17 Oct 2008
The Bee Gee's 'Stayin' Alive' Could Save Your Life

If I had a heart attack and woke up with somebody beating my cheat to this tune, I'd be certain I'd died. Everybody my age knows that disco is the only genre on the playlist in Hell.

The Bee Gee's 1977 hit song "Stayin' Alive" has just about the perfect tempo for performing chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to the American Heart Association.

(link) [Wired: Top Stories]

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