Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees is featured in Saturday Night Glee-ver, the sixteenth episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions with solos from Finn, Mercedes, and Santana.

The song is performed as the closing number of the week in which the theme was "Songs from Saturday Night Fever", and as a way to celebrate the winners of the dance-off. Finn, Santana, and Mercedes walk through the hallway together, singing, as they finally know their plans for the future and their plans to work towards accomplishing their goals. The New Directions then dance proudly on the stage with their new suits. They are later joined on stage by Sue and Will, who also sing and dances with the kids wearing the same suit.

Lyrics

Finn:
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

Mercedes:
And now it's all right, that's OK
and you may look the other way

Mercedes with Santana:
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man

Finn, Mercedes, and Santana with New Directions:
Whether you're a brother
or whether you're a mother
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin'
and everybody shakin'
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive

Mercedes:
Oh, when you walk

Santana (and Finn):
Well now I get low and I get high
And if I can't get either, I really try
(Got the wings of heaven on my shoes)

Finn with New Directions Boys:
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose

Finn, Mercedes, and Santana:
You know it's all right, it's ok
I'll live to see another day
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man (Mercedes: Oh!)

Finn, Mercedes, and Santana with New Directions:
Whether you're a brother
or whether you're a mother
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin'
and everybody shakin'
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive

Mercedes:
Oh!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah

Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes and Santana:
I'm stayin' alive

Finn:
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

Mercedes with Santana:
And now it's all right, it's OK
and you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man

Finn, Mercedes, and Santana with New Directions:
Whether you're a brother
or whether you're a mother
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin'
and everybody shakin'
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive

Mercedes:
Oh!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes:
I'm stayin' alive...
Yeah, yeah!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes:
I'm stayin' alive...
Yeah, yeah!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes:
I'm stayin' alive...
Yeah, yeah!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah

Mercedes:
Ow! Ay, ay!

Finn:
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me, yeah

Trivia

Although it was said that the white suit would be a prize for the winner of the dance-off, everyone who takes part in this song is wearing one.
At the beginning, Cory used fake chest hair on his chest.
Part of the original version of this song was used in the episode as well.

Errors

When Santana is walking through the McKinley halls at one point her hair is down. Then when she is shown a few seconds later her hair is up. This changes multiple times.