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• GLORIA GAYNOR
• GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'
• GLORIA GAYNOR ON 'SONG TRAVELS'
• 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 VIEWERS712.1K 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
• I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER47.4K VIEWS11 CONTRIBUTORSI AM WHAT I AM LYRICSI AM WHAT I AMI AM MY OWN SPECIAL CREATNSO E TAKE A LOOKGIVE ME THE HOOK OR THE OVATNIT'S MY WORLD THAT I WANT TO HAVE A LTLE PRI MY WORLD, AND 'S NOT A PLACE I HAVE TO HI LIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SAY"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMI DON'T WANT PRAISE, I DON'T WANT PYI BANG MY OWN DMSOME THK 'S NOISE, I THK 'S PRETTYAND SO WHAT IF I LOVE EACH SPARKLE AND EACH BANGLE?WHY NOT TRY TO SEE THGS OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE?YOUR LIFE IS A SHAM TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEI AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM, I AM, I AM EFULI AM, I AM, I AM TEI AM, I AM SOMEBODYI AM AS GOOD AS YOU, AH HA, AH HAOOH OOH OOH OOH, Y I AMAH AH AH AH, AH I AM...EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
• 'IT HAS NOT SLOWED DOWN ONE B': GLORIA GAYNOR SHAR THE AMAZG STORY OF 'I WILL SURVIVE'

GLORIA GAYNOR

Covers by Gloria Gaynor. Gloria Gaynor. Gayle McCormick.

Gloria Gaynor featurg Earl Young & The Trammps. Jean-Luc Lahaye en duo avec Gloria Gaynor. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell.

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

Gloria Gaynor featurg Isaac Hay. Gloria Gaynor feat Gipsy Kali. Gloria GaynorCovered by (6 artists).

Laïlo and Gloria Gaynor.

GLORIA GAYNOR ON 'SONG TRAVELS'

Songs wrten by Gloria Gaynor. Other songs that sampled Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive:. Cover versns of Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive:.

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive: The Anthology. There are many reasons why Gloria Gaynor is synonymo wh "I Will Survive.

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 VIEWERS712.1K 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

The extrible lks, however, obscure the pth and range of Gaynor's reer.

I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER47.4K VIEWS11 CONTRIBUTORSI AM WHAT I AM LYRICSI AM WHAT I AMI AM MY OWN SPECIAL CREATNSO E TAKE A LOOKGIVE ME THE HOOK OR THE OVATNIT'S MY WORLD THAT I WANT TO HAVE A LTLE PRI MY WORLD, AND 'S NOT A PLACE I HAVE TO HI LIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SAY"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMI DON'T WANT PRAISE, I DON'T WANT PYI BANG MY OWN DMSOME THK 'S NOISE, I THK 'S PRETTYAND SO WHAT IF I LOVE EACH SPARKLE AND EACH BANGLE?WHY NOT TRY TO SEE THGS OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE?YOUR LIFE IS A SHAM TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEI AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM, I AM, I AM EFULI AM, I AM, I AM TEI AM, I AM SOMEBODYI AM AS GOOD AS YOU, AH HA, AH HAOOH OOH OOH OOH, Y I AMAH AH AH AH, AH I AM...EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

A soul sger through and through, Gaynor wasn't an overnight succs.

In her mid-teens 1965, she buted as Gloria Gaynor wh "She'll Be Sorry, " a low-profile sgle produced and released by Johnny Nash (who had suggted the name change). Gaynor was a seasoned performer at nightclubs and other small venu by the time she was signed by Clive Davis to Columbia, the label that released her send sgle, 1973's "Honeybee, " a sweet and sweepg proto-dis number arranged by Norman Harris and produced by Pl Leka. Followg Columbia's dismissal of Davis, Gaynor was soped up by MGM, which re-released "Honeybee" (as "Honey Bee") and steered to Billboard's R&B chart April 1974.

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

Gaynor soon followed up wh "Never Can Say Goodbye, " popularized by the Jackson 5 for Motown.

-- when MGM eagerly released Gaynor's send album. Experience Gloria Gaynor was cranked out durg the third quarter of 1975.

Like the breakthrough LP that preced by only eight months, Experience ntaed a nonstop si-one sequence urty of Moulton, and a ballad-heavy si two wh some material wrten by Gaynor. Still movg quickly, Gaynor ma a lateral shift to Polydor. The sger had ntued mercial succs, primarily the club sector, wh I've Got You, Glor, and Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound, released om 1976 through 1978.

As the dis era ntued to play out and fizzle the early '80s, Gaynor released three addnal Polydor albums: 1979's I Have a Right, 1980's Stori, and 1981's I Kda Like Me. Gaynor bt adapted to the creasgly electronic sound of dance mic wh her 1983 versn of "I Am What I Am" (om La Cage x Foll), a number three h on the club chart. Synchronized wh a like-tled album, Gaynor's send book, We Will Survive, followed the next year.

By as a performer all along, Gaynor rumed stud work later the , and 2019 released the full-fledged gospel album Ttimony. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks wh sger Gloria Gaynor about her Grammy-nomated album, Ttimony.

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: And fally today, Gloria Gaynor, a voice that fed the dis era. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE")GLORIA GAYNOR: (Sgg) Hey, I never n say goodbye, boy. MCCAMMON: In the 1970s, Gloria Gaynor released a strg of dis hs that have gone on to bee classics, cludg this one, "Never Can Say Goodbye, " and, of urse, "I Will Survive.

" Earlier this year, Gloria Gaynor released her 18th stud album.