While the sampling of the Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" was greenlit by the Bee Gee's management, the final song was not warmly received by the Bee Gees themselves. "I have to say I do not like anyone sampling our voices." Barry Gibb told MTV News in regards to the song. "Don't like it. Don't approve of it. Don't like it."[2]
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We Trying to Stay Alive peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent a total of 12 weeks on the chart. It also peaked at number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number three on the Hot Rap Songs chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart.
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^"End of Year Charts 1997". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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trying, stay, alive, first, single, released, from, wyclef, jean, debut, solo, album, carnival, song, features, raps, john, forté, pras, fugees, samples, 1977, gees, stayin, alive, audio, billin, 1987, video, version, also, contains, interpolation, main, melod. We Trying to Stay Alive is the first single released from Wyclef Jean s debut solo album The Carnival The song features raps by John Forte and Pras of the Fugees and samples the 1977 Bee Gees hit Stayin Alive and Audio Two s Top Billin 1987 The video version also contains an interpolation of the main melody of Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk 1 In the US it reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Additionally it reached number three on the Hot Rap Songs chart and number 14 on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart The track reached number 87 on VH1 s 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time citation needed We Trying to Stay Alive Single by Wyclef Jean featuring John Forte and Prasfrom the album The CarnivalB side Anything Can Happen ReleasedMay 27 1997Recorded1996GenreHip hopLength3 11LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Jean N W Michel S P Gibb R Gibb B Gibb M Forte J Producer s Jerry Wonder Duplessis Wyclef Jean Pras MichelWyclef Jean featuring John Forte and Pras singles chronology We Trying to Stay Alive 1997 Guantanamera 1997 Music video Wyclef Jean We Trying To Stay Alive Official Video ft John Forte Pras on YouTube Contents 1 Reception 2 Music video 3 Track listing 4 Chart performance 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 ReferencesReception editWhile the sampling of the Bee Gees hit Stayin Alive was greenlit by the Bee Gee s management the final song was not warmly received by the Bee Gees themselves I have to say I do not like anyone sampling our voices Barry Gibb told MTV News in regards to the song Don t like it Don t approve of it Don t like it 2 Music video editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2014 The official music video for the song was directed by Roman Coppola 3 Track listing editUK CD1 664681 2 We Trying to Stay Alive LP Version We Trying to Stay Alive Instrumental Anything Can Happen LP Version Anything Can Happen Instrumental UK CD2 664681 5 We Trying to Stay Alive LP Version We Trying to Stay Alive Salaam Remi Remix Imagino Creole Version Flavor from the Carnival LP Snippets Chart performance editWe Trying to Stay Alive peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent a total of 12 weeks on the chart It also peaked at number 4 on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart and number three on the Hot Rap Songs chart In the UK the song peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and spent a total of 5 weeks on the chart Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1997 Peakposition Canada Nielsen SoundScan 4 6 Finland Suomen virallinen lista 5 12 Germany Official German Charts 6 72 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 7 5 Norway VG lista 8 10 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 9 18 UK Singles OCC 10 13 US Billboard Hot 100 11 45 US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 12 14 US Hot Rap Songs Billboard 13 3 Year end charts edit Chart 1997 Position New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 14 50 US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 15 79References edit Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Wyclef Jean We Trying To Stay Alive Remix ft John Forte Pras YouTube Bee Gees Don t Dig Wyclef s Sample mtv com June 26 1997 Archived from the original on 2014 04 27 Retrieved April 26 2014 Garcia Alex S mvdbase com Wyclef Jean We trying to stay alive Music Video DataBase Retrieved December 17 2014 Wyclef Jean Chart History Canadian Digital Songs Billboard Retrieved January 23 2023 Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars We Trying to Stay Alive in Finnish Musiikkituottajat Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars We Trying to Stay Alive in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars We Trying to Stay Alive Top 40 Singles Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars We Trying to Stay Alive VG lista Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean feat Refugee Allstars We Trying to Stay Alive Singles Top 100 Retrieved November 5 2021 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean Chart History Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard Retrieved November 5 2021 Wyclef Jean Chart History Hot Rap Songs Billboard Retrieved November 5 2021 End of Year Charts 1997 Recorded Music NZ Retrieved December 4 2017 Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Year End 1997 Billboard Archived from the original on August 3 2015 Retrieved November 5 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title We Trying to Stay Alive amp oldid 1218520127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
