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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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title
  • Xanadu
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  • Compact disc
  • Gramophone record
  • Music download
subject
  • 1980 singles
  • 1980 songs
  • Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
  • MCA Records singles
  • 1996 singles
  • Number-one singles in Norway
  • Number-one singles in Germany
  • European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
  • Olivia Newton-John songs
  • UK Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Singles certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
  • Ingmar Nordströms songs
  • Electric Light Orchestra songs
  • Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne
  • Songs written by Jeff Lynne
  • Dannii Minogue songs
  • Flamingokvintetten songs
  • Jet Records singles
  • Sharleen Spiteri songs
  • Songs from Xanadu (film)
  • Wizex songs
abstract
  • %22Xanadu%22 is the title song from the soundtrack album Xanadu, and is the title song from the 1980 film of the same name. A rare collaboration for ELO, the song is performed by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and Olivia Newton-John. Newton-John sings the primary vocals, with ELO (Jeff Lynne) adding %22parenthetic%22 vocals in the style of their other songs on the Xanadu soundtrack, along with providing the instrumentation.The single reached number 1 in several countries, and was the band's only UK number 1 single, when it peaked there for two weeks in July 1980. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. This was the first song beginning with the letter 'X' to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and it remained the only one until 2000's %22X%22 by Xzibit.
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  • Jeff Lynne
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  • a9643ec6-ee8a-49e4-a18f-a2ce8e217009
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  • 5714ded425ac0d8aee450f97
wikipedia
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  • DEK199517081
producer
  • Jeff Lynne
  • Sharleen Spiteri
track number
schema:album
schema:duration
  • PT198.37387755S
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  • 81211
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:deezer_song_id
  • 14809576
wsb:explicit_lyrics_count
wsb:gain
wsb:has_explicit_lyrics
wsb:language_detected
  • german
wsb:rank
wsb:record_label
  • Jet Records
  • MCA Records
  • Mercury Records
  • Universal Music Group
wsb:recording_description
  • 1980
  • 1995
  • 2009
wsb:title_without_accent
  • Xanadu
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