Survivor (song)
| Survivor | |
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| Destiny's Child | |
| publication | February 13, 2001 |
| length | 4:14 |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary R&B , dance-pop , hip-hop |
| text | Beyoncé Knowles , Anthony Dent, Mathew Knowles |
| music |
Beyoncé Knowles , Anthony Dent |
| album | Survivor |
Survivor is a song by American Contemporary R & B - girl group Destiny's Child . The song was written and composed by front woman Beyoncé Knowles , Anthony Dent and Mathew Knowles for the third album of the group Survivor (2001). At the 2002 Grammy Awards , the song won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals .
The music video won the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards for Best R&B Video and the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R & B / Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo . Jill Sobule and rapper Vanilla Ice already covered the song.
background
In 1999, Destiny's Child members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett split from frontwoman Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland , with Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin taking their places . However, Franklin later split from the group. According to Knowles, her girl group has been compared to the US show Survivor . This comparison inspired Knowles to write a song “full of negativity about us”.
The station Black Entertainment voted the song the most successful of the 2000s.
Music video
The music video premiered on “ MTV - Making the Video” and shows how the group's singers survive on an island. A preview shows which events have led to their having to live on an island.
The group released the music video on Destiny's Child Album # 1’s as well as on the international deluxe edition of the album Survivor and on the DVD Fan Pack .
Destiny's Child recorded another remix video with rapper Da Brat , but this was never released.
controversy
Destiny's Child founding members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson reported Knowles, Rowland, and manager Mathew Knowles. They stated that some lines in Survivor's song , such as "You thought I wouldn't sell without you / sold nine million," were insulting. Nothing is known about the course of the process.
Charts
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Survivor entered the American Billboard Hot 100 at number 43, making the group their second-highest debut ranking, after Lose My Breath , which entered directly at 30. The song quickly became a commercial hit in the United States, peaking at number two just a month after its release. The massive hit of Janet Jackson's All for You failed the song to climb the Billboard Hot 100 top. In the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi Singles Sales Charts, however, the song stayed at number one for eight weeks. In the genre charts, Hip-Hop / R & B, the song reached number 5. In the radio charts, the song reached number 1 for 5 weeks, since the Radio stations played the song very often. In the US-only sales charts, the song reached number 3.
In the UK, the song sold over 290,000 units in its first week and debuted at number 1 on the UK charts with a huge hit. The song also became a number one hit in Ireland , the Netherlands and Japan . In the worldwide United World Tracks Charts the song stayed at number 1. In Canada the song also reached number 1, in New Zealand number 2, the top 5 in Australia and Germany and number 12 in France .
Cover versions
- 2001: Nancy and the Boys
- 2004: Jill Sobule
- 2005: Vanilla Ice
- 2010: The Happy
- 2010: Glee Cast
- 2017: Leslie Clio
- 2019: Emil Bulls
Individual evidence
- ^ Jancee Dunn: Date with destiny . In: The Observer , June 10, 2001. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ↑ Best Songs of the 2000s . Black Entertainment Television . Retrieved on January 5, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Dancemania Speed 7 Discogs
- ↑ FFM-Rock - Re: DIE HAPPY - News-Forum . Allover-ffm-rock.de. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
