

It would remain #1 on the charts for 24 weeks straight. Non-Bee Gees tracks on the record include a classic re-imagining of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, by Walter Murphy, later sampled on Robin Thicke’s breakthrough single, ‘When I Get You Alone Kool & The Gang’s ‘Open Sesame,’ KC & The Sunshine Band’s ‘Boogie Shoes’ and the almost 11-minute ‘Disco Inferno’ by The Trammps, which soundtracked one of Travolta’s iconic dances in the film. Barry Gibb’s incredible falsetto flanked by his brothers’ harmonies is astounding.

The album is one big disco part from start to finish. The band would perform 6 of the 17 tracks on the record, although they composed 8 of them ‘If I Can’t Have You’ was performed by Yvonne Elliman, while ‘More Than A Woman’ performed by Tavares. I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.” Impossible to fathom. Can you imagine the iconic strut at the beginning of the film without the classic line “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk The producer approached The Bee Gees who would write all the music for the film in a weekend. Scaggs’s label decided not to clear his song, ‘Lowdown’ for the film, leaving producers to find new music. Travolta was dancing to Boz Scaggs and Stevie Wonder. The Bee Gees were not involved in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ until after the film had been filmed.
