Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)

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Saturday Night Fever
Album cover
Soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever
Released November 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Disco
Length 75 min 55 s
Label RSO
Producer Arif Mardin
Professional reviews

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track was the soundtrack album from the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta.

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[edit] Background

Along with the success of the movie, the soundtrack, composed and performed primarily by The Bee Gees, became the number one best-selling soundtrack of all time. The cultural impact of Saturday Night Fever in the United States was tremendous, bringing the nascent disco scene into the mainstream.

The Bee Gees had originally written and recorded the five original songs for the film, "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" and "How Deep Is Your Love" (all performed by the Bee Gees), "More Than A Woman" (performed in the film in two different versions--one version by Tavares, and another by the Bee Gees), and "If I Can't Have You" (performed in the movie by Yvonne Elliman) as part of a regular album (they had no idea at the time they would be making a soundtrack). Two previously released Bee Gee songs, "Jive Talkin'" and "You Should Be Dancing", are also included on the soundtrack. Other previously released songs from the disco era round out the music in the movie.

In addition to the Bee Gees' score, additional incidental music was composed and adapted by David Shire. Three of Shire's cues, "Manhattan Skyline", "Night on Disco Mountain" (based on the classical piece "Night on Bald Mountain"), and "Salsation", are included on the soundtrack album. Five additional cues, "Tony and Stephanie", "Near The Brooklyn Bridge" (both adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"), "Barracuda Hangout", "Death On The Bridge", and "All Night Train", while heard in the film, remain unreleased on CD.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 131 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The soundtrack hit the #1 spot on Billboard Music Chart's Pop Album and Black Album charts. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 57th greatest album of all time.

Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Soundtrack was ranked 80th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.

The original issue of the album included the original studio version of "Jive Talkin'"; later LP pressings included a live version culled from Here At Last...The Bee Gees Live. All CD releases have included the original "Jive Talkin'". "Jive Talkin'" was to have been used in a deleted scene taking place the day after Tony Manero's first Saturday night at the disco, but as the sequence was cut for the final film, the song was cut as well.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Stayin' Alive" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:45
  2. "How Deep Is Your Love" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:05
  3. "Night Fever" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:33
  4. "More Than a Woman" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:17
  5. "If I Can't Have You" performed by Yvonne Elliman - 3:00
  6. "A Fifth of Beethoven" performed by Walter Murphy - 3:03
  7. "More Than a Woman" performed by Tavares - 3:17
  8. "Manhattan Skyline" performed by David Shire - 4:44
  9. "Calypso Breakdown" performed by Ralph MacDonald - 7:50
  10. "Night on Disco Mountain" performed by David Shire - 5:12
  11. "Open Sesame" performed by Kool & the Gang - 4:01
  12. "Jive Talkin'" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:43
  13. "You Should Be Dancing" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:14
  14. "Boogie Shoes" performed by KC & the Sunshine Band - 2:17
  15. "Salsation" performed by David Shire - 3:50
  16. "K-Jee" performed by MFSB - 4:13
  17. "Disco Inferno" performed by The Trammps- 10:51

"Calypso Breakdown" and "Jive Talkin'" were not contained in the film.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional songs in the film not on the soundtrack album

  • "Barracuda Hangout" performed by David Shire
  • "Dr. Disco" performed by Rick Dees
  • "Disco Duck" performed by Rick Dees

[edit] Additional songs recorded for the film but not used

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Year Chart Position
1978 Black Albums 1
1978 Pop Albums 1

Singles - Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "How Deep Is Your Love" Adult Contemporary 1
1977 "How Deep Is Your Love" Pop Singles 1
1978 "Night Fever" Black Singles 8
1978 "Night Fever" Pop Singles 1
1978 "If I Can't Have You" Pop Singles 1
1978 "Stayin' Alive/Night Fever/More Than A Woman" Club Play Singles 3
1978 "Stayin' Alive" R&B Singles 4

[edit] Popular Culture

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