We Trying to Stay Alive

"We Trying to Stay Alive"
"We Trying to Stay Alive"
Single by Wyclef Jean featuring John Forté and Pras
from the album The Carnival
B-side	"Anything Can Happen"
Released	27 May 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Hip hop;
Length	3:11
Label	Ruffhouse; Columbia;
Songwriters	Nelust Jean; John Forté; Prakazrel Michel; Robin Gibb; Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb;
Producers	Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis; Wyclef Jean; Pras Michel;
Wyclef Jean singles chronology
Music video
	"Wyclef Jean - We Trying To Stay Alive (Official Video) ft. John Forté, Pras" on YouTube

"We Trying to Stay Alive" is the debut single by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, is the lead single from his 1997 debut solo album, The Carnival. The song features verses by John Forté and Pras (of the Fugees) and samples the 1977 Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" and Audio Two's "Top Billin'" (1987). The video version also contains an interpolation of the main melody of "Trans-Europe Express" by "Kraftwerk".^[1] In the US, it reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Additionally, it reached number three on the Hot Rap Songs chart and number 14 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. The track reached number 87 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time".^{[citation needed]}