I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, from her album Love Tracks, ranks third in Billboard's special updated top LGBT Pride songs list. The only one that hails from the 70's disco era, it ranked first in the Hot 100 list in 1979, certified platinum, for both the single and the album, by the Recording Industry Association of America. It is also already included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Do you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give and I'll survive

I had to think twice before pushing through with this post. News came out in 2014, when the iconic Gaynor, who was scheduled to perform at a West Hollywood gay club, asked management to remove shirtless, scantily clad go-go boys from the venue before she appears. Horrors.

I Will Survive had several versions, even as the Gaynor single remains pervasive to this day. Actually, I also liked Cake's version, from their album Fashion Nugget, especially on days when I'm feeling, er, butch.

We interrupt the regularly scheduled programming of liwaliw Sounds for the celebration of LGBT Pride. Love wins.