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The story of Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive'

Steve Pafford, stevepafford.com, 15 October 2023

It's the disco song to end all disco songs, and the ultimate karaoke tune that even ole Madonna's appropriating on her current tour. A triumphant if bittersweet anthem to the oppressed and the depressed the world over, Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive', undoubtedly the most famous survival song of them all, is 45 years old. Fancy that.

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