Although the film was a critical and commercial disappointment, the soundtrack was successful, especially in the United States, where it was certified Platinum by RIAA.[2]
Overview
The album 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, and was the very first single A-side to credit Newton-John as a writer (she, in fact, wrote the lyrics; the music was written by Foster and Toto's Steve Lukather.
Newton-John's American top 5 hit "Twist of Fate" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.[4] In addition to Newton-John's "Twist of Fate", the singles "Take a Chance" and "(Livin' in) Desperate Times" with her participation were released from the album, the first entered the top three hits of the Adult Contemporary chart,[5] and the second reached number 31 in the Hot 100. "Twist of Fate", meanwhile, became a Number One single in Luxembourg.
In support of the album , the singles "Ask the Lonely" by Journey, which was originally intended for the album Frontiers (1983), and "It's Gonna Be Special" by Patti Austin, which entered the Hot Black Singles chart at number 15 and entered the top 5 of the dance chart in 1984,[6] were released.
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.
