Bee Gees ~ Stayin' Alive 1977 Disco Purrfection Version
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Robert Stigwood was looking around for an idea for a disco oriented movie when he read a story in the June 7, 1976 issue of New York Magazine, entitled "Tribal Rites Of The New Saturday Night" written by Nik Cohn. During preproduction on the movie he remembered a song he had heard The Bee Gees sing a few years earlier entitled "Saturday Night, Saturday Night" and put in a call to them to contribute music for the movie project. He asked them for an eight minute version of that song to release to radio that "would have a nice dance tempo, a romantic interlude and all hell breaking loose in the end". When Barry presented the song to him, it was now called "Stayin' Alive" and did not have the romantic interlude, the two things his employer had asked for. Barry reasoned that "Saturday Night, Saturday Night" as the song title was already approaching over saturation, so "Stayin' Alive" would really stand out and that a break in the songs tempo would kill the momentum and stood firm. Artistic freedom reigned that day as Stigwood gave in to his better instincts and he was repaid in spades. The recordings were completed and "Stayin' Alive" was used in the electrifying theatre teaser for "Saturday Night Fever". That sent patrons rushing to the local record stores to get the double LP soundtrack, I know I asked for it for my birthday (January 1) and I still have that gift my brother bought me in my vinyl collection. "Stayin Alive" was then used for the opening credits with Travolta famously strutting his way into superstardom. The single spent four weeks at #1, then dropped to #2, then #6 as "Night Fever" was rising to #2. The following week "Fever" hit #1 and an amazing thing happened, the #6 "Stayin Alive" reclaimed the #2 spot and stayed there for five weeks, giving the BeeGees a lock on the top 2 most popular songs of the rock era. The Beatles hold the record for having the top 5, count em FIVE songs in the country, #1 "Can't Buy Me Love" , #2 "Twist & Shout", #3 "She Loves You", #4 "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and #5 "Please Please Me". Suck on that Justin Bieber. PS Their music is being played fifty years later, and they are hell of lot nicer.
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How many of you actually realize the amount of lives that have been saved by this song alone?!!!! They still teach to this day that you do Chest compressions to this beat!!!
@captainryusugi1128
Ай бұрын
True to its title.
I'm 91 and I STILL groove to this beat. Beat that ya young whippersnappers!
@Camille_Anderson
Жыл бұрын
👏👏💯💯💯👐👐👐🌟🌟
@rogerlambert7642
Жыл бұрын
You ain’t 91
@becibabe7364
Жыл бұрын
@@rogerlambert7642 naaah…he’s probably 92 now 😂
@timgriffin1105
Жыл бұрын
I have a friend that's 97 still doing what she wants including driving her Mazda Miata convertible
@Donna777
Жыл бұрын
Heck yeah! Age ain't nothin but a number! 💜
I'm 65 yr.s old and on diabetic insulin every day and just got the shingles D_ _ MIT This song Staying Alive JUST JACKED ME-UP!!! STAYING ALIVE 🥳🎉❤❤❤️💯
I'M 59 NOW AND I REALLY HOPE YOU YOUNGER PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS JAM RESPECTS THE BEE GEES MUSIC AS MUCH AS I STILL DO.
@johnd1466
11 ай бұрын
They’ll struggle, and will never decipher Bee Gees meaning Brothers Gibb … Ho Lee Fuk I gave it away😂
@DylansDiscotheque
8 ай бұрын
@@johnd1466 I am, and it is straight up FIRE along with other disco. I really do wish my generation explored the 70s and 80s. Best music of all time.
@davidbosley7126
3 ай бұрын
i'm Almost 19 and i hoenstly respect this song, probably one of the best 70's disco music i've ever listened to. My parents were probably like 10 or 12 when this came out and they loved Bee Gees growing up. This would be Great song for young people like me to listen to.
@EanEan-zu3vx
2 ай бұрын
I got you man
@oldskoolmusicforever0724
2 ай бұрын
@@EanEan-zu3vx THANKS MAN
Im 149 yrs old... i love this tune so much....
@bigboiiii883
Ай бұрын
Hope u make it to 150 👍😂
@gangstaG
17 күн бұрын
I'm an alien from Venus and I'm 420 years old and we Venusians have been grooving to Disco since the 70's.
When I was 14 years old in the 9th grade back in 1998, in my drama/theater class at school, the teacher gave us an assignment/project where we would pick a song and lip sync to it in front of the class. I had always loved Stayin' Alive, so I decided that this was the song I was going to do my lip sync to. I got my mom to take me to a vintage clothing store and I bought an awesome 70's disco outfit to wear for my lip sync...white bell bottom pants, platform shoes, and a brown yellow and orange disco shirt with a big wide pointed collar...When the day came and it was my turn to perform, I walked into the room in my disco outfit and started lip syncing and dancing to Staying Alive. The whole class went crazy...everyone loved it (well, most people did) and my performance was voted the class favorite...needless to say I got an A for the assignment, lol. I was so nervous about doing it, because I had always been really shy and quiet at school, but after it was over I was so glad that I decided to go through with it. I will remember it for the rest of my life. 😁 ***Update*** The teacher actually did have a student who filmed each performance, so there probably is a video of it somewhere, so I'm working on trying to figure out where it could or who might have it. I have contacted several people that were in that class with me to see if they might have any idea who might have it. So far I haven't had any luck. I'm pretty sure the teacher probably had the original video tape, but unfortunately she passed away several years ago. And yes, I have posted this comment before on this and other videos of Stayin' Alive, I just enjoy sharing my story with the people who may not have seen the original comment.
@palomaf.2150
Жыл бұрын
Cool memories! 💖🕺💃
@Avatar63921
Жыл бұрын
Good luck on your search!
@rosemiller2075
Жыл бұрын
Love reading about everyone’s memories to songs
@poiisonivy8937
Жыл бұрын
No lie!!! This is THE BEST COMMENT on here!!!!!
@Token..
6 ай бұрын
I'll help you search, where did you to school?
This is my favorite Bee Gees song
I am 83 years old and still love to listen to the Bee Gees
If all the BEE GEES were still alive and performing, they would still pack them in by the 10's of thousands 50 years after their prime. WE ALL MISS YOU !!!
One of the greatest songs in the history of music 🎶
@joaoeduardoalves9852
7 ай бұрын
Very good
When I hear this version of the song, I don't just hear the song. I can hear the entire 70's. It's almost as if I can reach out and touch them.
Disco never dies... it’s just Stayin’ Alive! 😊
@uhdbcyjgnoraine1345
2 жыл бұрын
#Stayin' Alive ❤️❤️🕺
@aarongarcia1101
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when they started bashing disco and breaking the albums and tapes, saying how bad it was, etc. Now, these are true classic that bring back a great feeling from a great time!
@balasmj
2 жыл бұрын
Needs more likes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@gmo709
2 жыл бұрын
Even if it did, the BeeGees aint dying. They r in their own lane.
@yeshurunraglin7496
2 жыл бұрын
Sho'nuff that's right disco never dies
I am 59 years old and I still listen to this song i was 13years old when this song came out this is when music was outstanding love the bee gees they are legends
@amberschmidl6955
4 ай бұрын
Plugged it into my car and turned it up. Amazing
IDGAF what anyone says or who tries to hate on this track - I will never deny my love for this tune lol
It never gets old...
You can't stay alive without stayin' alive.
Obviously there’s loads of reasons for the whole 3 minute limitation, but I wonder what artists would have really done if they had no such limits. There would have been so many masterpieces like this
@zeljkoloncar101
Жыл бұрын
Well, the 12" is a thing. If they wanted, they usually could (and did) create longer versions, so it's likely that Bee Gees just didn't want to make one.
A masterpiece turned into a masterpiece, well done.
Music like this will NEVER be produced again.
This version makes you appreciate even more just how good this song really is
@terriladeau9585
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you 💯
@play4u67
8 ай бұрын
I completely agree with this statement (no matter how long ago it was posted). It also makes you appreciate the music we had back in the day and just how Legendary this group was/is. Thank You again @DJDiscoCat for another awesome body of work ;-)
I could play this over and over and not find it annoying, thats how good this song is
@rondeneef
Жыл бұрын
slayed5000 is a hell on Pioneer mixing
1977. We did the damn thing!! (Staying Alive!)
@baronedipiemonte3990
2 жыл бұрын
And 2020/21 we survived Trump, Covid 19, and a few hurricanes !
Tengo 25 años de edad y daria lo que fuera por estar en esta epoca, esa sensacion de la fiebre del sabado por la noche en las discotecas con plataformas de luces, amare siempre estas canciónes❤
I'm 57 and I still give it all I got on the dancefloor to this GLORIOUS song
@Yannisastra
3 жыл бұрын
Me too, same age!!
@peeweemgee2738
2 жыл бұрын
I’m 40 but my childhood was watching great movies and listening to great music like this oh the good old days
@kojishine-limelight
Жыл бұрын
@@Yannisastra me too!!
Long live the 70s..bee gees feel good 👍 vibes ❤
Shivers down my spine.... never heard like this
There is no age for music you can be as old as God will let you live and you still be jamming to some 70s I'm happy for you I'm happy for you that you still like to listen to music that is so wonderful❤❤❤❤😊😊
This song keeps me Stay alive..
Disco was mostly underground, not mainstream, until the film _Saturday Night Fever_ exploded it and the Bee Gees into pop culture. It happened even faster than Michael Jackson's _Thriller." Just BOOM, Disco madness. Oh, what a great time it was. The 80s: _Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
@Strode78
2 жыл бұрын
Disco was def mainstream music, wasn't underground and was around long before Saturday Night Fever which came out in 1977 not the 80's lol
@zbestofalldreams
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed ! BOOM & there was dancing madness happening, then...
@lena-mariag.louis-charles3579
2 жыл бұрын
@@Strode78 Disco started underground, then became mainstream after "Saturday Night Fever" hit practically every movie theater on the planet. What a great time it was...
@ethanang3527
2 жыл бұрын
Thriller beat the whole thing.
This has got to be the best version of the best disco song of all time!
This Song Will Stay Alive Forever
This is a great version. It's almost a different song at the beginning. Awesome to hear how many layers of instruments are forming this great song.
@LIONTAMER3D
8 ай бұрын
The orchestra of strings are insane
Awesome
Dang how time fly by so fast. I was 16 years old when this song was played in AM top 40 radio back in 1977.👍❤💖
@seekertruth72
2 жыл бұрын
yes
@user-qk7sf7jv6c
11 ай бұрын
Мне было 7 лет, но я отлично помню эту песню. Играла в Советском Союзе у каждого человека. Мы любили вашу музыку. Слушали свободно!!!
@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB
8 ай бұрын
WOW, I WAS YOUNGER THAN YOU I WAS 14 IN 1977 I PLAYED THIS SONG OVER AND OVER AND THEN I MET BARRY WALKING WITH ROBIN & MAURICE UP TO ME AND BARRY SAID HELLO AND HE GAVE ME A KISS 1. Love stories aren't just found in movies, they actually happen in real life! Barry and I met back in 1977 and we've been in love ever since. 2. People say that love at first sight isn't real, but I beg to differ. When Barry met me, it was instant love! 3. I found my soulmate when I was only 14 years old. Barry came into my life and swept me off my feet. 4. true love never fades, and I can proudly say it hasn't. Barry and I fell in love back in 1977 and we're still going strong! 5. Some people take years to find true love, but I found mine when I was just a teenager. Barry and I met and fell in love, and we've been inseparable ever since.
@MrCWL
6 ай бұрын
@@MARILYNNEWTONGIBBno you're not
This remix is nothing short of awesome.
Being almost 22 years old, I like to imagine myself when this song was popular. Like I'm actually in 1977 in a club and the DJ plays this song, and the energy and the vibe of everybody out on a dance floor just enjoying life. I think about that a lot, is that weird? I'm sure some of y'all on here could tell me some stories
@evrim823
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 22 years old too and i feel you absolutely but unfortunately i don't have story's to tell I would also have liked to live this moment and share it with someone, being not of this generation I regret that I could not taste these moments
@kaushikganguli1091
Жыл бұрын
Well, I was 8 in 1978 (the song was released in December and so it was a signature song of New Year parties that year). The whole of 1978 was about the Bee Gees, by last week April 1978 4 of the US Top 10 songs were Bee Gees. The discos worldwide could not cope up with the demand and many DJs played the SNF double LP 5 times in a night. My uncles and aunts (in their 20s) spoke of their experiences at that time. Everything was driven by John Travolta, his elevator shoes, his printed shirts with large collars and his incredible dancing skills. It was a wafer thin plot, held together with the great songs of the time.
@mairimsulaiman8230
Жыл бұрын
I’m 62. I was 16 when this dropped. EVERYBODY hit the dance floor when the DJ played this track. Got my 1st grind from an older woman on this track. The age limit was 18, but I was with my brother and his crew and nobody checked my ID! If you saw the movie, we were dressed EXACTLY like you would picture being in a dance club in 1977 Bell bottom continental pants, platform shoes that made me 6’4 instead of 6’…drinking Brass Monkey and sloe gin. Good times!
I'm speechless at how good this remix is. Simply purrfection.
Im 14yo and I LOVE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC.....
66 years old and still got my moves. Disco era was the best
This is probably the best version of Stayin Alive
If this doesn't make you dance around your living room then we need to check your pulse 🕺🕺🕺
I was a teen when this came out. Disco was huge for a couple of years. Everything had some disco in it for a time. People were exhausted from burned out hippy 1970s rock in the post Vietnam years. Fun and frivolity was the thing. It was so huge, people got kinda sick of it after a few years. Glad it has made several comebacks after the 1980s.
@kaushikganguli1091
10 ай бұрын
Disco was huge from 1973 to 1980 and stays huge. It remains a mass movement which united the world all across.
Ha ha, yes it does , born in 81 , just missed the boat , but thanks for postin ,,one glove !!
Foot tapping disco dance music with the aid of a full orchestra. Do we ever hear that today? NO! The 1970's and 80's were THE decades of good music.
@AJFar-tm7dn
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I tell people. It's an Orchestra..!
Barry Gibb is a musical genius, glad he's still with us
@Passionate4music1
7 жыл бұрын
I am too! I loved the Bee Gees, but Barry was my favorite and I thought he was so handsome.❤️
@chermainebigby6539
7 жыл бұрын
SniffyPoo Me too Barry I loved y'all music since I was a baby.Im now 40 now
@melissagreen7744
5 жыл бұрын
@@chermainebigby6539 Me too! Ever since I was little!
@johnschumitta7740
5 жыл бұрын
BARRY GIBB IS THE SECOND MOST PROLIFIC SONG WRITTER OF ALL TIME - SECOND ONLY TO PAIL MCCARTNEY BOTH HAVE WRITTEN MORE THAN 1000 SONGS, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN KNIGHTED !!!
@johnschumitta7740
5 жыл бұрын
BARRY ALLAN CROMPTON GIBB WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1 1946. MANCHESTER ENGLAND HIS WIFE'S NAME IS LINDA GRAY ( NOT THE ONE ON DALLAS !) BARRY WROTE THE BIGGEST SELLING COUNTRY SONG ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. HE ALSO WROTE BARBRA STRIESAND'S BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM GUILTY & HER BIGGEST HIT WOMAN IN LOVE AS WELL AS DIONNE WARWICK'S BIGGEST HIT HEARTBREAKER !!!!
I'm 66 and this still makes me MOVE.....
@davebrown9714
6 жыл бұрын
David Gorton im 62 i still got i think 🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣✌
@josephamartinez09
5 жыл бұрын
I’m 67 and this song is ageless
@blitzkriegazteca642
5 жыл бұрын
.....till death meets us all, and still....
@martinjamespawley6575
5 жыл бұрын
61 and still rockin.
@mikey_suzefour
5 жыл бұрын
Guess I'm the youngster here (53) LOL but I'm grooving to this mix in my library seat. @David Gorton
If this plays while you're walking down the street, you know you're the man
@leah6029
4 жыл бұрын
Or delusional 😭😅😅
@bigpaulie806
4 жыл бұрын
@@leah6029 oh no.. the main man. Lol!
@juliebridge7590
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, good one!!
@lena-mariag.louis-charles3579
3 жыл бұрын
Big Paulie - 💕👍 I'm so THANKFUL to have experienced this track in real time - and now, I get to recall all the FUN I had dancing the night away to this GEM...💃💃💃
@shaunspillane2105
3 жыл бұрын
True that bro ... I used to sing it to my lil bro as we went for a night out and straight away you get the "Johns on" :) Good times bruh
I LOVE this song. No matter where you are mentally ( heartache wise) or physically, you cannot help but perk up when hearing this song. Thank you DJ for these golden songs.
This version is badassery! 🎶🎼🎵💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿
@dannyhill8797
4 жыл бұрын
hell yessery!!!
This is the most adorable comments section because a lot of younger people are making tons of disco house edits in the scene nowadays and I see a lot of older people here commenting on how refreshing these tracks are and how much they bring them back.
I was 15 when this came out, what a Great time to be a Teenager.
I'm only 15 years old, but.. it's this generation that bothers my ears.. STAYIN' ALIVE
When I was a 9-year-old kid this ALBUM was in a lot of black American homes
The best of the best, the 70's & 80's like no other! Thank you ✨
Such an amazing track 🔥🔥
can't listen to the original anymore. very well done
If you're feeling down, this song will help in stayin' Alive.
Amazing how a piece of good music can take you straight back to childhood-- good memories...
I was 69 when this sing dropped 😢
This made me jump up and boogie and I dame near broke my spleen.😔
The golden years of disco music, I was thirteen with long blond hair and with a white shirt on cream-colored pants with wide legs. Man those were times, recently had me made the same clothes again in preparation for the reopening of my club after the covid-19 pandemic with a full disco evening and disco costumes required.
Star Wars, Muppet Show, SNL, Bee Gees us kids had quite a time taking it all at once. We forever thank our lucky stars we ran around the house excited about staying young and feeling alive in the 1970's.
Sheer Perfection
Wow! Juste wow! Méchant bon groove...
This is the national anthem of the people who are still alive. This is your national anthem.
@josuedeletto4821
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yessss
@ethanang3527
3 жыл бұрын
Especially in the COVID-19 lockdown situation. Helps a lots during the pandemic situation
The 4-bar instrumental break that comes in at 0:44 is a knock out!!
@attilaclark
5 жыл бұрын
I heard it too, and backed up, lol
@stevenhosea7617
5 жыл бұрын
Armand Tatevossian No No Was Good
@SD-nz7qy
4 жыл бұрын
YASSSS
@kylesadowski5127
4 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%
@richardjones9464
4 жыл бұрын
I live for those chords alone
My theme song baby. Who is gonna help me? Um, idk, have to help myself dig out of this. I like that beat...Native American influence? This is fun. BeeGees fo eva!
It's just incredible
Би Джиз любили в Советском Союзе! У моего отца была пластинка и записи на магнитофоне!!! Мы слушали, мы были детьми и танцевали под неё!!! 😊Версия этой песни просто Супер!!! 💐💐💐🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic remix....love it 👍💕
Never going to give you up !
This GREAT!!!!! I listen to it everyday. When all the other kids were off in Star Wars. It was the Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever for me!!!!!
@RomanL.N
4 жыл бұрын
Super!
@JOHNNYCASHMONEY23
3 жыл бұрын
But have you ever watched Star Wars with the Bees Gees playing in the background? Epic.
The Bee Gees give me a natural high. Love you guys so much💕💕
Turning a masterpiece into a masterpiece...love it.
First album bought with my own money yes to fall asleep to this. Great remix.
I have to say, "Stayin 'Alive" was never at the top of my list of Bee Gees songs. However, this Disco Purrfection remix absolutely blew my mind, and the rendition has become one of my favorites. It makes you want to dance without stopping--that's how good it is! I also have to give it to Disco Purrfection: their remixes have become synonymous with top quality. Keep it up!
This 'extended mix" is exactly 10 minutes: and 31 seconds long!!!!!!!!!! It is earning almost 5,500,000 views!!!!!!!
This is an immortal song. A remix like this one is pure genius. There is no way you are not moving your feet or wiggling your toes listening to this beauty. Come on and party.
Una obra maestra, nunca dejará de ser escuchada
cold beer, hard song I love, good times 😎
Disco at it's best! Salute. Now let's party and enjoy the memories of the best music ever. 1977 was a great year. Best music era that ever lived!!
That intro is godlike.
Barry Gibb is a musical genius, glad he's still with us Amazing long version
Such an amazing version mate. This music of these legends needs to be kept alive for as long as possible! I would love this on Vinyl 👍🏻
These guy's are musical geniuses. PERIOD
~ The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Philly New Orleans Memphis & Motown in general, the entire British roster of artists from the 1960s & 1970s: still fresh in 2018 and never to be bested or replaced. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
@Thevacomaticvacuumcorner
4 жыл бұрын
YESSS!
@joeyjeremiahkkf
3 жыл бұрын
I'll claim them as Aussies thanks! Grew up in Redcliff near Brisbane of all places.
Just pure magnetic, the memories the innocents , fabulous, thank you.
That song description is already better than modern pop
I love the history lesson you provide with each song.
more than 40years later this is still a smahing hit! long life to the bee gees' music!
TO THE 91 YEAR OLD BLESS YOU, MAY YOU HAVE MANY MORE YEARS OF DISCOING TO THE BEEGEES!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS AND GOD OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
Brings back my happiest memories. I ❤️music so much. My mum and I danced round the kitchen to this. Thanks DJ Disco Cat 😺 Meeeeeow ❤️
WOWWWW !!!! BEST OF ALL BY FAR ! 🎶🎵🕺🥇
I Love to hear this Extended Version ...... Simply Superb ... Remembering my College Days ! Great OutPut !!
Still rocking this jam today in 2021. (Staying Alive!) Amityville,N.Y. The real music continues!!!
Barry & all brothers very big songers. God bless Barry.
Michael Vafides: MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG ! IN THE LAST 41 YEARS I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS SONG STAYIN' ALIVE ABOUT 100,000 TIMES ! ( I actually stopped listening to other songs and played STAYIN' ALIVE on my walkman and other media about 100 TIMES A DAY!!!! - seriously !!!)
all the disco purrfection remixes are insanely good to roller skate to
Lived through the Disoc years the 1st. time around from 1977 to 1984 as a teen, then the 2nd time around starting in the 90's to now. It's always better the 2nd time around.. Disco lives long, strong and proud in the City of Champions Pittsburgh PA !!
@timepoet77
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, you’re from Pittsburgh too? So am I.