The 'Saturday Night Fever' movie soundtrack is one of my favorite albums.The Bee Gees created songs that work like magic in the film.There are so many other gems...the hypnotic instrumental "K-Jee" by M.F.S.B.,the catchy "Boogie Shoes" by KC and the Sunshine Band,the take-no-prisoners funk of "Disco Inferno" by the Tavares,and the beautiful,swirling "Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire.

Here's a little interesting trivia about this album,which is the biggest-selling movie soundtrack of all time (22 million copies sold)...




***There are at least five songs that appear in the movie but are not on the soundtrack album.If the CD is ever remastered and expanded to include bonus tracks,these songs could possibly be added...

>"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees
>"Dr. Disco" by Rick Dees
>"Barracuda Hangout" by David Shire
>"an instrumental that is played when Annette and Tony are rehearsing for the dance contest"
>"an instrumental version of "How Deep Is Your Love",which can be heard in a few scenes"


***In the latest VHS release of the film,which is in surround,some of the music has been altered (probably for copyright problems?).When the Puerto Rican couple are dancing during the dance contest,the song "K-Jee" has been replaced by some generic-sounding music.This same music is played instead of "Disco Duck" in the brief glimpse of the dance studio owner giving lessons to a group of people.(This is why you must buy the DVD,which includes all the original songs!)


***Curiously,on some early copies of this album,The Bee Gees song "Jive Talkin" is presented in it's 1977 live version.Later versions of the album (and the CDs) feature the studio version.

***In 1976,The Bee Gees toured and their opening act was Tavares.When it was time for a new Tavares album,The Bee Gees offered them a song---"More Than A Woman"---which was later included on the soundtrack.For the dance contest scene in the film,,the Bee Gees recorded their own,softer version.

***Likewise,there is also a Bee Gees version of "If I Can't Have You",a song they later gave to Yvonne Elliman; her version appears on the soundtrack and in the movie (the Bee Gees version is the B-side of the "Stayin Alive" single).


***The number of hits on this album is absurd.Of it's 17 tracks,no less than 10 were hit singles in the US and/or the UK,including six US chart-toppers.

I heard that at the last count the album had sold closer to 40 million! It's one of those albums that had such cultural significance that it just continues to sell, you know, like Rumours, Thriller, Sgt. Pepper, Bat Out Of Hell. One of those kind of albums.

Every home should have one.

The Bee Gees came here (Houston) in 1977, at the height of Saturday Night Fever. Their show at the Summitt was electric, but it was the encore that will be remembered forever.

They played "Tragedy", and then broke into "Jive Talkin'". But wait - there's a fourth guy singing with them now. Who is that bearded dude? It sure isn't Andy Gibb.

Holy crap! That's John Travolta!

Yep, John Travolta was in town filming "Urban Cowboy", and joined the Brothers Gibb for their finale. I never saw the Beatles in concert, but the sound made by the girls at a Beatles concert must have been a lot like the sound made by the girls when they realized who that bearded guy was.

It was one of the coolest moments I'd ever seen.

Oh, yeah, I forgot something else personally funny about the movie. One of my buddies saw it before the rest of us, and I asked him what the movie was about.

He said, "It's about a bunch of guys who are just like us, except they get laid".

RodeoSchro said:

To those of you who love 'SNF',you have to get the DVD which just came out last year.It is fantastic,featuring three deleted scenes,director's commentary and highlights from the VH-1 Behind the Music special about the film.Best of all,the movie itself looks AMAZING on DVD...the colors are more vibrant than the VHS version,you actually feel like you're in the Disco too!

On the original ALBUM (my folks bought it, I wore it OUT), it was lacking "You Should Be Dancing" I think - the song he did his solo dancing to - I coulda sworn it was missing from the soundtrack.

otan said:

Er wer. Maybe you had an extremely rare pressing! Odd.

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah,that is really odd."You Should Be Dancing" is played at a pivotal moment in the film and it's one of the few songs played (almost) in it's entirety.But if you still have that album,it's a rare item indeed.Was "You Should Be Dancing" replaced by another track?

DavidEye said:

Not on my copy ... OK, I borrowed (and wore out) my mum's, but it definitely had "You Should Be Dancing" on it.

What did you guys think of the other songs on the album (the non-Bee Gees songs)? I love "Manhattan Skyline","K-Jee" and "Open Sesame" (one of Kool and The Gang's funkiest songs).