Christmas is the word! I’ve got CHILLS! They’re multiplying! I’m hopelessly devoted to these two! Oh Em Gee! John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are releasing a Christmas album together!
How cute are they? (Do you think they’re drinking hot chocolate? cappuccino? coffee with Bailey’s?) It’s Grease‘s Sandy and Danny reunited! Their Christmas album, simply titled This Christmas, will feature all your classic favs and the duo are also joined by special guests like Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, and Kenny G.
This is the first time Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta have recorded music together in nearly 35 years! According to a press release for the new album, Travolta said he got the idea to make the record “after receiving a Christmastime text from his old friend Olivia noting that their 1978 smash, ‘You’re the One That I Want,’ had just become the best-selling duet in pop music history.”
And one of the highlights of This Christmas is the only original song on the album titled “I Think You Might Like It” which is actually the sequel to “You’re The One That I Want.” Oh, I can’t wait! Grease was my favorite movie as a kid. I must have seen it four times in the movie theater. And I remember asking Santa to bring me Sandy’s black leather outfit for Christmas. (Well, I asked for the Sandy “costume.” I was a KID.)
“It just fell into place,” said Olivia. “John and I have always connected. That’s never gone away.”
The duo will donate their album’s proceeds to their respective charities: John’s Jett Travolta Foundation, which works to combat children’s disabilities, and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
This Christmas will be available for purchase on Tuesday, November 13th and here’s the festive track listing:
1. Baby It’s Cold Outside
2. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (featuring Kenny G)
3. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (featuring Barbra Streisand)
4. This Christmas (featuring Chick Corea)
5. Silent Night
6. The Christmas Waltz
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (featuring Cliff Richard)
8. Winter Wonderland (featuring Tony Bennett and The Count Basie Orchestra)
9. White Christmas
10. I Think You Might Like It
11. The Christmas Song
12. Deck the Halls (featuring James Taylor)
13. Auld Lang Syne/Christmas Time Is Here (Medley)
Will you buy the awesomely cheesy This Christmas? You can line up behind me!
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