The Bee Gees song that begins “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk” is “Stayin' Alive.” The opening lyric introduces the song’s confident, swaggering narrator, while the repeated chorus reveals a more urgent theme of survival.
Released in December 1977, “Stayin' Alive” was written and performed by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. It became the second single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and one of the defining recordings of the disco era. The Bee Gees co-produced it with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 1978 and stayed there for four weeks. Its prominence was strengthened by its use in the opening sequence of Saturday Night Fever, where John Travolta’s strutting walk became one of the era’s most recognizable film images.
A common mix-up is choosing “Night Fever,” another Bee Gees song from the same soundtrack. “How Deep Is Your Love” also came from Saturday Night Fever, but neither begins with the quoted lyric.