Gloria Gaynor’s #1 hit single “I Will Survive” debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum and over three decades later still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere.
Over the years, the disco legend has received thousands of personal messages from adoring fans whose lives have been transformed by this timeless song. Their remarkable stories reveal that ”I Will Survive” has reached people from all walks of life and touched their lives in thousands of unique ways. From individuals triumphing over illness to those suffering from the painful loss of a loved one to others piecing their lives together after bearing witness to national tragedy, “I Will Survive” has become an emotional anthem for them and for millions of Gaynor’s adoring fans around the world.
In We Will Survive, Gloria shares forty of these inspirational, true stories about survivors of all kinds—individuals who have found comfort, hope, and courage through the power of this one song.
An interesting concept – and a deeply inspiring book Has a song ever touched you in an unexpected way? This book contains a multitude of stories by people whose lives have been profoundly affected by just one song.Few people – certainly no-one who was born in the 1970s or 1980s – can have escaped the phenomenon that was Gloria Gaynor’s hit single ‘I Will Survive’. Released in October of 1978, it was written by the songwriting team of Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. It became a top-seller soon after its release, and has remained one…
Melanyh-t What a wonderful book. This is one of my favorite songs. Iused to listen to it when life was unkind. I had no idea of its power. This is well written and inspirational. This would be a wonderful gift for anyone facing a hard time in their life. I loved it.
Yes, I will survive! This is a wonderful book of hopeful stories … Not just hopeful, but personal stories of survivors. They all have one common theme, and that is Gloria Gaynor’s hit “I Will Survive.” Each individual was touched in some way by the song.But what is most amazing isn’t even their stories, it is Gloria’s own story of survival that opens this book with an amazing level of honesty and vulnerability. I couldn’t help but wonder, did the song become the hit it was because those words…