It was in fact filmed in a disco, that being the since-defunct Xenon nightclub in NYC. Also it featured another fad, roller-skating, which has also more or less died out since the s. The song was written by a pair of musicians and regular collaborators named Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. Freddie was a Motown vet who helped create a number of hits, including for the likes of the Jackson 5. According to Dino Fekaris, he is the one who originated the tune.
And he did so, as the song suggests, initially sparked by despair. He had just gotten fired from his staff writing job at Motown after a seven-year tenure. For she recorded this song while simultaneously recovering from a serious back injury.
The song is frequently viewed as a symbol of female strength and is also very well known and loved in the gay community, becoming a gay anthem. For a disco track, the song was unique at the time as it had no background vocalists — something that was common for disco numbers at that time. The track stood out for its clean and minimalistic approach to disco, rather than its non pitched up vocals, and lack of overdubs or adjustments to pitch and speed, it was praised for its musical sound.
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Succeeded by " Tragedy " by Bee Gees. Preceded by " Tragedy " by Bee Gees. UK number-one single 17 March — 7 April This ended up being Gloria Gaynor, whose record company called Perren looking for production on a song called 'Substitute', a song originally by the Righteous Brothers.
Gaynor then agreed to record 'I Will Survive' as the B-side. Although everyone who worked on the song knew it was superior to the A-side, the president of Gaynor's record company specifically wanted 'Substitute', and released it as the A-side as planned. Polydor eventually released the single with the sides flipped, and 'I Will Survive' became an international hit, reaching number one in both the UK and US. It is mostly attributed to the lack of acceptance of LGBT individuals, especially when t he song was released in The song is often referred to as a 'gay anthem' because of this.
Musicologist Nadine Hubbs wrote that [eople in the LGBT community have said they identify with 'I Will Survive' because the "textual message of defiant and enduring presence was already well tailored to queer identification needs, but this message and the song's titular statement took on even deeper meaning with the dawn of the AIDS epidemic in the s".
While Gloria Gaynor will forever be known for this one song, she had already scored some hits before it was released. She was 30 years old at the time.
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