I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a hit song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor. It was released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. It became a top-selling song after its release as it sold 14 million copies worldwide.

It reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart on many weeks in a row. The song is also seen as a symbol of female strength and as a gay anthem.

In 2016, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

References

  1. ↑ Garfield, Bob (31 January 2012). "'I Will Survive': the ridiculous and the sublime". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Kaminski and Verta Taylor (2008). We're Not Just Lip-synching Here: Music and Collective Identity in Drag Performances. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816651399. Retrieved 2009-04-26. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Nadine Hubbs. "'I Will Survive': musical mappings of queer social space in a disco anthem" (PDF). Popular Music, 26 , pp. 231–244. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  4. ↑ "'I Will Survive': Radio 4 celebrates the enduring success of Gloria Gaynor's classic song". BBC. Retrieved 2016-03-19.