Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When he partnered with another Motown producer called Freddie Perren, they wrote a number called \u201cI Will Survive\u201d for which Fekaris provided most of the lyrics. In 1978, the pair were teamed up with New Jersey singer Gloria Gaynor by her record company to record a song called \u201cSubstitute\u201d, which had been a hit in Europe for an all-female band called Clout.\u00a0The music was recorded in just 35 minutes at the end of a session devoted mostly to \u201cSubstitute\u201d. When Gaynor came in to record her vocal she was still in a back brace as a result of an operation on her spine some weeks earlier. Her mother had recently died. She wrote in her memoir that, in every relationship, she \u201cended up being rejected, disrespected, and neglected\u201d. And she was also a survivor of rape. \u201cI Will Survive\u201d wasn\u2019t just another song to her \u2014 it was a mission statement.\u00a0When the single was released, it quickly became evident that, in clubs such as Studio 54 in New York and on radio stations, \u201cI Will Survive\u201d was much more popular than \u201cSubstitute.\u201d It was re-released as an A-side in 1979 and topped the charts in the UK, the US and several other countries. It has inspired more than 200 covers.In January 2017, ahead of Donald Trump\u2019s first presidential inauguration, a group of film stars including Emma Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy were gathered by fashion magazine W to give a rendition meant to indicate how they felt about the upcoming four years. Perhaps they will revisit it at the forthcoming inauguration.\u00a0Embraced by gay men and female victims of domestic violence, it has become an anthem for the broken-hearted, the disenfranchised and the oppressed. The Gloria Gaynor version will still fill a dancefloor even before the opening piano arpeggio has ended. As she says: \u201cIt\u2019s a timeless lyric anyone can relate to about the tenacity of the human spirit.\u201dLet us know your memories of \u2018I Will Survive\u2019 in the comments section belowThe paperback edition of \u2018The Life of a Song: The stories behind 100 of the world\u2019s best-loved songs\u2019, edited by David Cheal and Jan Dalley, is published by ChambersMusic credits: Motown; Universal; Parlophone; RCA; Sony; BMG\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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