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In addition to the Bee Gees' score, additional incidental music was composed and adapted by David Shire. Other previously released songs from the disco era round out the music in the movie. Two previously released Bee Gee songs, 'Jive Talkin'' and 'You Should Be Dancing', are also included on the soundtrack.

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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). The cultural impact of Saturday Night Fever in the United States was tremendous.

5 Additional songs recorded for the film but not usedДЄlong 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.

4 Additional songs in the film not on the soundtrack album.

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

'Disco Inferno' performed by The Trammps - 10:51.

'Salsation' performed by David Shire - 3:50.

'Boogie Shoes' performed by KC & the Sunshine Band - 2:17.

' You Should Be Dancing' performed by The Bee Gees - 4:14.

' Jive Talkin'' performed by The Bee Gees - 3:43.

'Open Sesame' performed by Kool & the Gang - 4:01.

'Night on Disco Mountain' performed by David Shire - 5:12.

'Calypso Breakdown' performed by Ralph MacDonald - 7:50.

'Manhattan Skyline' performed by David Shire - 4:44.

'More Than a Woman' performed by Tavares - 3:17.

'A Fifth of Beethoven' performed by Walter Murphy - 3:03.

' If I Can't Have You' performed by Yvonne Elliman - 3:00.

' More Than a Woman' performed by The Bee Gees - 3:17.

' Night Fever' performed by The Bee Gees - 3:33.

' How Deep Is Your Love' performed by The Bee Gees - 4:05.

' Stayin' Alive' performed by The Bee Gees - 4:45.

'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. All CD releases have included the original 'Jive Talkin''. 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.Bee Gees.Live. 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.

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