Cover Versions and Samples
- In 1979 Paul Weston and Jo Stafford released a cover of the song as Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. It was backed with "I Am Woman".
- In 1980, the American singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim covered it and released it on his album Chameleon.
- In 1991, the Madchester group Happy Mondays covered it in two different versions for the non-album single "Judge Fudge".
- N-Trance covered a dance version of the song with new rap and lyrics in 1995.
- In 1999, British death metal band Ten Masked Men recorded a cover of the song in their self-titled first album.
- Ozzy Osbourne covered the song and it appeared on CD 3 of his 2005 box set, Prince of Darkness.
- Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded two versions of the song. The first was for their 1996 album Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes. The second was for the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and its soundtrack.
- In the 2005 movie Madagascar, this song is played while Marty is walking down the streets of New York City
- Dimension Zero did a melodic death metal cover of the song on their 2007 He Who Shall Not Bleed album.
- In 2007, the French band Electro Deluxe recorded a jazz fusion version of this song in their album Hopeful.
- In 2010, Italian rapper Jovanotti covered it for his live US album OYEAH!
- The grindcore band Anal Cunt recorded an Oi! version of the song, released on their album Top 40 Hits.
- The Sleeping covered this song for the CRANK soundtrack.
- Sugarland performed the song during their 2010 Incredible Machine tour.
- Bitch released a cover on 2010's album Blasted!
- A short part of the refrain is used in the end of the movie Shrek, sung by Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) in the Dragon's stomach.
- In 2011, Reece Mastin, X Factor Australia winner, covered this song for his album Reece Mastin.
- In 2011, Anna Tsuchiya, Jpop singer and model, covered this song for her album Unchained Girl.
- In 2012, the song was featured in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.
- Although the Bee Gees tended to be very careful of who they allowed to sample or cover any track from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, "Stayin' Alive" was sampled in the single "We Trying to Stay Alive" by Wyclef Jean (featuring Pras and John Forté), from the album The Carnival.
- In 2013, Ilusia Girls, X Factor Indonesia contestant, covered this song during the third gala show
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“When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.”
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“The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.”
—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)
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