the song stayin alive by the bee gees came out on 13 december 1977.
the song stayin alive by the bee gees came out on 13 december 1977.
when did the song stayin alive by the bee gees come out?
13 december 1977
"stayin' alive" is a disco song written and performed by the bee gees from the "saturday night fever" motion picture soundtrack. the song was released on 13 december 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 number 189 on the list of rolling stone's 500 greatest songs of all time. 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".
stayin' alive
further demonstrating the bee gees's 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's "night fever" for their longest run, seven 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 and the edited 45rpm single for top 40 radio release, 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", as it was called, featured all the same parts as the album version but had a horn rhythm section part interjected twice. although twelve-inch "disco versions" were usually sped up, this version was slowed down slightly. this version was finally released on cd when reprise re-issued "bee gees greatest" in 2007 in an expanded and remastered edition. as for the message of the song, robin gibb was quoted as saying, "'stayin' alive' is about survival in the big city—any big city—but especially new york." the longest version of "stayin' alive" ever made was faded at 6:59, and that version was finally released on the remastered version of "bee gees greatest". the album edit is a still generous 4:43, but it was down to 3:29 for the single version.
stayin' alive