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Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive b/w Substitute (12")
Polydor Records (US) / 1978 / PD D 504
12" Disco single 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record
Producer(s) : Dino Fekaris in assoc. with Freddie Perren for Grand Slam Productions
Side A
I Will Survive (8:02)
Side B
Substitute (8:29)
Even though Gloria Gaynor scored big with "Never Can Say Goodbye" years earlier, she is best known for the Disco single "I Will Survive."
Gloria Gaynor continued into the '80s with "I Am What I Am," but without the same success she had enjoyed in the past. Read the exclusive interview with Gloria Gaynor to find out how it all came about.
Listen to I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor:
Also See...
Gloria Gaynor interview
Interview with Meco Monardo
Henry Stone / History of TK Records
George McCrae (Bio)
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Apr 05, 2008 | 2:15 pmThis DISCO CLASSIC could be the best known song of all the great music from the DISCO era. In how many movies have you heard this song? The incredibly inspirational song is so well known, that it has become an anthem. The story of the intestinal fortitude to survive drives the very soul of the fortunate listener. The song will be well featured in my up-coming book. Of course it gets a TEN!!
The black slipcover for the disc pictured above actually advertises the flipside "Substitute" in large print with "...Survive" in smaller letters below. Because of this and because the label does not specify sides, we take it that this initial issue was intended to promote "Substitute". Likely due to its instant success, "...Survive" was reissued in a white-label promotional 12" shortly thereafter (PD D 512) b/w "Yo Vivire (Spanish Version)" at 7:57. PD D 504 pictured above also appears in white label promotional form, however still with "Substitute" as the priority track.