<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Stayin' Alive" is a disco song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack . The song was released on 13 December 1977 as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack . The band co-produced the song with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson . It is one of the Bee Gees' signature songs . In 2004, "Stayin' Alive" was placed at number 189 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In 2004, it ranked No. 9 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . In a UK television poll on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fifth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". </P> <P> 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 weeks . In the process, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes, in part because of its place at the beginning of Saturday Night Fever . In the US, it would become the second of six consecutive number - one singles, tying the record with the Beatles for most consecutive number ones in the US at the time (a record broken by Whitney Houston who achieved seven consecutive number - ones). </P>

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