"Staying Alive" is a song by American record producer
DJ Khaled featuring Canadian rapper
Drake and American rapper
Lil Baby, released on August 5, 2022 as the lead single from the former's thirteenth studio album God Did (2022). The song contains an interpolation of "
Stayin' Alive" by the
Bee Gees.
Composition
The song begins with the chorus, in which Drake sings in
Auto-Tuned vocals and interpolates the chorus of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees: "Try me a hundred times / Wanted me to lie, wanted me to cry, wanted me to die / Ah, ah, ah, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive".[3][4] Drake performs the first verse, while Lil Baby performs the second verse.[4] The song features "sharp hi-hats" in the production[5] and has been considered a midtempo track.[6]
Music video
A music video directed by
RT! was released alongside the single. The video was shot at
York University. The visual takes place in the fictional Khaled Khaled Hospital, and stars DJ Khaled as head of general surgery, Lil Baby as head of cardiothoracic surgery, and Drake as head of neuro surgery.[7][3][4][8] Wearing blue scrubs and a stethoscope, Drake smokes hookah and takes shots with the staff, and also mindlessly signs charts and waves off nurses.[6][9][10] Meanwhile, Lil Baby smokes a
blunt while performing surgery,[4][6] and then wears a white doctor's coat while partying in a club within the hospital. Later, the three artists meet at the hospital's parking lot, surrounded by ambulances.[6][10]
"Staying Alive" is a song by American record producer
DJ Khaled featuring Canadian rapper
Drake and American rapper
Lil Baby, released on August 5, 2022 as the lead single from the former's thirteenth studio album God Did (2022). The song contains an interpolation of "
Stayin' Alive" by the
Bee Gees.
Composition
The song begins with the chorus, in which Drake sings in
Auto-Tuned vocals and interpolates the chorus of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees: "Try me a hundred times / Wanted me to lie, wanted me to cry, wanted me to die / Ah, ah, ah, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive, I'm stayin' alive".[3][4] Drake performs the first verse, while Lil Baby performs the second verse.[4] The song features "sharp hi-hats" in the production[5] and has been considered a midtempo track.[6]
Music video
A music video directed by
RT! was released alongside the single. The video was shot at
York University. The visual takes place in the fictional Khaled Khaled Hospital, and stars DJ Khaled as head of general surgery, Lil Baby as head of cardiothoracic surgery, and Drake as head of neuro surgery.[7][3][4][8] Wearing blue scrubs and a stethoscope, Drake smokes hookah and takes shots with the staff, and also mindlessly signs charts and waves off nurses.[6][9][10] Meanwhile, Lil Baby smokes a
blunt while performing surgery,[4][6] and then wears a white doctor's coat while partying in a club within the hospital. Later, the three artists meet at the hospital's parking lot, surrounded by ambulances.[6][10]