Today in Music History - 1980 - Xanadu Opens and Bombs! But......
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Today in Music History - 1980 - Xanadu opens! Xanadu bombs out! The movie only grossed $23 million which did not make it profitable.
A double feature with Xanadu and another musical released several months earlier, Can't Stop the Music, inspired John J.B. Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry Awards (or Razzies), an annual event recognizing the worst in cinema for a given year.
Robert Greenwald won the first Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, and the film was nominated for six other awards at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards.
But let's talk about the Soundtrack. What a great collection of music from Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John and others!
"Magic" – Olivia Newton-John: No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 (four weeks), No. 1 adult contemporary (five weeks), certified gold
"Xanadu" – Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra: No. 8 Hot 100 (one week), No. 2 adult contemporary (one week), No. 1 UK singles chart (two weeks)
"All Over the World" – Electric Light Orchestra: No. 13 pop (one week), No. 45 adult contemporary (one week)
"I'm Alive" – Electric Light Orchestra: No. 16 pop (one week), No. 48 adult contemporary (one week), certified gold
"Suddenly" – Olivia Newton-John/Cliff Richard: No. 20 pop (one week), No. 4 adult contemporary (one week)
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