Download Instrumental    I have a lot of favorite songs. Trouble is, whenever I realize I can actually sing a tune, it’s not a favorite any more.  I’m a strictly mediocre vocalist on a good day, so if I can actually get away with singing the song onstage, it must mean that ANYONE can.  It kind of loses it’s appeal somehow – which is why this one is still one of my favorites.   I can’t even begin to do a “Barry Gibb” – but maybe you can.  The backing tracks are on the Pop/Rock list.

Whenever I hear “Stayin’ Alive” I always think of John Travolta strolling – no, walking – no, more like strutting – down the streets of New York City as the song played over the opening credits of Saturday Night Fever.  I’m sure everybody relates to it the same way.  The “Bee Gees” were commissioned to write the sound track for the movie, but Robert Stigwood, the producer, wanted a piece written that was named “Saturday Night”.  He was upset when he was presented with this song instead.  But the Gibb brothers pretty much said “take it or leave it”. He took it…. and made history.

A medical study indicates that “Stayin” Alive” is the perfect song to listen to on your iPod if you have to perform CPR on someone having a heart attack.  The rhythm almost perfectly coincides with a normal hearbeat.  Okay… I can’t imagine you’d dive for your iPod in such an emergency situation, but “stayin’ alive” does seem to be the appropriate message here.  Coincidentally, another song by Queen also fills the bill with the perfect beat – “Another One Bites the Dust”.  Hmmm… maybe not so appropriate.