
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive: The Anthology The Best of Gloria Gaynor I'll Be There Disco Nights Greatest Hits Best of Gloria Gaynor Fire Island Classics, Vol. Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye? Well, now I'm saving all my lovin' for someone who's loving me I'm not that chained-up little person still in love with youĪnd so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heartĪnd I spent oh-so many nights just feeling sorry for myselfīut now I hold my head up high and you see me It took all the strength I had not to fall apart Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay aliveĪnd I've got all my love to give and I'll survive Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? If I'd known for just one second you'd be back to bother me I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
Gaynor’s 2019 album Testimony won a Grammy for Best Roots Gospel Recording.Kept thinking I could never live without you by my sideīut then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. In August 1999, Gaynor did a limited-engagement performance in the Broadway musical Smokey Joe's Cafe. A disco resurgence in the ’90s revived interest in Gaynor’s career, and she did guest spots on the TV sitcoms The Wayans Bros, That ’70s Show, and Ally McBeal. Gaynor’s 1984 album I Am Gloria Gaynor yielded her last US Top 10 single, a version of “I Am What I Am” that hit No.
“I Will Survive,” Gaynor’s biggest hit, was first released as the B-side to another single, a version of The Righteous Brothers’ “Substitute.” Club DJs started playing “I Will Survive” instead, and radio airplay soon followed. Gaynor’s version also cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1 in 1974 with “Never Can Say Goodbye,” which the Jackson 5 had originally recorded in 1971. Gaynor had her first Dance Club Songs No. She got her start in the ’60s with the R&B band The Soul Satisfiers before releasing her first solo single, “She’ll Be Sorry,” in 1965.
The song won a Grammy for Best Disco Recording in 1980-the only year there was an award in that category.
Gaynor had five Top 5 singles on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart before breaking through to the pop charts in 1978 with “I Will Survive,” an enduring hit that reached No.
Gloria Gaynor was an icon of the disco era thanks to “I Will Survive,” which became an LGBTQ anthem for its message of perseverance and resilience.