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First I
was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without
you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me
wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're
back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with
that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I
should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one
second
you'd be back to bother me
Go on now go walk out the
door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't
you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you
think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long
as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my
life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I
will survive
It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept
trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh
so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I
hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that
chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt
like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all
my loving
for someone who's loving me
| "I Will Survive" | |
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| Single  by Gloria Gaynor | |
| from the album Love Tracks | |
| Released | October 27, 1978 |
| Genre | Soul Disco |
| Length | 3:18 (45) 4:20.6 (CD) 8:01 (12"/LP) |
| Writer(s) | Freddie Perren , Dino Fekaris |
| Certification | 2x Platinum (US ) |
"I
Will Survive " is a song first performed by Gloria
Gaynor , released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.
The song's lyrics
describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a
breakup; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment ,[1] and HIV /AIDS awareness
- and is a firm favorite on the karaoke circuit[citation needed ] . It
is one of the most famous disco songs of all time and Gaynor's biggest hit. It
received massive airplay in 1979,reaching number one on
the Billboard Hot 100 , also reaching number
one in the UK the next day.
The song was originally
released as the B-side to a song first recorded
by The Righteous Brothers called "Substitute ", a track thought to have more potential for mainstream success by her
record label. It became a worldwide hit for Clout in
1978, instead. Disc jockeys began flipping the single over and
eventually copies of the record were pressed with "I Will Survive" as
the A-side ("Substitute" managed to peak at number 107 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart).
The song was rated number nine on George
Carlin 's 10 Most Embarrassing Songs of All Time.[2]
It received the Grammy Award for Best
Disco Recording in 1980, the only year that the award was given. It
is ranked #489 on the Rolling
StoneThe 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ". The Song
was also listed at #97 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time. [1] In 2000 the song was ranked #1 in VH1 's list of
the 100 greatest dance songs magazine's list of "
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Gloria began to revive her career worldwide with the revival of disco beginning in the early to mid 1990's. During the late 1990s, she dabbled in acting for a while, guest starring on The Wayans Bros , That '70s Show , and Ally McBeal before doing a limited engagement performance in Broadway's Smokey Joe's Cafe . In 2001 she sang "I Will Survive" in the 30th Anniversary Concert for Michael Jackson . She returned to the recording studio in 2002, releasing her first album in over 15 years, entitled, I Wish You Love . The two singles released from the album, "Just Keep Thinking About You" and "I Never Knew", both topped Billboard 's Hot Dance Music/Club Play . Both singles also secured moderate to heavy Dance format radio airplay. The latter song also charted #30 on Billboard' s Adult Contemporary chart. After almost 30 years of its release, Gaynor continues to ride the success of "I Will Survive", touring the country and the world over and performing her signature song on dozens of TV shows. A few successful remixes of the song during the 1990s and 2000s along with new versions of the song by Lonnie Gordon , Diana Ross , Chantay Savage , rock group Cake and others as well as constant recurrent airplay on nearly all Soft AC and Rhythmic format radio stations have helped to keep the song in the mainstream. On September 19, 2005, Gaynor was honored twice when she and her music were inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame . She was inducted in the Artist Inductees category along with fellow disco legends Chic Sylvester . Her classic anthem "I Will Survive" was inducted under the Records Inductees and the late category. In 2004, Gaynor re-released her 1997 album The Answer (also released under the title What a Life ) as a follow up to her successful album I Wish You Love . The album includes her popular club hit "Oh, What a Life". In January 2008, The American Diabetes Association named Gaynor the Honorary Spokesperson of the 2008 NYC Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk.[2] In July 2009, she appeared on The John Kerwin Show [3] to promote the 30th anniversary of "I Will Survive". [ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
