The Discover blog says:
At 103 beats per minute, “Stayin’ Alive” just about matches the 100 chest compressions per minute recommended by the American Heart Association. A small study at the University of Illinois medical school found that doctors and medicals students practicing CPR while listening to the song gave an average of 109 compressions per minute.
Not to mention the rather appropriate lyrics.
One hundred beats per minute also happens to be about the pace of an easy jog. Every runner has their favorite song to run to —though few of them would be appropriate in a life-or-death situation. Like, oh, say, Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” or Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.”
If I ever have to do CPR on someone it’s definitely gonna be to “Another One Bites the Dust.”