Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to, in turn, write a song to match the dance steps demonstrated in the scene and eliminate the need for future legal hassles.
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However, representatives for Scaggs's label, Columbia Records, refused to grant legal clearance for it, as they wanted to pursue another disco movie project, which never materialized. 4.1 Additional songs recorded for the film but not usedĪccording to the DVD commentary for Saturday Night Fever, the producers intended to use the song " Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs in the rehearsal scene between Tony and Stephanie in the dance studio, and choreographed their dance moves to the song.The album has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress in 2014 for being culturally significant.
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The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 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.
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In the United States, the album was certified 16× Platinum for shipments of at least 16 million units. It is one of the best-selling albums in history, and remains the second-biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, after The Bodyguard, selling over 40 million copies worldwide (with some estimates as high as over 50 million). The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977.
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Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta.