1887 – Frankie Valli – Grease (1978)

 

Escrita por Barry Gibb, foi gravada em abril de 1978 e lançada por Frankie Valli em 14 de abril de 1978, na trilha sonora do filme de mesmo nome. Saiu também em compacto, com uma versão instrumental de Grease como Lado B, em 6 de maio de 1978. Foi produzida por Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten e Karl Richardson. Fala do estilo de vida daquele momento e vendeu 7 milhões de cópias. Foi o último top 40 de Valli. Chegou ao número 1 no Billboard Hot 100, também número 1 na Holanda e no Canadá. Chegou ao número 2 na Austrália e Nova Zelandia. Número 3 na Irlanda e Reino Unido. Número 4 na Bélgica, França e Noruega. Número 6 na Suécia e número 7 na Suíça. Número 13 na Espanha e número 14 na África do Sul. Número 24 na Alemanha Ocidental. Frankie Valli cantou. Barry Gibb fez backing vocals. The Sweet Inspirations fizeram backing vocals. Peter Frampton tocou guitrra. George Terry tocou guitarra. Harld Cowart tocou baixo. Ron Ziegler tocou bateria. Gary Brown tocou sax.

A letra:

I solve my problems and I see the light
We got a lovin' thing, we gotta feed it right
There ain't no danger we can go too far
We start believing now that we can be who we are
Grease is the word

They think our love is just a growing pain
Why don't they understand, it's just a crying shame
Their lips are lying, only real is real
We stop the fight right now, we got to be what we feel
Grease is the word

(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
It's got a groove, it's got a meaning
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Grease is the way we are feeling

We take the pressure and we throw away
Conventionality belongs to yesterday
There is a chance that we can make it so far
We start believing now that we can be who we are
Grease is the word

(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
It's got a groove, it's got a meaning
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Now, grease is the way we are feeling

This is a life of illusion
Wrapped up in trouble
Laced with confusion
What are we doing here?

We take the pressure and we throw away
Conventionality belongs to yesterday
There is a chance that we can make it so far
We start believing now that we can be who we are (be who we are)
Grease is the word

(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
It's got a groove, it's got a meaning
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Now, grease is the way we are feeling

(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
It's got a groove, it's got a meaning
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Now, grease is the way we are feeling

Grease is the word
Is the word...

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