The Bee Gees‘ 1978 #1 hit “Stayin’ Alive” has inspired a new song by Jonas Brothers.
The sibling trio just released their new single, “No Time To Talk,” which interpolates the Bee Gees track, and they say they got the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ permission to use the disco classic.
JoBros write on Instagram, “Growing up on the music that our Dad played for us led to a lifelong influence from the legends that came before us. That influence was undeniably felt while writing what is now ‘No Time To Talk’ and putting it out into the world today with The Bee Gees’ blessing feels unreal.”
The song takes the opening verse of the Bee Gees’ song — “Well you can tell by the way I use my walk/ I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk/ Music loud and women warm/ I’ve been kicked around since I was born” — and flips it to, “I can tell by the way you use your walk/ That you came to dance, no time to talk/ Turning up with all your friends/ You came to dance, around the clock.”
Instead of the Bee Gees’ iconic chorus, “Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive,” they sing, “She said ‘I, I, I, I/ came to dance, no time to talk.'”
“Stayin’ Alive” originally appeared on the soundtrack of the 1977 John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever. It was the second single released from the soundtrack and spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the second of the Bee Gees’ six consecutive #1 singles.
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