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原作者：Jason Ankeny

翻譯：ConigliaFolle

校對：Tyler Smith

排版：Lynn Liu

The ultimate diva anthem. Equal parts dancefloor juggernaut and Broadway show-stopper, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" remains the disco era's definitive expression of feminine empowerment, a gloriously over-the-top celebration of strength, independence, and finger-wagging defiance in the face of heartbreak and loss. Gaynor didn't need to look far for inspiration: After scoring her first hit, 1974's "Never Can Say Goodbye," she was crowned the Queen of Disco, but subsequent singles stiffed and soon her throne was usurped by Donna Summer. From there it got worse: While performing in Europe in the spring of 1978, Gaynor slipped off the stage, suffering a severe spinal injury that kept her bedridden for nine months; around the same time, she lost her mother as well. Upon leaving the hospital, she teamed with the writing and production duo of Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris to create "I Will Survive." A declaration of resilience and phoenix-like rebirth in the wake of a lover's betrayal, as a triumph of the spirit the song boasts so much attitude and sass that it veers dangerously close to pure camp -- Gaynor wrings every last drop of drama from the lyrics, bolstered by a sweeping string arrangement ripped directly from the show tune tradition. Promoted by Polydor as "More than a hit -- it's a way of life," "I Will Survive" was also adopted as a gay rights anthem on its way to topping the pop charts for three weeks in 1979, and when given new life on the soundtrack of the 1994 drag-queen comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, it reached number one in Australia 15 years after its original release.

Gloria Gaynor的 "I Will Survive"可謂是最棒的天后的神曲，具有霸占舞池和終結(jié)百老匯音樂劇的能力，并且它還保留了迪斯科時代女性力量的堅定發(fā)聲，以及對力量、獨立以及堅強面對心碎與痛失所愛的至高贊賞。Gaynor在過去是不需要尋找太多靈感的：從她于1974年發(fā)布第一首單曲 "Never Can Say Goodbye"后，她就成為了迪斯科天后，但之后的單曲反響大不如前，她的天后之位也被Donna Summer奪走。從那之后事情變得越發(fā)糟糕：她在1978年春進行歐洲巡演時從舞臺上摔了下去，這使她遭受到了嚴重的脊椎損傷并且臥床九個月；在這期間她的母親也去世了。出院后，她與創(chuàng)制二人組 Freddie Perren和Dino Fekaris聯(lián)手寫出了 "I Will Survive"。這是她自己涅槃重生的宣告序曲，也是因愛人背叛而生的覺醒之作，吹響了精神勝利的號角，它的態(tài)度十分明確，甚至有過度女權(quán)的傾向——Gaynor在歌詞中極盡戲劇化之能事，氣勢宏大的弦樂編配也使歌曲從俗套中跳脫出來。寶麗多唱片公司給這首歌寫的宣傳語是“不僅僅是大熱單曲——也是一種生活方式”，與此同時，它也被許多同性戀者定為爭取自身權(quán)益的主題曲，于1979年稱霸流行榜首三周，后來，因為被1994年的喜劇電影《沙漠妖姬》選用，該曲煥發(fā)新生，在發(fā)行15年后登頂澳大利亞榜單。