This week’s Throwback Thursday song comes from R&B/dance singer and songwriter Chantay Savage. She found substantial success in the 1990s with “I Will Survive,” in which she reworked the Gloria Gaynor disco anthem.
Before Savage signed a recording contract, she parlayed success into gigs as a session musician, singer, and songwriter with artists such as CeCe Peniston and Tanya Blount, she co-wrote Peniston’s number one Dance single “We Got a Love Thang”. In 1993 she released her first single “If You Believe” from her debut album Here We Go…, her follow-up “Betcha’ll Never Find”became a top twenty dance and R&B hit on the Billboard chart. She also released the singles “Don’t Let It Go to Your Head” and “Give It to Ya”.
In 1995 she teamed up with Aaliyah, En Vogue, BlackGirl, Mary J. Blige, Vanessa Williams, SWV, and others for the single “Freedom” from the movie Panther.
Chantay took two years off before she returned in 1996 with “I Will Survive” from her second album I Will Survive (Doin’ It My Way). The lead single became a moderate smash in the U.S., where it reached #5 on Billboard’s R&B chart, and # 12 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was also certified gold by the RIAA for US single sales of over 500,000 units.
Take a look at Chantay Savage ‘I Will Survive” video below:
I love this reworked version of ‘I Will Survive’