Name That Tune – Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven

“A Fifth of Beethoven” is the title track from Walter Murphy’s  1976 album and can also be found on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was adapted from Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony Number 5.” The “5th” in Murphy’s version, references a liquid measurement equal to one fifth of a gallon, popular for hard liquor bottles. “A Fifth of Beethoven” was used this year in the limited FX-Hulu show “Mrs. America.”