The song "I Will Survive" (Artist: Gloria Gaynor) received the Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980, the only year the award was given. Also, in the late 1980s, it was ranked #492 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Later, after a great deal of success, the song was ranked #97 on Billboard magazine's "All Time Hot 100". After that in the year 2000, the song was ranked #1 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs. Next, "I Will Survive" was ranked at #2 in a 2012 Rolling Stone poll of "The Best Disco Songs of All Time". The song next became # 7 on the 2017 list by Paste Magazine of "The 60 Best Dance Floor Classics.

This is a song which is said to have a "message of defiant and enduring presence". People hear this song and feel that they can relate to its on-going message.

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