Olivia Newton-John ft ELO: Xanadu

Remarks:

This is my favourite Olivia Newton-John song. In 1980 it went to #8 on the US pop chart, which meant I did not grow sick of it, unlike her many number-one hits. The 1970s were, for those who missed it, more or less Olivia Newton-John and K.C. & the Sunshine Band played to death. Oh, and Watergate.

See also:

• songs: the 1980s
• Hall & Oates: Wait for Me – my favourite of theirs, also because it did not make it to #1
• 1970s:
  • Diana Ross: Love Hangover – the soundtrack of the AVU in the late 1970s.
  • Candi Staton: Young Hearts Run Free – the R&B song most typical of the 1970s
  • Watergate – a huge political scandal in the US

Lyrics:

A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu

And now, open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you’re here with me
Eternally

Xanadu – Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu – Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Xanadu your neon lights will shine
For you Xanadu

The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know, they are in Xanadu

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are
A shooting star, an everlasting world and you’re
Here with me eternally

Xanadu – Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Now that I’m here, now that you’re near in Xanadu

Source: AZ Lyrics.