It is most likely the combination of having the right bpm, as Samantha pointed out, and the fact that so many people know the song well enough by memory for it to be best for this purpose. read more
The 1977 John Travolta movie 'Saturday Night Fever' was a huge hit. Now a study finds the disco song 'Stayin' Alive' from the film has the perfect rhythm for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. read more
So say University of Illinois researchers, who found that med students performed CPR more effectively to the beat of the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive,” notes the Health Blog of the Wall Street Journal. Seems the song has 103 beats per minute, and CPR guidelines call for 100 compressions per minute. read more