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"Sucker DJ" (also known as "Sucker DJ's (I Will Survive)", or "Sucker DJ (A Witch for Love)") is a song by American rapper Dimples D. It was written by Buddy Kaye, Crystal Smith, Hugo Montenegro and Marlon Williams and originally released in 1983 by Party Time Records, without any success in the charts. But in the hip hop community at the time ...
Nearly 50 years ago, Gloria Gaynor released “I Will Survive,” the first disco song to top the Billboard charts and the only one to be awarded a Grammy for best disco recording. Then, 40 years ...
"I Will Survive" is a song recorded by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978 by Polydor Records as the second single from her sixth album, Love Tracks (1978). It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. The song's lyrics describe the narrator's discovery of personal strength following an initially devastating breakup.
The lyrics discuss unrequited love and a failed relationship, telling a story of someone who does not want to move on after the end of a romance. "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)" was acclaimed by contemporary music critics, many of whom deemed the song an album highlight and praised its 1980s-influenced production, themes and lyrics ...
Love Tracks includes her million-selling number-one single "I Will Survive", which originally started out as the B-side to the album's first single, a cover of Clout's "Substitute" before it was flipped. (The 12" single was quickly deleted and the 4:56 album version was replaced with the 8:01 12" version in order to sell more albums).
Cher rewrote the lyrics in the second verse to make the character more assertive: 'I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong / 'Cause I've had time to think it through and maybe I'm too good for you". [2] [3] [4] Cher felt the song was "too whiny" and wanted to "toughen it up a bit". [5]
Dino George Fekaris (born January 24, 1945) is an American music producer and songwriter. [1] [2] [self-published source] [3] Fekaris was the producer and co-writer, with Freddie Perren, of the 1978 song "I Will Survive", and other songs recorded by Gloria Gaynor. [4] Nominated five times for the Grammy Award, he won once in 1979 for "I Will ...
The song reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 9, [2] and reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the only song by the band ever to do so on both charts. [3] It was released as a single with "My Brother Esau" and later "Throwing Stones", and has appeared on a number of albums and collections. [4]