They also did not even know the song title or the melody of the song, but they were fairly relaxed recording it in the belief that the B-side would likely not be played. As a result, they only had 35 minutes to record the B-side "I Will Survive". Īccording to Robert "Boogie" Bowles who played guitar on the song, in the three-hour recording session, the session musicians spent most of their time recording the A side, "Substitute". Gaynor recognized the song as a hit immediately.
When Gaynor was asked what kind of songs she liked, she said she liked "songs that are meaningful, have good lyrics, and touch people's hearts." The producers then handed her the song lyrics of "I Will Survive" scribbled on a piece of brown paper. In 1978, Perren was asked by Polydor to produce " Substitute" for Gloria Gaynor, which he agreed on the understanding that he could also produce the B-side. Gloria Gaynor performed the song "I Will Survive", which became one of her signature songs. Fekaris teamed up with his collaborator Freddie Perren, another former member of the Motown production team, to write the song however, the song remained unrecorded for two years as no suitable singer was available. He took it as a good omen, and jumped up and down on the bed saying, "I'm going to make it. Jobless, he turned on the TV in his room, and a theme song he had written for the film Generation (performed by Rare Earth) happened to be playing. In 2016, the Library of Congress deemed Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry.Īccording to Dino Fekaris, the principal writer of the song, "I Will Survive" has its genesis in his experience getting fired by Motown Records in the mid-1970s after seven years working there as a staff writer. The song is also frequently recalled as a symbol of female empowerment. It received heavy airplay in 1979, spending three non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as topping the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart. The song's lyrics describe the narrator's discovery of personal strength following an initially devastating breakup. A top-selling song, it is a popular disco anthem, as well as being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. " I Will Survive" is a song by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978 as the second single from her sixth album, Love Tracks (1978).
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