I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor - Songfacts

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On January 20, 1979 Gloria Gaynor’s rerdg of I Will Survive was released and started s way up the mic charts.

“I Will Survive” beme one of the qutsential anthems for the Gay Pri that year and has held strong as a favore of gay men everywhere.

Gaynor origally released “I Will Survive” as the B-si to her ver of the Righteo Brothers’ “Substute” 1978. Gaynor won the only Dis Grammy.

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