Xanadu (soundtrack)

Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack by Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
Publication (s)	June 1980
admission	1979-1980
Label (s)	Jet Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Pop rock , disco
Title (number)	10
running time	41:34
production	Jeff Lynne , John Farrar
Studio (s)	Musicland Studios, Munich (Germany)
chronology Discovery (1979) Xanadu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Time (1981)

Xanadu is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name from 1980, consisting of various song material by the singer Olivia Newton-John and the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra . On the LP version , the songs by Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra are each arranged on one side, but the song Xanadu sung by Olivia Newton-John is on the page with the songs of the Electric Light Orchestra because this song is from Jeff Lynne had been produced.

Although the film was not very successful, the soundtrack album turned out to be a sales hit. It was awarded a gold record in Great Britain and double platinum in the United States . The recordings took place with Reinhold Mack as a sound engineer in the Musicland Studios in Munich .

The cover of the album, which can be opened in purple and blue, only contains the words "XANADU featuring Electric Light Orchestra Olivia Newton-John" on the front. On the back, next to the title lists, there is a statuette-like picture of Olivia Newton-John, who appears to be holding the famous ELO spaceship aloft. The inside of the cover is a collage of eleven photos from the film. On the record sleeve, also in purple (side A) and blue (side B), the lyrics are printed as well as portrait photos of the two producers John Farrar and Jeff Lynne and a black and white group picture of the band.

Track list

Page 1 (Olivia Newton-John)

1. Magic (John Farrar) - 4:31
2. Suddenly (John Farrar) - 4:02 ( feat.Cliff Richard )
3. Dancin ' (John Farrar) - 5:17 (feat. The Tubes )
4. Suspended in Time (John Farrar) - 3:55
5. Whenever You're Away from Me (John Farrar) - 4:22 (feat. Gene Kelly )

Page 2 (Electric Light Orchestra)

1. I'm Alive (Jeff Lynne) - 3:46
2. The Fall (Jeff Lynne) - 3:34
3. Don't Walk Away (Jeff Lynne) - 4:48
4. All over the World (Jeff Lynne) - 4:04
5. Xanadu (Jeff Lynne) - 3:28 (sung by Olivia Newton-John)

B-sides of decoupled singles

1. Fool Country (Olivia Newton-John) - B-side of Magic
2. Drum Dreams (Electric Light Orchestra) - B-side of the songs I'm Alive and All over the World
3. You Made Me Love You (Olivia Newton-John) - B-side of Suddenly

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (30 weeks)	30th
Austria (Ö3)	1 (24 weeks)	24
United Kingdom (OCC)	2 (17 weeks)	17th
United States (Billboard)	4th (36 weeks)	36

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Magic Xanadu	DE36 (10 weeks) DE	AT20 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK32 (7 weeks) UK	US1 (23 weeks) US	First published: May 1980
	I'm Alive Xanadu	DE16 (21 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (9 weeks) UK	US16 (15 weeks) US	First published: May 1980 Sales: + 500,000
	Xanadu Xanadu	DE1 (29 weeks) DE	AT1 (18 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 (11 weeks) UK	US8 (17 weeks) US	First published: June 1980
	All Over the World Xanadu	DE27 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 (8 weeks) UK	US13 (16 weeks) US	First published: July 1980
	Suddenly Xanadu	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US20 (19 weeks) US	First published: October 1980 with Cliff Richard
	Don't Walk Away Xanadu	DE52 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 22, 1980

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 6 × platinum	2,585,000

Main article: Olivia Newton-John / Music Sales Awards

Instrument line-up Electric Light Orchestra

• Jeff Lynne - vocals (except for Xanadu), background, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
• Bev Bevan - drums, percussion, timpani
• Richard Tandy - piano, synthesizer, keyboard
• Kelly Groucutt - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Louis Clark - conductor of the string instruments

swell

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ Allmusic.com
3. ↑ bpi.com
4. ↑ riaa.com
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US DE ELO AT ELO CH ELO UK ELO US ELO