I Will Survive

I Will Survive was never supposed to be the single.

Gloria Gaynor's 1978 knockout spent its first weeks buried as a B-side, tucked behind a cover called — until club DJs started flipping the record and radio had no choice but to follow. Gaynor recorded that voice while still recovering from spinal surgery, and you can hear it.

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