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Stayin' Alive

September 28, 2023

This article is about the Bee Gees song. For other uses, see Staying Alive.

"Stayin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was released in 1977 as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The band co-produced the song with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It is one of the Bee Gees' signature songs. In 2004, "Stayin' Alive" was placed at No. 189 by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] The 2021 updated Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Songs placed "Stayin' Alive" at No. 99.[4] In 2004, it ranked No. 9 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".[5]

"Stayin' Alive"
UK 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Saturday Night Fever
B-side"If I Can't Have You"
ReleasedDecember 15, 1977
Recorded1977
Studio
GenreDisco[1][2]
Length4:45
3:25 (single version)
LabelRSO
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bee Gees singles chronology
"How Deep Is Your Love"
(1977) 		"Stayin' Alive"
(1977) 		"Night Fever"
(1978)
Music video
"Stayin' Alive" on YouTube

On its release, "Stayin' Alive" climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 4 February 1978, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. Consequently, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes, partly because it appeared in the opening credits of Saturday Night Fever. In the United States, it would become the second of six consecutive number-one singles, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the United States at the time (a record broken by Whitney Houston who achieved seven consecutive number-ones).

Writing and recording Edit

The executive producer of the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack and Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood asked the band to write a few songs for the soundtrack. At this point, the film was in early stages and it did not have a title; in fact, all Stigwood had to go on was a New York cover story about discomania.

They wrote "Stayin' Alive" over the course of a few days while sprawled on the staircase at the Château d'Hérouville studio near Paris. As with many other artists during the 1970s, the Bee Gees recorded most of the soundtrack in France for tax reasons.

RSO Records wanted the song to share the then-title of the film, "Saturday Night", but the Bee Gees refused a title change, insisting that there had been too many songs with "Saturday" in the title, and the album already had a song with the word "night" in the title—"Night Fever". Rather than change the name of the former song to match the film, Stigwood expanded the name of the film to encompass the title of the latter song. Over the years, the brothers have had mixed feelings about the song, admitting it brought them tremendous fame but conversely branded them as a disco act, despite a long and varied career before and after.[6]

Several words from Robin Gibb's Concorde ticket inspired the Gibbs[clarification needed] to write the lyrics for "Stayin' Alive". Robin recalls, "The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is actually quite a serious one; It's about survival in the streets of New York, and the lyrics actually say that". Barry Gibb also recalls, "People crying out for help. Desperate songs. Those are the ones that become giants. The minute you capture that on record, it's gold. 'Stayin' Alive' is the epitome of that. Everybody struggles against the world, fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down. And it really is a victory just to survive. But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before, well that's something everybody reacts to everybody".[7] "We'd also written a song called 'Saturday Night'", Maurice explains, "But there were so many songs called 'Saturday Night' even one by the Bay City Rollers, so when we rewrote it for the movie, we called it 'Stayin' Alive'.[8]

The track was finished at Criteria Studios, with Maurice Gibb laying down a bass line similar to the guitar riff, Barry Gibb and Alan Kendall on guitar riffs, and Blue Weaver adding synthesizers. The Boneroo Horns parts were added. Barry sings falsetto on the whole song, except on the line "life's going nowhere, somebody help me".[6]

The band's drummer Dennis Bryon left the recording sessions early due to the death of his mother, and the group first looked for a replacement. The shortage of qualified drummers in the area prompted the group to try a drum machine, but it did not offer satisfactory results.[2] After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "Night Fever", the group and producer Albhy Galuten took two bars from that track, rerecorded them as a recurrent loop on a separate tape (creating the song's constant rhythm), and proceeded with sessions for "Stayin' Alive". The group jokingly listed the drummer as "Bernard Lupe" (a takeoff on session drummer Bernard Purdie). Lupe became a highly sought-after drummer—until it was discovered that he did not exist.[6]

Albhy Galuten talks about the recording of "Stayin' Alive":

Barry and I listened carefully to find a bar that felt really good. Everyone knows that it's more about feel than accuracy in drum tracks. We chose a bar that felt so good that we ended up using that same loop on 'Stayin' Alive,' and 'More Than a Woman,' and then again on Barbra Streisand's song 'Woman in Love.' To make the loop, we copied the drums onto one-quarter-inch tape. Karl spliced the tape and jerry rigged it so that it was going over a mic stand and around a plastic reel. At first, we were doing it just as a temporary measure. As we started to lay tracks down to it, we found that it felt really great-very insistent but not machinelike. It had a human feel. By the time we had overdubbed all the parts to the songs and Dennis came back, there was no way we could get rid of the loop.[9]

In their work together, Gibb and Galuten had tried playing with a click track as Galuten explained:

While today's musicians know how to get a good groove with the click, back then, if you used a click track you rarely got a good feel. The loop crossed the boundary giving us music that was in time with a good feel. If I had been working for a technology company then and knew what I was doing, I would have tried to patent the idea. Nonetheless, it changed a lot of things. That first loop was a watershed event in our life and times.[9]

Release Edit

The song was not initially scheduled for release, with "How Deep Is Your Love" selected as lead single, but fans called radio stations and RSO Records requesting the song immediately after seeing trailers for Saturday Night Fever, featuring the track over the aforementioned introductory scene. The single was eventually released in mid-December, a month after the album, and moved to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February, where it stayed for four weeks. Soon after, it slid to number two, near the third hit from the album, "Night Fever". In the United Kingdom, "Stayin' Alive" was not as popular as it was in the United States, but was still a hit, reaching number four.

Further demonstrating the Bee Gees' US chart domination in 1978, "Stayin' Alive" was replaced at number one with the group's younger brother Andy Gibb's single, "Love Is Thicker Than Water", followed by the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" for their longest run, eight weeks. This was then replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You". Barry Gibb had a hand in writing all four of these songs, becoming the only person in history to write four successive US number-one singles. Besides the version that appeared on the soundtrack album (4:43 in length) and the edited 45RPM single for Top 40 radio release (3:29), there was yet another version, from the same recording session but of a slightly different mix, that was distributed on twelve-inch vinyl to club DJs and radio stations that specialised in airing longer versions of hit songs. This "Special Disco Version" featured all the same parts as the album version but had a horn rhythm section interjected twice. Although twelve-inch disco mixes were usually sped up, this version was slowed down slightly. It is the longest version of "Stayin' Alive" ever made, and faded at 6:59. It was finally released on CD in 2007 by Reprise on an expanded and remastered version of Bee Gees Greatest.[6]

Initial plans were for Yvonne Elliman, then known for ballads, to record "How Deep Is Your Love" for Saturday Night Fever, while the Bee Gees produced their own version of the more disco-oriented "If I Can't Have You" for the film. Robert Stigwood thought he would prefer the songs from different genders and directed the group to cut the ballad, while Elliman cut "If I Can't Have You" with her usual producer Freddie Perren. Satisfied with this switch, Elliman's interpretation made the soundtrack, while the Bee Gees' version was relegated to the B-side of the "Stayin' Alive" single. The brothers' version has since appeared on CD in hits compilations.

George Martin commented about this song saying: "The great thing about 'Stayin' Alive' is that it had a great guitar hook to start with which set up the theme, that pulsating beat. It's no coincidence, by the way, that the disco beat of 120 [sic] beats per minute coincides the heartbeat of your heart when you're excited. This was a key thing which underlined the whole tune, and when the vocals came in, the vocals were so designed that they pushed that beat further".[7]

Billboard reviewed the single calling it one of the Bee Gees best songs and an "almost irresistible dance tune."[10] Cash Box said that it "combines catchy melodies, falsetto harmonies and a dancing beat in a package that will lead to big pop and R&B chart numbers."[11] Record World called it "a pulsing, rather ominous dance tune."[12]

Music video Edit

The accompanying music video for the song is of an entirely different concept from Saturday Night Fever. Filmed on MGM Studios' backlot #2 in Culver City, California, while the group was simultaneously filming the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the lot, the video featured Quality Street (a set that was used for such films as The Three Musketeers and Young Frankenstein) as well as the Grand Central Station set used in the films The Band Wagon and the opening of That's Entertainment! with Fred Astaire.[13] As the group walks past one of the railway cars in the video, the words "New York Central" can be seen printed on the side of the train above a passenger window. The MGM art directors added this bit of authenticity because the actual New York Central Railroad operated several lines from Grand Central Terminal in New York City during the 20th century until 1969.[14]

Personnel Edit

Credits.[15]

Track listing Edit

  • "Stayin' Alive" – 3:29
  • "If I Can't Have You" – 3:25

1989 reissue Edit

  • "Stayin' Alive" – 4:45
  • "Subway" – 4:20
  • "Love So Right" – 3:33

Use in medical training Edit

"Stayin' Alive" was used in a study to train medical professionals to provide the correct number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR. The song has around 103 beats per minute, and 100–120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation[16][17] and endorsed by the Resuscitation Council (UK).[18] A study on medical professionals found that the quality of CPR is better when thinking of the song "Stayin' Alive".[19] This was parodied in the Season 5 episode of comedy series The Office "Stress Relief"[20] and the song itself was used in a season 11 episode of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy in 2015.[21]

On 15 June 2011, the song was featured in a Hands Only CPR PSA campaign video from the American Heart Association and featured actor and medical doctor Ken Jeong in the classic John Travolta outfit from Saturday Night Fever.[22] Vinnie Jones starred in the British version of this CPR video in association with the British Heart Foundation shown on TV in January 2012.[23]

Accolades Edit

Year Publisher Country Accolade Rank
1981 Dave Marsh & James Bernard United States "Singles of the Year 1978"[24] 1
1989 Dave Marsh United States "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made"[25] 716
1989 Rolling Stone United States "The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years"[26] 50
1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame United States "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll"[27] *
2000 Rolling Stone United States "100 Greatest Pop Songs"[28] 93
2000 VH1 United States "100 Greatest Dance Songs"[29] 10
2001 Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) United States "Songs of the Century" (365)[30] 94
2003 PopMatters United States "The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared"[31] 65
2003 Q United Kingdom "100 Songs That Changed The World"[32] 17
2003 Q United Kingdom "The 1001 Best Songs Ever"[33] 280
2004 Rolling Stone United States "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[3] 189
2004 AFI United States "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs"[34] 9
2009 VH1 United States "100 Greatest Rock Songs"[35] 54
2010 Rolling Stone United States "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[36] 191
2011 Robert Dimery United Kingdom "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die"[37] *
2011 Time United States "All-TIME 100 Songs"[38] *
2021 Rolling Stone United States "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[4] 99

(*) indicates the list is unordered.

Charts Edit

Weekly charts Edit

Year-end charts Edit

Chart (1978) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[69] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[70] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[71] 6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[72] 9
France (IFOP)[73] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[74] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[75] 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[76] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[77] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[78] 4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[79] 47
US Cash Box Top 100[80] 2
Chart (2021) Position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[81] 84

All-time charts Edit

Chart (1958-2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[82] 59

Certifications and sales Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium — 90,000[83]
Canada (Music Canada)[84] Platinum 150,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[85] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[86] Gold 500,000*
Germany (BVMI)[87] Gold 250,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[88] Platinum 50,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[90]
1978 sales 		Silver 800,000[89]
United Kingdom (BPI)[91]
2008 release 		2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[93] Platinum 3,900,000[92]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

N-Trance version Edit

"Stayin' Alive '95"
 
Single by N-Trance
from the album Electronic Pleasure
Released4 September 1995 (1995-09-04)[94]
StudioMarcus
Length4:05
LabelAll Around the World
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dale Longworth
  • Kevin O'Toole
N-Trance singles chronology
"Set You Free"
(1995) 		"Stayin' Alive '95"
(1995) 		"Electronic Pleasure"
(1996)

In 1995, British electronic music group N-Trance recorded a dance version of the song, with new lyrics and rapping by Ricardo da Force. This cover was released as the third single from the group's debut album, Electronic Pleasure (1995). It reached number one on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart and Canada's RPM Dance/Urban chart. The song was also a major hit in Europe, reaching number two in Finland, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and reached the top 5 in several other countries. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Stayin' Alive '95" peaked at number three.

Chart performance Edit

N-Trance's cover of "Stayin' Alive" peaked at number one in Australia and on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada. In Europe, it peaked at number one in Scotland and reached number two in Finland, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, and the UK. In the latter nation, the single peaked during its first week on the UK Singles Chart, on September 10, 1995.[95] It also reached number-one on the RM UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart.[96] It additionally entered the top 10 also in Austria (5), Belgium (6), Denmark (3), France (4), Germany (3), Ireland (4), Norway (4), Spain (3), and Sweden (5), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it rose to number three.

Outside Europe, "Stayin' Alive '95" went to number three in New Zealand, number nine on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales in the United States, number 56 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada, and number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single earned a gold record in France and Germany, a silver record in the UK, a platinum record in New Zealand, and a double-platinum record in Australia.

Critical reception Edit

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "U.K. import enthusiasts are already aware of this jumpy rap interpretation of the Bee Gees disco classic. Early radio reaction holds promise for a quick and successful ride up the Hot 100. There is not a whole lot of substance in TLK's rap [sic], but he certainly has a rousing, infectious style that makes the track spark. Singer Kelly Llorenna injects some bright diva flash during the bridge and chorus."[97] James Masterton for Dotmusic stated that N-Trance "take the song into a whole new dimension". He added, "This is no ordinary cover, this is a fantastic reinterpretation that only the bold would bet against being Number One next week."[98]

Ross Jones from The Guardian complimented the group's "knack for ingenious disco updates".[99] A reviewer from Music Week rated the song three out of five, saying that rapper da Force "takes the mic for this radical reworking of the Bee Gees classic which isn't Euro enough to grab the same audience as their recent international hit Set You Free".[100] James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update described it as a "jiggly rolling 0-106.4bpm chugger".[101]

Music videos Edit

A music video was made for "Stayin Alive '95", directed by British director Alex De Rakoff.[102]

Track listing Edit

CD single, UK (1995)
No.TitleLength
1."Stayin' Alive" (Radio Version)4:05
2."I Will Take You There"3:59
3."Turn Up The Power" (Dark Mix)5:06
4."Stayin' Alive" (Long Version)6:05
CD maxi, US (1995)
No.TitleLength
1."Stayin' Alive" (Radio Version)4:05
2."Stayin' Alive" (Long Version)6:04
3."Set U Free" (Pop Mix)4:06
4."Set U Free" (Nymphomaniac)5:14

Charts Edit

Certifications Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[144] 2× Platinum 140,000^
France (SNEP)[145] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[146] Gold 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[147] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[148] Silver 200,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

"Stayin' Alive" (Serban mix) Edit

"Stayin' Alive (Serban mix)"
Single by Bee Gees
Released10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
Length4:57
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bee Gees
Bee Gees singles chronology
"If I Can't Have You (The Disco Boys remixes)"
(2007) 		"Stayin' Alive (Serban mix)"
(2017) 		"More Than a Woman (SG's Paradise remix)"
(2021)
Audio
"Stayin' Alive" (Serban mix) on YouTube

On 10 February 2017, Capitol Records released a new version of the song entitled "Stayin' Alive" (Serban mix).[149] The song was mixed by Şerban Ghenea from "hi-resolution audio files" from the original recording session of "Stayin' Alive", and it was mastered by Tom Coyne.[150] The single was released in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Fever (1977) soundtrack.[151]

Track listing Edit

  1. "Stayin' Alive" (Serban mix) – 4:57

Other media Edit

Greek singer Bessy Argyraki released a Greek language version of the song called "Pio Dynata" in the 1970's.

The song is used in the 1980 comedy film Airplane!. During a bar-room fight, the song accidentally starts playing on a jukebox, turning the scene into a parody of Saturday Night Fever.[152] Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker sped the track up by 10% in the film, and had to get permission from the Gibb brothers to do so.[153]

In the BBC show Sherlock, as a ringtone of Jim Moriarty, in its series two premiere on New Year's Day, 2012. It is also heard in the series two finale, when Moriarty tells Sherlock that their final problem is 'Stayin' Alive', whilst playing the song on his phone.[154]

A Japanese-language cover version by Avu-chan appeared on the soundtrack to the Bullet Train 2022 film.

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External links Edit

  • Bee Gees Stayin' Alive Fansite
  • Stayin' Alive – The Story Behind the Song at Wow-Vinyl

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This article is about the Bee Gees song For other uses see Staying Alive Stayin Alive is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack The song was released in 1977 as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack The band co produced the song with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson It is one of the Bee Gees signature songs In 2004 Stayin Alive was placed at No 189 by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 3 The 2021 updated Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Songs placed Stayin Alive at No 99 4 In 2004 it ranked No 9 on AFI s 100 Years 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in The Nation s Favourite Bee Gees Song 5 Stayin Alive UK 7 inch vinyl singleSingle by Bee Geesfrom the album Saturday Night FeverB side If I Can t Have You ReleasedDecember 15 1977Recorded1977StudioChateau d Herouville France Criteria Miami GenreDisco 1 2 Length4 45 3 25 single version LabelRSOSongwriter s Barry GibbRobin GibbMaurice GibbProducer s Bee Gees Albhy Galuten Karl RichardsonBee Gees singles chronology How Deep Is Your Love 1977 Stayin Alive 1977 Night Fever 1978 Music video Stayin Alive on YouTubeOn its release Stayin Alive climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 4 February 1978 remaining there for four consecutive weeks Consequently it became one of the band s most recognisable tunes partly because it appeared in the opening credits of Saturday Night Fever In the United States it would become the second of six consecutive number one singles tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the United States at the time a record broken by Whitney Houston who achieved seven consecutive number ones Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Release 3 Music video 4 Personnel 5 Track listing 5 1 1989 reissue 6 Use in medical training 7 Accolades 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 8 3 All time charts 9 Certifications and sales 10 N Trance version 10 1 Chart performance 10 2 Critical reception 10 3 Music videos 10 4 Track listing 10 5 Charts 10 5 1 Weekly charts 10 5 2 Year end charts 10 5 3 Decade end charts 10 6 Certifications 11 Stayin Alive Serban mix 11 1 Track listing 12 Other media 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksWriting and recording EditThe executive producer of the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack and Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood asked the band to write a few songs for the soundtrack At this point the film was in early stages and it did not have a title in fact all Stigwood had to go on was a New York cover story about discomania They wrote Stayin Alive over the course of a few days while sprawled on the staircase at the Chateau d Herouville studio near Paris As with many other artists during the 1970s the Bee Gees recorded most of the soundtrack in France for tax reasons RSO Records wanted the song to share the then title of the film Saturday Night but the Bee Gees refused a title change insisting that there had been too many songs with Saturday in the title and the album already had a song with the word night in the title Night Fever Rather than change the name of the former song to match the film Stigwood expanded the name of the film to encompass the title of the latter song Over the years the brothers have had mixed feelings about the song admitting it brought them tremendous fame but conversely branded them as a disco act despite a long and varied career before and after 6 Several words from Robin Gibb s Concorde ticket inspired the Gibbs clarification needed to write the lyrics for Stayin Alive Robin recalls The subject matter of Stayin Alive is actually quite a serious one It s about survival in the streets of New York and the lyrics actually say that Barry Gibb also recalls People crying out for help Desperate songs Those are the ones that become giants The minute you capture that on record it s gold Stayin Alive is the epitome of that Everybody struggles against the world fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down And it really is a victory just to survive But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before well that s something everybody reacts to everybody 7 We d also written a song called Saturday Night Maurice explains But there were so many songs called Saturday Night even one by the Bay City Rollers so when we rewrote it for the movie we called it Stayin Alive 8 The track was finished at Criteria Studios with Maurice Gibb laying down a bass line similar to the guitar riff Barry Gibb and Alan Kendall on guitar riffs and Blue Weaver adding synthesizers The Boneroo Horns parts were added Barry sings falsetto on the whole song except on the line life s going nowhere somebody help me 6 The band s drummer Dennis Bryon left the recording sessions early due to the death of his mother and the group first looked for a replacement The shortage of qualified drummers in the area prompted the group to try a drum machine but it did not offer satisfactory results 2 After listening to the drum track of the already recorded Night Fever the group and producer Albhy Galuten took two bars from that track rerecorded them as a recurrent loop on a separate tape creating the song s constant rhythm and proceeded with sessions for Stayin Alive The group jokingly listed the drummer as Bernard Lupe a takeoff on session drummer Bernard Purdie Lupe became a highly sought after drummer until it was discovered that he did not exist 6 Albhy Galuten talks about the recording of Stayin Alive Barry and I listened carefully to find a bar that felt really good Everyone knows that it s more about feel than accuracy in drum tracks We chose a bar that felt so good that we ended up using that same loop on Stayin Alive and More Than a Woman and then again on Barbra Streisand s song Woman in Love To make the loop we copied the drums onto one quarter inch tape Karl spliced the tape and jerry rigged it so that it was going over a mic stand and around a plastic reel At first we were doing it just as a temporary measure As we started to lay tracks down to it we found that it felt really great very insistent but not machinelike It had a human feel By the time we had overdubbed all the parts to the songs and Dennis came back there was no way we could get rid of the loop 9 In their work together Gibb and Galuten had tried playing with a click track as Galuten explained While today s musicians know how to get a good groove with the click back then if you used a click track you rarely got a good feel The loop crossed the boundary giving us music that was in time with a good feel If I had been working for a technology company then and knew what I was doing I would have tried to patent the idea Nonetheless it changed a lot of things That first loop was a watershed event in our life and times 9 Release EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The song was not initially scheduled for release with How Deep Is Your Love selected as lead single but fans called radio stations and RSO Records requesting the song immediately after seeing trailers for Saturday Night Fever featuring the track over the aforementioned introductory scene The single was eventually released in mid December a month after the album and moved to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February where it stayed for four weeks Soon after it slid to number two near the third hit from the album Night Fever In the United Kingdom Stayin Alive was not as popular as it was in the United States but was still a hit reaching number four Further demonstrating the Bee Gees US chart domination in 1978 Stayin Alive was replaced at number one with the group s younger brother Andy Gibb s single Love Is Thicker Than Water followed by the Bee Gees Night Fever for their longest run eight weeks This was then replaced by Yvonne Elliman s If I Can t Have You Barry Gibb had a hand in writing all four of these songs becoming the only person in history to write four successive US number one singles Besides the version that appeared on the soundtrack album 4 43 in length and the edited 45RPM single for Top 40 radio release 3 29 there was yet another version from the same recording session but of a slightly different mix that was distributed on twelve inch vinyl to club DJs and radio stations that specialised in airing longer versions of hit songs This Special Disco Version featured all the same parts as the album version but had a horn rhythm section interjected twice Although twelve inch disco mixes were usually sped up this version was slowed down slightly It is the longest version of Stayin Alive ever made and faded at 6 59 It was finally released on CD in 2007 by Reprise on an expanded and remastered version of Bee Gees Greatest 6 Initial plans were for Yvonne Elliman then known for ballads to record How Deep Is Your Love for Saturday Night Fever while the Bee Gees produced their own version of the more disco oriented If I Can t Have You for the film Robert Stigwood thought he would prefer the songs from different genders and directed the group to cut the ballad while Elliman cut If I Can t Have You with her usual producer Freddie Perren Satisfied with this switch Elliman s interpretation made the soundtrack while the Bee Gees version was relegated to the B side of the Stayin Alive single The brothers version has since appeared on CD in hits compilations George Martin commented about this song saying The great thing about Stayin Alive is that it had a great guitar hook to start with which set up the theme that pulsating beat It s no coincidence by the way that the disco beat of 120 sic beats per minute coincides the heartbeat of your heart when you re excited This was a key thing which underlined the whole tune and when the vocals came in the vocals were so designed that they pushed that beat further 7 Billboard reviewed the single calling it one of the Bee Gees best songs and an almost irresistible dance tune 10 Cash Box said that it combines catchy melodies falsetto harmonies and a dancing beat in a package that will lead to big pop and R amp B chart numbers 11 Record World called it a pulsing rather ominous dance tune 12 Music video EditThe accompanying music video for the song is of an entirely different concept from Saturday Night Fever Filmed on MGM Studios backlot 2 in Culver City California while the group was simultaneously filming the movie Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the lot the video featured Quality Street a set that was used for such films as The Three Musketeers and Young Frankenstein as well as the Grand Central Station set used in the films The Band Wagon and the opening of That s Entertainment with Fred Astaire 13 As the group walks past one of the railway cars in the video the words New York Central can be seen printed on the side of the train above a passenger window The MGM art directors added this bit of authenticity because the actual New York Central Railroad operated several lines from Grand Central Terminal in New York City during the 20th century until 1969 14 Personnel EditCredits 15 Barry Gibb lead and harmony vocals rhythm guitar Robin Gibb lead and harmony vocals Maurice Gibb harmony and backing vocals bass Alan Kendall lead guitar Blue Weaver keyboards Bernard Lupe Dennis Bryon drums Joe Lala timbalesTrack listing Edit Stayin Alive 3 29 If I Can t Have You 3 251989 reissue Edit Stayin Alive 4 45 Subway 4 20 Love So Right 3 33Use in medical training Edit Stayin Alive was used in a study to train medical professionals to provide the correct number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR The song has around 103 beats per minute and 100 120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation 16 17 and endorsed by the Resuscitation Council UK 18 A study on medical professionals found that the quality of CPR is better when thinking of the song Stayin Alive 19 This was parodied in the Season 5 episode of comedy series The Office Stress Relief 20 and the song itself was used in a season 11 episode of the medical drama Grey s Anatomy in 2015 21 On 15 June 2011 the song was featured in a Hands Only CPR PSA campaign video from the American Heart Association and featured actor and medical doctor Ken Jeong in the classic John Travolta outfit from Saturday Night Fever 22 Vinnie Jones starred in the British version of this CPR video in association with the British Heart Foundation shown on TV in January 2012 23 Accolades EditYear Publisher Country Accolade Rank1981 Dave Marsh amp James Bernard United States Singles of the Year 1978 24 11989 Dave Marsh United States The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made 25 7161989 Rolling Stone United States The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years 26 501995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame United States 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll 27 2000 Rolling Stone United States 100 Greatest Pop Songs 28 932000 VH1 United States 100 Greatest Dance Songs 29 102001 Recording Industry Association of America RIAA United States Songs of the Century 365 30 942003 PopMatters United States The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared 31 652003 Q United Kingdom 100 Songs That Changed The World 32 172003 Q United Kingdom The 1001 Best Songs Ever 33 2802004 Rolling Stone United States The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 3 1892004 AFI United States AFI s 100 Years 100 Songs 34 92009 VH1 United States 100 Greatest Rock Songs 35 542010 Rolling Stone United States The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 36 1912011 Robert Dimery United Kingdom 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die 37 2011 Time United States All TIME 100 Songs 38 2021 Rolling Stone United States The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 4 99 indicates the list is unordered Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1978 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 39 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 40 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 41 2Canada Top Singles RPM 42 1Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 43 2Canada Dance Urban RPM 44 13Europe Eurochart Hot 100 45 1Finland Suomen virallinen lista 46 2France IFOP 47 2Ireland IRMA 48 4Italy Musica e Dischi 49 1Japan Oricon 50 15Mexico 51 1Netherlands Dutch Top 40 52 1Netherlands Single Top 100 53 3New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 54 1Norway VG lista 55 4Portugal Musica amp Som 56 2South Africa Springbok Radio 57 1Spain Promusicae 58 2Sweden Sverigetopplistan 59 3Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 60 2UK Singles OCC 61 4US Billboard Hot 100 62 1US Adult Contemporary Billboard 63 28US Dance Club Songs Billboard 62 3US Hot Soul Singles Billboard 62 4US Cash Box Top 100 64 1US Record World Singles 65 1West Germany Official German Charts 66 2 Chart 1989 PeakpositionFrance SNEP 67 44Chart 2012 PeakpositionFrance SNEP 67 62Japan Hot 100 Singles 62 81Chart 2014 PeakpositionFrance SNEP 67 165Chart 2020 PeakpositionUS Hot Dance Electronic Songs Billboard 68 6 Year end charts Edit Chart 1978 PositionAustralia Kent Music Report 69 4Austria O3 Austria Top 40 70 6Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 71 6Canada Top Singles RPM 72 9France IFOP 73 12Netherlands Dutch Top 40 74 6Netherlands Single Top 100 75 7South Africa Springbok Radio 76 4Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 77 5US Billboard Hot 100 78 4US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 79 47US Cash Box Top 100 80 2Chart 2021 PositionUS Hot Dance Electronic Songs Billboard 81 84All time charts Edit Chart 1958 2018 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 82 59Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesBelgium 90 000 83 Canada Music Canada 84 Platinum 150 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 85 Platinum 90 000 France SNEP 86 Gold 500 000 Germany BVMI 87 Gold 250 000 Italy FIMI 88 Platinum 50 000 United Kingdom BPI 90 1978 sales Silver 800 000 89 United Kingdom BPI 91 2008 release 2 Platinum 1 200 000 United States RIAA 93 Platinum 3 900 000 92 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone N Trance version Edit Stayin Alive 95 nbsp Single by N Trancefrom the album Electronic PleasureReleased4 September 1995 1995 09 04 94 StudioMarcusLength4 05LabelAll Around the WorldSongwriter s Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Dale Longworth Kevin O Toole Ricardo LytheProducer s Dale Longworth Kevin O TooleN Trance singles chronology Set You Free 1995 Stayin Alive 95 1995 Electronic Pleasure 1996 In 1995 British electronic music group N Trance recorded a dance version of the song with new lyrics and rapping by Ricardo da Force This cover was released as the third single from the group s debut album Electronic Pleasure 1995 It reached number one on Australia s ARIA Singles Chart and Canada s RPM Dance Urban chart The song was also a major hit in Europe reaching number two in Finland Iceland Italy Switzerland and the United Kingdom and reached the top 5 in several other countries On the Eurochart Hot 100 Stayin Alive 95 peaked at number three Chart performance Edit N Trance s cover of Stayin Alive peaked at number one in Australia and on the RPM Dance Urban chart in Canada In Europe it peaked at number one in Scotland and reached number two in Finland Iceland Italy Switzerland and the UK In the latter nation the single peaked during its first week on the UK Singles Chart on September 10 1995 95 It also reached number one on the RM UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart 96 It additionally entered the top 10 also in Austria 5 Belgium 6 Denmark 3 France 4 Germany 3 Ireland 4 Norway 4 Spain 3 and Sweden 5 as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100 where it rose to number three Outside Europe Stayin Alive 95 went to number three in New Zealand number nine on the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales in the United States number 56 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada and number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 The single earned a gold record in France and Germany a silver record in the UK a platinum record in New Zealand and a double platinum record in Australia Critical reception Edit Larry Flick from Billboard commented U K import enthusiasts are already aware of this jumpy rap interpretation of the Bee Gees disco classic Early radio reaction holds promise for a quick and successful ride up the Hot 100 There is not a whole lot of substance in TLK s rap sic but he certainly has a rousing infectious style that makes the track spark Singer Kelly Llorenna injects some bright diva flash during the bridge and chorus 97 James Masterton for Dotmusic stated that N Trance take the song into a whole new dimension He added This is no ordinary cover this is a fantastic reinterpretation that only the bold would bet against being Number One next week 98 Ross Jones from The Guardian complimented the group s knack for ingenious disco updates 99 A reviewer from Music Week rated the song three out of five saying that rapper da Force takes the mic for this radical reworking of the Bee Gees classic which isn t Euro enough to grab the same audience as their recent international hit Set You Free 100 James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update described it as a jiggly rolling 0 106 4bpm chugger 101 Music videos Edit A music video was made for Stayin Alive 95 directed by British director Alex De Rakoff 102 Track listing Edit CD single UK 1995 No TitleLength1 Stayin Alive Radio Version 4 052 I Will Take You There 3 593 Turn Up The Power Dark Mix 5 064 Stayin Alive Long Version 6 05 CD maxi US 1995 No TitleLength1 Stayin Alive Radio Version 4 052 Stayin Alive Long Version 6 043 Set U Free Pop Mix 4 064 Set U Free Nymphomaniac 5 14 Charts Edit Weekly charts Edit Chart 1995 1996 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 103 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 104 5Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 105 8Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 106 6Canada Top Singles RPM 107 56Canada Dance Urban RPM 108 1Denmark IFPI 109 3Europe Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 110 3Europe European Dance Radio 111 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 112 2France SNEP 113 4Germany Official German Charts 114 3Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 115 2Ireland IRMA 48 4Italy Musica e dischi 116 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 117 16Netherlands Single Top 100 118 12New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 119 3Norway VG lista 120 4Scotland OCC 121 1Spain AFYVE 122 3Sweden Sverigetopplistan 123 5Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 124 2UK Singles OCC 95 2UK Dance OCC 125 4UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart Music Week 96 1US Billboard Hot 100 126 62US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 126 9US Rhythmic Billboard 126 28US Cash Box Top 100 127 54 Year end charts Edit Chart 1995 PositionAustralia ARIA 128 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 129 55Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 130 43Canada Dance Urban RPM 131 26Europe Eurochart Hot 100 132 9France SNEP 133 29Germany Official German Charts 134 51Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 135 37Netherlands Dutch Top 40 136 130Netherlands Single Top 100 137 99New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 138 9Sweden Sverigetopplistan 139 33Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 140 43UK Singles OCC 141 34Chart 1996 PositionCanada Dance Urban RPM 142 49Decade end charts Edit Decade end chart performance for Stayin Alive Chart 1990 1999 PositionCanada Nielsen SoundScan 143 15 Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 144 2 Platinum 140 000 France SNEP 145 Gold 250 000 Germany BVMI 146 Gold 250 000 New Zealand RMNZ 147 Platinum 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 148 Silver 200 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Stayin Alive Serban mix Edit Stayin Alive Serban mix Single by Bee GeesReleased10 February 2017 2017 02 10 Length4 57LabelCapitolSongwriter s Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice GibbProducer s Bee GeesBee Gees singles chronology If I Can t Have You The Disco Boys remixes 2007 Stayin Alive Serban mix 2017 More Than a Woman SG s Paradise remix 2021 Audio Stayin Alive Serban mix on YouTubeOn 10 February 2017 Capitol Records released a new version of the song entitled Stayin Alive Serban mix 149 The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea from hi resolution audio files from the original recording session of Stayin Alive and it was mastered by Tom Coyne 150 The single was released in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Fever 1977 soundtrack 151 Track listing Edit Digital download 149 Stayin Alive Serban mix 4 57Other media EditGreek singer Bessy Argyraki released a Greek language version of the song called Pio Dynata in the 1970 s The song is used in the 1980 comedy film Airplane During a bar room fight the song accidentally starts playing on a jukebox turning the scene into a parody of Saturday Night Fever 152 Zucker Abrahams and Zucker sped the track up by 10 in the film and had to get permission from the Gibb brothers to do 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