Time for some real talk: if you are ever in a situation where you need to perform emergency chest compressions as CPR, make sure you have the Bee Gee's on your iPod. The number of chest compressions necessary while administering CPR is difficult to gauge while in the heat of the moment, because it's actually a much higher number than people think —around 100 beats per minute— and a new study at Illinois found that medical students had a much higher success rate at achieving the correct amount of pushes to restart a heart if they were listening to a particular song from the 70s disco group:

But Nadkarni said he has seen "Stayin' Alive" work wonders in classes where students were having trouble keeping the right beat while practicing on mannequins. When he turned on the song, "all of a sudden, within just a few seconds, they get it right on the dot."

"I don't know how the Bee Gees knew this," Nadkarni said. "They probably didn't. But they just hit upon this natural rhythm that was very catchy, very popular, that helps us do the right thing."