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Soundtrack album by the Bee Gees and various artists
Released November 15, 1977
Recorded 1975–1977
Studio Château d`Hérouville, France
Criteria Studios, Miami, US
Genre Disco
Length 75:54
Label RSO
Producer Bill Oakes (music supervisor)
Bee Gees chronology
Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live
(1977) Saturday Night Fever
(1977) Spirits Having Flown
(1979)

Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.[3][4]

In the United States, the album was certified 16× Platinum for shipments of at least 16 million units.[5] The album stayed atop the charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978 and stayed on Billboard`s album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. Three singles from the album contributed by the Bee Gees—`How Deep Is Your Love`, `Stayin` Alive` and `Night Fever`—along with Yvonne Elliman`s `If I Can`t Have You`, all reached No. 1 in the US. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 1. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation.[6] The album has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress in 2014 for being culturally significant.[7]

Writing and recording
According to the DVD commentary for Saturday Night Fever, the producers intended to use the song `Lowdown` by Boz Scaggs in the rehearsal scene between Tony and Stephanie in the dance studio, and choreographed their dance moves to the song. However, representatives for Scaggs`s label, Columbia Records, refused to grant legal clearance for it, as they wanted to pursue another disco movie project, which never materialized. Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to, in turn, write a song to match the dance steps demonstrated in the scene and eliminate the need for future legal hassles. However, this track does not appear on the movie`s soundtrack.

The Bee Gees` involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. As John Travolta asserted, `The Bee Gees weren`t even involved in the movie in the beginning ... I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs.`[8]

Producer Robert Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs for the film.[9] Robin Gibb recalled:

We were recording our new album in the north of France. And we`d written about and recorded about four or five songs for the new album when Stigwood rang from LA and said, `We`re putting together this little film, low budget, called Tribal Rites of a Saturday Night. Would you have any songs on hand?`, and we said, `Look, we can`t, we haven`t any time to sit down and write for a film`. We didn`t know what it was about.[10]

The brothers wrote the songs `virtually in a single weekend` at Château d`Hérouville studio in France.[8] The first song they recorded was `If I Can`t Have You`, but their version was not used in the film.

Barry Gibb remembered the reaction when Stigwood and music supervisor Bill Oakes arrived and listened to the demos:

They flipped out and said these will be great. We still had no concept of the movie, except some kind of rough script that they`d brought with them ...[8]

Maurice Gibb recalled, `We played him demo tracks of `If I Can`t Have You`, `Night Fever` and `More Than a Woman`. He asked if we could write it more discoey.`[10]

The Brothers Gibb then wrote a song called `Saturday Night` but as Maurice explains,
There were so many songs called `Saturday Night` even one by the Bay City Rollers, so when we rewrote it for the movie, we called it `Stayin` Alive`.[10]

The track was recorded at Criteria Studios, with Maurice Gibb playing a bass line similar to the guitar riff, Barry Gibb and Alan Kendall on guitar riffs, and Blue Weaver on synthesizers. Barry chose to sing falsetto on the whole song, except on the line `life’s going nowhere, somebody help me`. Dennis Bryon, who was a backing drummer, left in the middle of the session due to the death of his mother. So the group looked for a replacement.

However, as there was a shortage of qualified drummers in the area, they tried out a drum machine, with unsatisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded `Night Fever`, they took two bars from that track, and re-recorded them as a loop.[11]

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Stayin` Alive` (performed by Bee Gees)
Barry GibbRobin GibbMaurice Gibb
Bee GeesAlbhy GalutenKarl Richardson
4:45
2. `How Deep Is Your Love` (performed by Bee Gees)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Bee GeesGalutenRichardson
4:05
3. `Night Fever` (performed by Bee Gees)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Bee GeesGalutenRichardson
3:32
4. `More Than a Woman` (performed by Bee Gees)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Bee GeesGalutenRichardson
3:18
5. `If I Can`t Have You` (performed by Yvonne Elliman)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Freddie Perren 3:00
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `A Fifth of Beethoven` (performed by Walter Murphy)
MurphyBeethoven
Thomas J. Valentino 3:03
2. `More Than a Woman` (performed by Tavares)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Perren 3:17
3. `Manhattan Skyline` (performed by David Shire) Shire
ShireBill Oakes
4:45
4. `Calypso Breakdown` (performed by Ralph MacDonald) William Eaton
MacDonaldWilliam Salter
7:51
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Night on Disco Mountain` (performed by David Shire)
Modest MussorgskyShire[a]
ShireOakes
5:13
2. `Open Sesame` (performed by Kool & the Gang) Robert Bell Kool & the Gang 3:59
3. `Jive Talkin" (performed by Bee Gees)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Arif Mardin 3:44
4. `You Should Be Dancing` (performed by Bee Gees)
B. GibbR. GibbM. Gibb
Bee GeesGalutenRichardson
4:14
5. `Boogie Shoes` (performed by KC and the Sunshine Band)
Harry Wayne CaseyRichard Finch
CaseyFinch
2:17
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Salsation` (performed by David Shire) Shire
ShireOakes
3:51
2. `K-Jee` (performed by MFSB)
Charlie HearndonHarvey Fuqua
Bobby MartinBroadway Eddie
4:13
3. `Disco Inferno` (performed by The Trammps)
Leroy GreenRon Kersey
Kersey 10:51
Total length: 75:54
Notes

^a signifies arranged by
Outtakes
`Emotion` by Samantha Sang – 3:43
`If I Can`t Have You` by Bee Gees – 3:25
`(Our Love) Don`t Throw It All Away` by Bee Gees – 4:07
`Warm Ride` by Bee Gees – 3:16
Personnel
Barry Gibb – lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Robin Gibb – lead vocals (track 1—2), harmony and backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Maurice Gibb – bass, harmony and backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Alan Kendall – electric guitar (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Blue Weaver – keyboards, synthesizer, piano (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Dennis Bryon – drums, percussion (tracks 1–4, 12—13)
Joe Lala – percussion (tracks 1–4)
Wade Marcus – string arrangements (track 2)
Stephen Stills – percussion (track 13)
Mike Baird – drums (track 10)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (tracks 8 & 10)
Bob Bowles – guitar (tracks 5 & 7)
Dennis Budimir – guitar (track 10)
Sonny Burke – piano (tracks 5, 7 & 8); electric keyboards (track 15)
Eddie Cano – acoustic piano (track 15)
Mike Caruso – guitar (track 6)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (tracks 5 & 7)
Scott Edwards – bass (tracks 5, 10 & 15)
Steve Forman – percussion (tracks 8, 10 & 15)
James Gadson – drums (tracks 5, 7 & 8)
Ralph Grierson – keyboards (track 10)
Mitch Hoder – guitar (track 8)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (track 8)
Freddie Perren – synthesizer, keyboards, percussion (track 5)
Emil Richards – percussion (track 10)
Jerome Richardson – flute solo (track 15)
Lee Ritenour – guitar (tracks 8, 10 & 15)
David Shire – adaptation (track 10)
Mark Stevens – drums (track 15)
Chino Valdez – congas (track 15)
Bob Zimmitti – percussion (tracks 5, 7 & 15)
John Tobler – liner notes
Bill Oakes – compilation, album supervision