Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)

Saturday Night Fever
Soundtrack album by
the Bee Gees and various artists
ReleasedNovember 15, 1977 (1977-11-15)
Recorded1975–1977
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, France
GenreDisco
Length75:54
LabelRSO
ProducerBill Oakes (music supervisor)
Bee Gees chronology
Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live
(1977) 		Saturday Night Fever
(1977) 		Spirits Having Flown
(1979)
Singles from Saturday Night Fever
  1. "How Deep Is Your Love"
    Released: September 24, 1977
  2. "More Than a Woman"
    Released: November 19, 1977
  3. "Stayin' Alive"
    Released: December 15, 1977
  4. "If I Can't Have You"
    Released: January 1978
  5. "Night Fever"
    Released: January 1978
  6. "Boogie Shoes"
    Released: February 1978
  7. "More Than a Woman"
    Released: April 8, 1978[1]
  8. "Manhattan Skyline"
    Released: June 17, 1978 [2]

Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.[3][4]

In the United States, the album was certified 16× Platinum for shipments of at least 16 million units.[5] The album stayed atop the charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978 and stayed on Billboard's album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. Three singles from the album contributed by the Bee Gees—"How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever"—along with Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You", all reached No. 1 in the US. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 1. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation.[6] The album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2012 for being "culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant".[7]

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  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum – November 30, 2009". RIAA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  6. ^ James Sullivan; Chronicle Pop Culture Critic (January 14, 2003). "APPRECIATION / Contributor to a sound that went beyond disco". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "2012 | View Registry by Induction Years | Recording Registry | National Recording Preservation Board | Programs | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved April 16, 2024.