Gloria Gaynor reveals pa behd 'I Will Survive' new doc

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'IT HAS NOT SLOWED DOWN ONE B': GLORIA GAYNOR SHAR THE AMAZG STORY OF 'I WILL SURVIVE'

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All Gloria Gaynor had to do was read the lyrics to "I Will Survive, " the empowerg breakup anthem that took her to the top of Billboard's Hot 100, to know that song was somethg was the stud to cut a dis reventn of a song the Righteo Brothers had rerd three years earlier as her next sgle when she asked producers Freddie Perren and Do Fekaris if they had any thoughts on a potential B-si.

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GLORIA GAYNOR REVEALS REAL PA BEHD ‘I WILL SURVIVE’ NEW DOC

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"They told Gaynor, who plays the Celebry Theatre Friday, Jan. " They didn't have a mo of "I Will Survive" the stud so they wrote out the lyrics and hand the paper to Gaynor. Gaynor says Polydor executiv didn't want to listen to the song at first bee the print had chosen "Substute" to be the Gaynor and the song's producers went behd the label's back and took to the only power higher than a major-label CEO those days.

GLORIA GAYNOR: I WILL SURVIVE

Gloria Gaynor, the legendary voice behd the anthem of empowerment, "I Will Survive" speaks of the power of song to spire, strengthen and enurage "We Will Survive." Here's an excerpt.INTRODUCTIONBehd the SongI grew up a sgle-parent home wh a sgle mother and six siblgs—there lay the cx of my problems. Too few people know the vastatg long-term effects that n ravage t * will gaynor *

"We took to Stud 54, to the DJ there, " Gaynor says.

It fished send 2014 on a list Rollg Stone of the Bt Dis 2016, the Library of Congrs emed Gaynor's rerdg to be "culturally, historilly or artistilly signifint" and selected for prervatn the Natnal Rerdg star was ved to rg 2021 at Tim Square New York Cy wh a panmic-patible versn of "I Will Survive.

" "I don't thk there was a better song for that particular New Year's Eve bee of COVID and everythg that everyone was gog through, hopg that we will survive, " Gaynor says.

'WE WILL SURVIVE': GLORIA GAYNOR SHAR TE STORI OF SPIRATN

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"It's credible, " Gaynor says of the sgle's endurg appeal. "The song has personal signifince for Gloria GaynorIt certaly ronated wh Gaynor, who drew on personal experience to power through those lyrics wh nvictn.

GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'

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"The rerd pany had lled and said that they weren't gog to renew my ntract, " Gaynor says. 'I Will Survive' merchandiseIn 2013, Gaynor published a book, "We Will Survive: Te Stori of Enuragement, Inspiratn, and the Power of Song.

I WILL SURVIVEGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 5 ON LOVE TRACKS PRODUCED BYDO FEKARISTHIS SONG WAS GIVEN A LUCKY BREAK WHEN A STUD 54 DJ FLIPPED TO THE B-SI OF “SUBSTUTE”, A RIGHTEO BROTHERS VER. DURG A TIME WHEN MOST DIS HS WERE HEAVILY… READ MORE AUG. 19783 VIEWERS713.2K VIEWS79 CONTRIBUTORSI WILL SURVIVE LYRICS[INTRO]AT FIRST I WAS AAID, I WAS PETRIFIEDKEPT THK' I ULD NEVER LIVE WHOUT YOU BY MY SIBUT THEN I SPENT SO MANY NIGHTS THK' HOW YOU DID ME WRONGAND I GREW STRONG AND I LEARNED HOW TO GET ALONG[VERSE 1]AND SO YOU'RE BACK, OM OUTER SPACEI JT WALKED TO FD YOU HERE WH THAT SAD LOOK UPON YOUR FACEI SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT STUPID LOCKI SHOULD HAVE MA YOU LEAVE YOUR KEYIF I'D HAVE KNOWN FOR JT ONE SEND YOU'D BE BACK TO BOTHER ME[PRE-CHOS]GO ON NOW, GO, WALK OUT THE DOORJT TURN AROUND NOW, 'E YOU'RE NOT WELE ANYMOREWEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO TRIED TO HURT ME WH GOODBYE?DID YOU THK I'D CMBLE? DID YOU THK I'D LAY DOWN AND DIE?[CHOS]OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVEOH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVEI'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE, AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVEAND I'LL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE, HEY HEY[STRG SOLO]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]IT TOOK ALL THE STRENGTH I HAD NOT TO FALL APARTJT TRY' HARD TO MEND THE PIEC OF MY BROKEN HEARTAND I SPENT OH SO MANY NIGHTS JT FEELG SORRY FOR MYSELFI ED TO CRY, BUT NOW I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGHAND YOU SEE ME, SOMEBODY NEWI'M NOT THAT CHAED UP LTLE PERSON STILL LOVE WH YOUAND SO YOU FELT LIKE DROPP' AND JT EXPECT ME TO BE EENOW I'M SAVG ALL MY LOV' FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LOV' ME[PRE-CHOS]GO ON NOW, GO, WALK OUT THE DOORJT TURN AROUND NOW, 'E YOU'RE NOT WELE ANYMOREWEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO TRIED TO BREAK ME WH GOODBYE?DID YOU THK I'D CMBLE? DID YOU THK I'D LAY DOWN AND DIE?[CHOS]OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVEOH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVEI'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE, AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVEAND I'LL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE, OH[PRE-CHOS]GO ON NOW GO, WALK OUT THE DOORJT TURN AROUND NOW, 'E YOU'RE NOT WELE ANYMOREWEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO TRIED TO BREAK ME WH GOODBYE?DID YOU THK I'D CMBLE? DID YOU THK I'D LAY DOWN AND DIE?[CHOS]OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVEOH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVEI'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE, AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVEAND I'LL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE[SAXOPHONE SOLO][VERSE 2]IT TOOK ALL THE STRENGTH I HAD NOT TO FALL APARTJT TRY' HARD TO MEND THE PIEC OF MY BROKEN HEARTAND I SPENT OH SO MANY NIGHTS JT FEELG SORRY FOR MYSELFI ED TO CRY, BUT NOW I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGHAND YOU SEE ME, SOMEBODY NEWI'M NOT THAT CHAED UP LTLE PERSON STILL LOVE WH YOUAND SO YOU FELT LIKE DROPP' AND JT EXPECT ME TO BE EEWELL, NOW I'M SAVG ALL MY LOV' FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LOV' ME[PRE-CHOS]GO ON NOW GO, WALK OUT THE DOORJT TURN AROUND NOW, 'E YOU'RE NOT WELE ANYMOREWEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO TRIED TO HURT ME WH GOODBYE?DID YOU THK I'D CMBLE? DID YOU THK I'D BREAK DOWN AND DIE?[CHOS]OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVEOH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVEI'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE, AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVEAND I'LL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE, I WILL SURVIVE[OUTRO]I'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE, AND I'VE GOT SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVEAND I'LL SURVIVE, Y, I'LL SURVIVE, YEAH, I'LL SURVIVE37EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

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""Ever sce 'I Will Survive' beme a h song, everywhere I go, I get stori, " Gaynor says. " she recently, she lnched a le of merchandise at Amazon lled I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, featurg a range of spiratnal signs on t-shirts, sweatshirts and smartphone accsori. "The on I like the most are the on wh the emoji we ll Lil GG, " Gaynor says.

‘I WILL SURVIVE’: THE STORY BEHD GLORIA GAYNOR’S BEAN OF EMPOWERMENT

"Gaynor released a Grammy-wng gospel album 2019Gaynor achieved a dream 2019 wh the release of "Ttimony, " her first gospel album, which won a Grammy (her send) for Bt Roots Gospel Album.

"Gaynor rerd the album  Nashville wh gut spots by Yolanda Adams, Mike Farris, Jason Crabb and Bart Millard of MercyMe.

GLORIA GAYNOR: LA HISTORIA ‘I WILL SURVIVE’ N UN SPIDO Y UNA FAJA ORTOPéDI

"I jt wanted to share the joy, (and) be upliftg, enuragg and spirg a way that's not superficial, " Gaynor says.

"I had some thgs to overe and get past after I divorced and parted ways wh my ex-manager, " she Gloria Gaynor and her h song rema relevantMore recently, Gaynor llaborated wh Kylie Mogue on a remix of a track lled “Can’t Stop Wrg Songs About You” for a "Gut List" edn of Mogue's album "Dis. "The thg dis mic acplished that never got cred for is the fact that 's the only mic history to brg together people om every race, creed, natnaly and age group, " Gaynor says. As for the dis backlash, Gaynor lghs off.

"I always believed that was driven by people whose bottom le was beg negatively affected by the populary of dis, " Gaynor says. "Gloria GaynorWhen: 8 p.

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