At this point, the film was in early stages and it did not have a title in fact, all Stigwood had to go on was a New York cover story about discomania. The executive producer of the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack and Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood asked the band to write a few songs for the soundtrack. In the United States, it would become the second of six consecutive number-one singles, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the United States at the time (a record broken by Whitney Houston who achieved seven consecutive number-ones).
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Consequently, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes, partly because it appeared in the opening credits of Saturday Night Fever. On its release, "Stayin' Alive" climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 4 February 1978, remaining there for four consecutive weeks. In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in " The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". 9 on AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The 2021 updated Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Songs placed "Stayin' Alive" at No. 189 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2004, "Stayin' Alive" was placed at No. It is one of the Bee Gees' signature songs. The band co-produced the song with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
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The song was released in 1977 as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. " Stayin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack.