Two of a Kind (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was produced by David Foster. The album contains songs recorded by Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Patti Austin, Steve Kipner, Boz Scaggs, the bands Journey and Chicago.

Newton-John and Travolta had previously worked together on the film Grease, which became a box office hit, the same success awaited the soundtrack and singles from it, including their duet "You're the One That I Want."[3] This time around, they reteamed for another duet, "Take a Chance", which was released as a single in some territories, the very first a-side of a single to credit Newton-John as a writer (she, in fact, wrote the lyrics; the music was written by Foster, Toto's Steve Lukather). In the US the song was a B-side and only serviced to radio. On the strength of the latter, it entered the top three of the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] In Canada, it hit number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[5]

Newton-John's American top 5 hit "Twist of Fate" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.[6] The song also hit number four in both Canada and Australia. "(Livin' in) Desperate Times" was issued as the second single in the US and reached number 31 in the Hot 100.

In support of the album, two additional singles were issued. "Ask the Lonely" by Journey, which was originally intended for the album Frontiers (1983) hit number three on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart.[7] "It's Gonna Be Special" by Patti Austin, hit number 82 on the Hot 100 and also entered the Hot Black Singles chart at number 15 and top 5 of the dance chart in 1984.[8]

Twist of Fate is a 1983 video collection of the music videos from the Two of a Kind soundtrack by Olivia Newton-John. The video was released on VHS and LaserDisc by MCA Home Video. All videos of standard release are directed by Brian Grant except for "Take a Chance", which was directed by David Mallet.