Stayin 'Alive
| Stayin 'Alive | |
|---|---|
| Bee Gees | |
| publication | December 13, 1977 |
| length | 4:45 |
| Genre (s) | Disco |
| Author (s) | Barry , Robin and Maurice Gibb |
| album | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track |
Stayin 'Alive is a Disco - Song of the Bee Gees . The piece was released on December 13, 1977 as a single from the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever . It reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 4, 1978 .
It was ranked 191 of the 500 best songs of all time by the music magazine Rolling Stone .
history
Stayin 'Alive was written by the Gibb brothers and recorded in 1977 at the Château d'Hérouville , Hérouville-en-Vexin , France with producers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson . Since the drummer of the group, Dennis Byron , was not available due to the death of his father, two bars of the already recorded song Night Fever were recorded in a row on a tape ("looped") and used for Stayin 'Alive . The drummer was "Bernard Lupé" (a "French" allusion to the session drummer Bernard Purdie ). Bernard Lupé's exceptional ability to keep up the pace made it a sought-after drummer until it became known that he didn't exist.
Music video
In the music video you can see the three Bee Gees u. a. on the stairs and in the windows of a dilapidated house and in an old railroad car.
Use for medical training
With 103 BPM, “Stayin 'Alive” corresponds to the recommended clock frequency for chest compressions and is well suited as a memory aid because of its popularity and the appropriate title. In 2011 the American Heart Association released an action video in which doctor Ken Jeong appears in the costume of John Travolta .
Web links
- Stayin 'Alive at Allmusic (English)
- Stayin 'Alive at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bee Gees Stayin 'Alive Chart History. In: www.billboard.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Bee Gees, 'Stayin' Alive. In: www.rollingstone.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Richard Buskin: CLASSIC TRACKS: The Bee Gees' Stayin 'Alive'. In: Sound on Sound. August 2005, accessed December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Ken Jeong AHA Hands-Only CPR video on YouTube , June 15, 2011, accessed December 23, 2018.