I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a song by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1979. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.

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Gloria Gaynor - 1979 - Freddie Perren - Dino Fekaris

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The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds strength when recovering from a breakup; it has often been used as both an anthem of female empowerment, and a gay anthem. It is a widely played disco classic, and easily Gaynor's biggest hit; it received massive airplay in 1979, reaching # 1 on the Billboard Music Charts.

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Empowerment - Gay anthem - Disco - Airplay - 1979 - Billboard Music Charts

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It received the Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980, the only year that the award was given.

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The song was used in the movies The Replacements and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Part of it was sung a capella in Men in Black II, and several lines of it are sung, although to a quite different tune, in They Might Be Giants's song "The Biggest One". It was also covered by the rock band Cake in 1996, and formed the basis for Robbie Williams' single Supreme in 2000. "I Will Survive" is also the stadium anthem of Feyenoord and Schalke 04.

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The Replacements - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Men in Black II - They Might Be Giants - Cake - 1996 - Robbie Williams - Supreme - 2000 - Feyenoord - Schalke 04

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