegum|page= 31|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}

| length = 2:49

| label = RSO

| writer = John Farrar

| producer = John Farrar

| chronology = Olivia Newton-John

| prev_title = Don't Cry for Me Argentina

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Hopelessly Devoted to You

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = John Travolta

| type = single

| prev_title = Razzamatazz

| prev_year = 1977

| title = You're the One That I Want

| year = 1978

| next_title = Summer Nights

| next_year = 1978

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = Favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/youre-the-one-that-i-want-mt0005346103|title=You're the One That I Want – Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta – Song Info|author=Joe Viglione|publisher=AllMusic}}

| noprose = yes

}}

"You're the One That I Want" is a song performed by American actor and singer John Travolta and Anglo-Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. It was written and produced by John Farrar, and released in 1978 by RSO Records as the second single from Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture. The song is one of the best-selling singles in history to date, having sold over 4 million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom alone, with estimates of more than 15 million copies sold overall.{{cite magazine|title= Billboard Vol. 90, No. 34|last=Grein|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22You%27re+the+One+That+I+Want+and+Shadow+Dancing+each+did+2.5+million%22|quote="You're the One That I Want" and "Shadow Dancing" each did 2.5 million|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=August 26, 1978|access-date=June 8, 2012}}

  • {{cite certification|region=Germany|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|title=You're The One That I Want|certyear=1978}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/record4.html|title=Record Breakers and Trivia : Singles : Individual Hits : Sales|work=everyHit.com|access-date=July 1, 2012}}{{cite web|title=D-B Dramahawks performing Broadway giant "Grease" |url=http://theloaferonline.com/2016/01/19/d-b-dramahawks-performing-broadway-giant-grease/ |publisher=The Loafer Online |date=January 19, 2016 |access-date=January 23, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|first= James |last= Lachno |title= The 50 best pop songs written for movies |newspaper= The Daily Telegraph |date= December 18, 2017 |access-date= December 21, 2017 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/best-pop-songs-written-movies/3-one-want-john-travolta-olivia-newton-john/ |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171220142319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/best-pop-songs-written-movies/3-one-want-john-travolta-olivia-newton-john/ |archive-date=December 20, 2017}}

Background

"You're the One That I Want" was one of the two singles, along with "Hopelessly Devoted to You", that Farrar wrote specifically for Newton-John's appearance in the film that had not been in the original stage musical. Randal Kleiser, the film's director, was not fond of this song because he felt that it did not mesh well with the rest of the Warren Casey-Jim Jacobs score and the fifties style musically or lyrically.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/78.html|title=Gibb Songs : 1978|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=April 9, 2018}}

Record World called it "a frantic, up-tempo duet between the two stars that is bound to leave listeners breathless."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=April 1, 1978|accessdate=2023-02-15|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/Record-World-1978-04-01.pdf#page=3}}

Synopsis

Danny Zuko (Travolta), leader of the T-Birds, has recently lettered in cross-country running in an effort to win back his estranged girlfriend Sandy Olsson (Newton-John); unbeknownst to him, Sandy, who has been conflicted about her upright and proper etiquette in a school full of brash greasers, has herself transformed into a greaser queen to win back Danny. In the song, Danny expresses pleasant shock and arousal at Sandy's transformation, with Sandy responding that Danny must "shape up" to prove himself capable of treating her the right way.

The song originally written at this point in the original musical, "All Choked Up" (which had previously replaced a song titled "Kiss It"), was similar in theme, but different in style, written as a pastiche of Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" and with Sandy being more provocative. "All Choked Up" was one of two songs from the Jacobs/Casey score that was excised completely from both the film and the film's soundtrack. Most 21st-century performances of the musical also include "You're the One That I Want" instead of "All Choked Up".

Chart performance

Upon its release in conjunction with the film (and its status as a potential blockbuster worldwide), the single became a huge international hit, reaching number one in several countries.

In the United States, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 484. and on July 18 was certified Platinum for shipments exceeding 2 million copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=John+Travolta&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum – RIAA|website=Recording Industry Association of America}} (It was already Gold by April 12.)

It also topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in the summer of 1978, some months before the film had even been released in that country.{{cite web|title=You're the One That I Want – Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/you're%20the%20one%20that%20i%20want/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 19, 2016}} As of 2018, it is still the fifth best-selling single of all time in the United Kingdom, where it has sold two million copies.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list |title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list |first= Ami|last= Sedghi |publisher=Guardian |date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=November 4, 2012 }}

In Australia, the single spent nine nonconsecutive weeks at the top and became the best charting single of the year.{{Cite book|title=Australian Top 20 Book 1940–2006|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd|location=Turramurra, NSW|year=2007|isbn=978-0-646-47665-0}}

1998 re-release

A re-released "Martian remix" of the single by PolyGram Records reached #4 in the United Kingdom and #27 in Australia in 1998, the twentieth anniversary of the film's debut.

In popular culture

The song was used as the musical background for a fight scene inside a car in the 2024 Marvel film Deadpool & Wolverine.

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
Chart (1978–1979)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|AustraliaKent|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|page=313|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|2|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|chartid=4607a|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2021}}
scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=183|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John|page=183|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 3, 2022|language=fi}}

|align="center"|1

{{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2021}}
scope="row"|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=June 12, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "John Travolta & Olivia Newton John".

|align="center"|3

{{single chart|Dutch40|1|artist=John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 12, 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
scope="row"|Portugal (Musica & Som){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-02-03.pdf#page=78 |title=Hits of the World|date=February 3, 1979|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 9, 2021|page=78}}

|align="center"|3

scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965 – March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(T).html|access-date=September 5, 2018}}

|align="center"|2

{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19780611|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=John Travolta|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|23|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2017}}
scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19780617.html |title=Top 100 1978-06-17 |work=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=June 25, 2015 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901154012/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19780617.html |url-status=dead }}

|style="text-align:center;"|3

scope="row"|US CHR/Pop Airplay (Radio & Records){{cite web|url=http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/onewtonjohn.html|title=Olivia Newton-John|website=wweb.uta.edu|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=May 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516212604/https://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/onewtonjohn.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/Songruns/N/OlivieNewtonJohn/you.htm|title=You|website=wweb.uta.edu|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=January 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110015712/http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/Songruns/N/OlivieNewtonJohn/you.htm|url-status=dead}}

|align="center"|3

{{single chart|West Germany|1|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|song=You're The One That I Want|songid=518|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2018}}
scope="row"|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|date=3 June 1978|access-date=21 June 2025|archive-date=29 November 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
Chart (1998)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)

|align="center"|27

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

|align="center"|4

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!scope="col"|Chart (2022)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2022-08-20/|title=Canadian Digital Song Sales: Week of August 20, 2022|url-access=subscription|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 16, 2022}}

|25

scope="row"|US Digital Song Sales (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2022-08-20/|title=CU.S Digital Song Sales: Week of August 20, 2022|url-access=subscription|magazine=Billboard|access-date=16 August 2022}}

|17

{{single chart|UKdownload|38|date=20220812|rowheader=true|access-date=12 August 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (1978)

!scope="col"|Rank

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/0gmvDHH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=8 January 2022}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a |title=Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |last1=Canada |first1=Library Archives }}

| style="text-align:center;"|14

scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1978-12-31 |title=Top Selling Singles of 1978 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=December 31, 1978 |access-date=October 14, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1978.html|access-date=September 2, 2018}}

|align="center"|17

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/chart3.html |title=1970s Singles Chart Archive |website=everyHit.com |access-date=October 14, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100 {{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=October 14, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978 |work=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=November 3, 2015 |archive-date=August 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826042016/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html |url-status=dead }}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

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Sales and certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=170,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-10-14.pdf#page=16|title='Grease' Outpacing 'Fever'|magazine=Record World|page=16|date=October 14, 1978|accessdate=April 4, 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=14,000|note=physical|salesref={{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICQEAAAAMBAJ&q=grease+soundtrack+billboard&pg=PT71|publisher=Billboard|title="Grease" Is A European Musical Phenomenon|first=Nick|last=Robertshaw|page=56|date=September 16, 1978|access-date=April 25, 2019}}|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta &Olivia Newton-John|award=Platinum|note=reissue|relyear=1978|certyear=2024|id=13407|access-date=January 17, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=You're the One That I Want|artist=John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John|award=Gold|certyear=1978|source=infodisc|access-date=June 24, 2022|type=single|salesamount=1,800,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/2012/12/04/le-couple-travolta-newton-john-reforme-35RMTDBPE5DCXD7BVACKNAVVW4/|publisher=La Libre|title=Le couple Travolta-Newton-John reforme|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2024|language=fr}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|access-date=March 29, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title=How Deep Is Your Love|artist= Bee Gees|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Ireland|nocert=yes|salesamount=25,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1978/Music-Week-1978-07-22.pdf#page=16|title=Irish notes...|magazine=Music Week|page=16|first=Ken|last=Stewart|date=July 22, 1978|via=World radio History|accessdate=July 5, 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John|award=Gold|relyear=1978|note=sales since 2009|certyear=2021|id=8605|access-date=June 28, 2021}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|salesamount=200,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=you%27re+the+one+i+want+holland+200,000&pg=PT57|title='Grease' Off & Running In U.K. and Holland|publisher=Billboard|date=December 26, 1974|access-date=July 5, 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Olivia Newton-John|title=You're the One That I Want |award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=1978|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=25 April 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|artist=John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John|title=You're The One That I Want|accessdate=February 12, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=You're the One That I Want|type=single|artist=John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John|nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=10,000|salesref=|access-date=May 23, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=You're the One That I Want|artist=Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta|award=Platinum|certyear=1978|id=8459-64-1|salesamount=2,072,035|salesref={{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=September 19, 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 12, 2024}}|access-date=March 29, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|title=You're the One That I Want|artist=Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta|award=Platinum|certyear=1978|relyear=1978|salesamount=4,000,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://www.chartsinfrance.net/Olivia-Newton-John/news-122133.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "You're The One That I Want" d'Olivia Newton-John et John Travolta|last=Ruelle|first=Yohann|date=August 9, 2022|publisher=Charts in France|access-date=February 12, 2024}}}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|type=single|title=You're the One That I Want|artist=Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta|nocert=true|salesamount=15,000,000|relyear=1978|salesref=|access-date=May 23, 2021}}

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Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson version

{{Infobox song

| name = You're the One That I Want

| cover =

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| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson

| album = Grease – Original London Cast Recording

| released = 1993

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:27

| label = Epic

| writer = John Farrar

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| chronology = Debbie Gibson

| prev_title = Free Me

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = For Better or Worse

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Craig McLachlan

| type = single

| prev_title = Time Warp

| prev_year = 1992

| title = You're the One That I Want

| year = 1993

| next_title = Grease

| next_year = 1993

}}

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In 1993, the version by Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson was released by Epic Records as the lead single from Grease – Original London Cast Recording, the soundtrack of the 1993 London revival of the musical Grease, in which both McLachlan and Gibson starred. It peaked at number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart, number 24 on the UK Airplay chart,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-08-07.pdf#page=26|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=August 7, 1993|page=26|access-date=May 1, 2024}} and number 43 on the Eurochart Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-08-07.pdf#page=15|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=32|date=August 7, 1993|page=15|access-date=March 24, 2024}}

Other versions

British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker also released a version of the song in 1978. Their version reached No. 22 in the United Kingdom.

In 1978, the German comedians Dieter Hallervorden and Helga Feddersen released a parody version under the title "Du, die Wanne ist voll". The song reached position number four in the German charts.[http://www.chartsurfer.de/archiv.htm?nr=0&art=i&dbid=35527] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529070604/http://www.chartsurfer.de/archiv.htm?nr=0&art=i&dbid=35527|date=May 29, 2005}}

Also in 1978, the Swedish crooner Svante Thuresson released a version in Swedish under the title "Det är dej jag vill ha". The song reached position number four in the Svensktoppen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nostalgilistan.se/svante-thuresson-88/det-ar-dej-jag-vill-ha-1318|title=Det Är Dej Jag Vill Ha av Svante Thuresson}}

Also in 1978, Finnish singers and siblings Anna and Kirka Babitzin released a Finnish version translated by Pertti Reponen, "Sinut haluan vain" ("I Only Want You").{{Cite web |title=Anna & Kirka – Sinut Haluan Vain |website=Discogs |date=1978 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1364306-Anna-Kirka-Sinut-Haluan-Vain}}

In 2010, Angus & Julia Stone released a cover of the song on the track list of their single "Big Jet Plane. In 2012, the song peaked at No. 21 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.{{cite web |title=You're the One That I Want|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/angus-julia-stone-youre-the-one-that-i-want/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=en |date=12 May 2012}}

In 2017, American singer Charlotte Lawrence released a cover of the song.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/kr/album/youre-the-one-that-i-want-single/1188816412 |title=You're the One That I Want - Single |website=Apple Music |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=5 May 2025 }}

In 2021, American rapper and singer Doja Cat performed the song in a commercial for Pepsi to promote their "Soda Shop" line.{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=September 10, 2021 |title=Doja Cat Gives 'Grease' Classic a Modern Spin with Her Cover: 'It's a Very Difficult Song to Sing' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9627077/doja-cat-grease-cover-youre-the-one-that-i-want-interview/ |magazine=Billboard}}

Reworked versions of the song are featured in Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024 commercials for British home furnishings retailer Dunelm.{{Cite web |title=Dunelm - You're The One That I Want — DLMDD |url=https://dlmdd.com/project/dunelm-youre-the-one-that-i-want/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=dlmdd.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title='You're the one that I want.' Dunelm does 'Grease' in new Creature ad - More About Advertising |url=https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2023/09/youre-the-one-that-i-want-dunelm-does-grease-in-new-creature-ad/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.moreaboutadvertising.com |language=en-US}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJFLDxrMys4 |title=Dunelm The Home of Homes Spring TV Advert |date=March 7, 2024 |publisher=Dunelm |via=YouTube}}

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