Stayin’ Alive

~ Recording by Bee Gees

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Stayin’ Alive4:48Bee GeesGreatestBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
RSO800 071-2
1.5Stayin’ Alive4:47Bee GeesGreatestBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)800 071-2
1.1Stayin’ Alive4:45Bee GeesSaturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound TrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1996-02-06
Polydor (British label, see annotation)42282 5389 2
1.13Stayin’ Alive4:47Bee GeesNumber Ones (BMG Package Includes Re-Release of CD B0003777-10 & DVD disc)Bee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)B0003777-10, D260451
2.1Stayin' Alive4:48Bee GeesTheir Greatest Hits: The RecordBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsR2 77604
1.5Stayin’ Alive4:45Bee GeesGreatestBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-09-18
Reprise RecordsR2 287740
1.2Stayin’ Alive4:43Bee GeesThe Ultimate Bee GeesBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsR2B 521352
1.18Stayin' Alive4:47Bee GeesMythology The 50th Anniversary CollectionBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records8122797181
1.1Stayin’ Alive4:42Bee GeesSaturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (SRC pressing)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
RSORS-2-4001
Promotion
1.4Stayin' Alive4:45Bee GeesGreatestBee GeesAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing

Relationships

producer:Bee Gees
Albhy Galuten
Karl Richardson
bass:Maurice Gibb (in 1977)
drums (drum set):Dennis Bryon (Welsh drummer, author) (in 1977)
electric guitar:Alan Kendall (in 1977)
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:Barry Gibb (in 1977)
keyboard, piano and synthesizer:Blue Weaver (in 1977)
percussion:Dennis Bryon (Welsh drummer, author) (in 1977)
Joe Lala (in 1977)
background vocals and other vocals [harmony vocals]:Barry Gibb (in 1977)
Maurice Gibb (in 1977)
Robin Gibb (in 1977)
performer:Bee Gees (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Barry Gibb (in 1977)
Maurice Gibb (in 1977)
Robin Gibb (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:PolyGram International Ltd. (in 1977)
PolyGram International Music B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1977)
RSO Records, Inc. (US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself.) (in 1977)
karaoke versions:Stayin’ Alive by [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
DJ-mixes:Hahnstudios’ lustige Musikmischung by Hahnstudios (mash-up artist) (order: 33)
has remixes:Stayin’ Alive (long version) by N‐Trance featuring Ricardo da Force
sampled by:Hate in Yo Eyes by Mack 10
Saturday Nite Fever by Lordz of Brooklyn
Since I’m Australian by duuzu (GilvaSunner contributor)
We Trying to Stay Alive by Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) featuring Refugee Allstars
mash-ups:Beast Gees (Stayinʼ Alive vs. Alive) (Bee Gees vs. Beastie Boys) by dj BC (Bob Cronin, Mashup creator)
Delhirium by The Sheep Queen Experiment
POZDRAWIAM SERDECZNIE by northboii
Stand Up & Stay Alive Inside the Electric Circus (W.A.S.P. vs. Bee Gees vs. Ludacris feat. Shawna) by DJ Schmolli
Stayin' Alive in the Wall by Wax Audio (mashup)
Stayin’ Hot (Nelly vs. Bee Gees) by DJ Lobsterdust
Stayin' In Black by Wax Audio (mashup)
Switchinʼ Alive (Bee Gees vs. Will Smith) by Cheekyboy (mashup DJ)
part of:Q50 – December 2005 (number: 3) (order: 3)
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 4) (order: 4)
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 32) (order: 32)
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 66) (order: 67)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 99) (order: 99)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 110)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 189) (order: 189)
BILLIONS CLUB (order: 255)
stream for free:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=W_dDNNEdIJg [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/2310196125 [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/track/297957367 [info]
recording of:Stayin’ Alive (in 1977)

Related works

Stayin’ Alive

writer:Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Robin Gibb
publisher:BMG Music
BMG Publishing Ltd.
Careers Music, Inc.
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Chappell & Co Ltd.
Crompton Songs
Gibb Brothers Music
R.S.O. Publishing Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd.
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Stigwood Music, Inc. (in 1978)
Unichappell Music (in 1978)
referred to in medleys:Jamirobeegees Mashup
Wannabee Gees
later parody versions:Stay in the Light
The Supremes
later translated parody versions:Bleiben am Leben
Playing a Grind
later translated versions:Elää mä sain
Vivimus
ステイン・アライブ
later versions:Stayin’ Alive (N-Trance version with new lyrics)
music quoted in:No Time to Talk
lyrics quoted in:STAYING ALIVE