Survivor (Destiny's Child song)
February 13, 2001
Survivor is a song by American Contemporary R & B girl group Destiny 's Child. The song was written by lead singer Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent, and Mathew Knowles for the third album by the group Survivor (2001) and composed. At the Grammy Awards of 2002, the song won the Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
The music video won the Best R & B Video and the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R & B or / Soul Single, Group, Duo band at the MTV Video Music Awards 2001. Jill Sobule and rapper Vanilla Ice who covered the song already.
Background
In 1999, the Destiny 's Child members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett of frontwoman Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland parted, took their places Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin one. However, later, Franklin parted with the group. According to Knowles her girl group with the U.S. show Survivor was compared. This comparison inspired Knowles, a song " full of negativity about us" to write.
The transmitter Black Entertainment chose the song for the most successful of the 2000s decade.
Music Video
The music video had its premiere at "MTV - Making the Video" and illustrates how the singers of the group to survive on an island. In a preview is shown to have led to what events that they now have to live on an island.
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, the group released the music video.
Destiny 's Child still took on a remix video with rapper Da Brat, this was never published.
Controversy
The founding members of Destiny's Child LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson indicated Knowles, Rowland and the manager Mathew Knowles. They explained that some song lines in Survivor, like "You thought I would not sell without you / sold nine million", represent an insult. Over the course of the process is not known.
Charts
Survivor rose in the Billboard Hot 100 at number 43 a, so that the group succeeded in their second-highest debut placement, according Lose My Breath, which got in right on the 30. In the United States, the song quickly became a commercial success, reaching only a month after its release 2nd place Due to the massive success of Janet Jackson's All for You failed entitled to climb the top of the Billboard Hot 100. In the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi - Singles Sales Charts, however the song remained for eight weeks at No. 1 in the Genre Charts Hip Hop / R & B song reached number 5 in the radio charts was the song number 1 for 5 weeks, since the radio station the song often played. In the pure U.S. sales chart, the song reached # 3
In the UK the song was able to sell directly in the first week more than 290,000 units and debuted with a huge success at # 1 on the UK charts. In addition, the song was a number -one hit in Ireland, the Netherlands and Japan. In the worldwide United World Tracks chart, the song remained for five weeks at No. 1 in Canada, the song also reached number 1 in New Zealand No. 2, the top 5 in Australia and Germany and # 12 in France.
Cover versions
- 2001: Nancy and the Boys
- 2004: Jill Sobule
- 2005: Vanilla Ice
- 2010: The Happy
- 2010: Glee Cast