# Anyone know the origins of Ozzy Osbournes version of "Stayin' Alive"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632 "2002-11-13T21:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/1 "2002-11-13T21:53:37Z")
I downloaded this off Gnutella, and have no idea when or where it was recorded or released. It came billed as “Ozzy and Dweezil Zappa”, but I’m not sure how Zappa appears. I’m fairly certain it IS Ozzy though - that voice is pretty unmistakable. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/2 "2002-11-14T01:20:48Z")
Jeez people, come on! Or is the SDMB no longer the place to go for the REAL “straight dope”? Don’t shake my fait in ya’ll! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/3 "2002-11-14T02:58:31Z")
Origin: Maybe they heard it by the BeeGees and decided to do a cover? :: D & R :: On a more serious note: I’ve found that around 25% of the recordings available via shareware programs are mis-labeled as to title, artist, or some other “minor” detail. If you can’t find the song listed in a reputable discography of Osbourne’s, it’s probably been incorrectly identified. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/4 "2002-11-14T04:14:28Z")
I first heard it late-1999 or 2000. It is indisputably Ozzy singing. The only info I’ve been able to find says: > [@](#): > > Recommended Listening: Dweezil Zappa and Ozzy Osbourne’s cover of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” Yeah, you read that right. No, I’m not kidding. (Ozzy actually shouts, “All aboard the disco train!” at one point.) This was a rare demo that was supposed to be on Zappa’s “Confessions” album but didn’t make it. You can find it off Web searches – if you really dare. [http://malraux.diaryland.com/011219\_79.html](http://malraux.diaryland.com/011219_79.html) ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/5 "2002-11-14T04:16:16Z")
No idea why that didn’t get turned into [a link](http://malraux.diaryland.com/011219_79.html). ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/6 "2002-11-14T12:40:55Z")
on dweezil’s album “confessions” is a cover of “stayin’ alive” with donnie osmond backed up by the “lame white chicks”, it is outstanding!!!. i have not heard the ozzie version, i would bet it is great!. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/7 "2002-11-14T19:31:55Z")
I prefer Ozzy’s version of “Born to be Wild,” with Miss Piggy. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/8 "2002-11-14T19:43:48Z")
A friend of mine (with whom I’ve since lost touch) was one of the engineers on Dwee’s album. I first heard the Ozzy version when he brought home a copy of the master. When the album came out, Donny was doing the vocals, I guess for some contractual, or legal reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-origins-of-ozzy-osbournes-version-of-stayin-alive/136632/9 "2002-11-14T20:45:18Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by unclviny \* > \*\* > i have not heard the ozzie version, i would bet it is great!._\* It IS pretty bitchin’. “Stayin’ Alive” actually makes a half-decent heavy metal tune. Ozzy hits his trademark wailing high notes on the chorus.