Home › Entities › musical_work_composition › You're the One That I Want

You're the One That I Want

song written and composed by John Farrar, originally recorded by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in 1978
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1281313
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

You're the One That I Want

Summary

You're the One That I Want is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,517 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You're the One That I Want's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • You're the One That I Want's composer is recorded as John Farrar[4].
  • You're the One That I Want's genre is pop music[5].
  • You're the One That I Want was followed by Summer Nights[6].
  • You're the One That I Want was produced by John Farrar[7].
  • You're the One That I Want was performed by John Travolta[8].
  • You're the One That I Want's record label is recorded as RSO Records[9].
  • You're the One That I Want's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • You're the One That I Want's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • You're the One That I Want was published on May 17, 1978[12].
  • You're the One That I Want's lyricist is recorded as John Farrar[13].
  • You're the One That I Want's nominated for is recorded as Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[14].
  • You're the One That I Want's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "You're the One That I Want"}[15].
  • You're the One That I Want's different from is recorded as Q10394693[16].
  • You're the One That I Want's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9624a83e-c522-30b8-94b4-b081ef0ed7fb[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on You're the One That I Want was John Travolta[8]. It was produced by John Farrar[7].

Publication

You're the One That I Want was published on May 17, 1978[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is pop music[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

You're the One That I Want was followed by Summer Nights[6].

Why It Matters

You're the One That I Want ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,517 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

John Travolta United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). You're the One That I Want. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/you-re-the-one-that-i-want
MLA “You're the One That I Want.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/you-re-the-one-that-i-want.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_you-re-the-one-that-i-want_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{You're the One That I Want}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/you-re-the-one-that-i-want}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): You're the One That I Want — https://4ort.xyz/entity/you-re-the-one-that-i-want (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/you-re-the-one-that-i-want · Last refreshed: