Survivor (Destiny's Child song)

"Survivor"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album Survivor
ReleasedMarch 6, 2001 (2001-03-06)
RecordedJuly 2000[1][2][3]
StudioSugarHill (Houston, Texas)
Length4:14
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Anthony Dent
  • Beyoncé Knowles
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Independent Women Part I"
(2000) 		"Survivor"
(2001) 		"Bootylicious"
(2001)
Music video
"Survivor" on YouTube

"Survivor" is a song recorded by American group Destiny's Child for their third studio album of the same title (2001). It was written and composed by group member Beyoncé, Anthony Dent, and Mathew Knowles. "Survivor" was inspired by a joke that a radio station had made about the fact that three members had already left the group, comparing the band to the reality game show Survivor.[4] Beyoncé was inspired to take the negative comment and turn it into a positive by writing a song out of it.[4] The song was released as the lead single from Survivor on March 6, 2001, by Columbia Records. It marked the first single released by the trio of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.

"Survivor" was a commercial success, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Critically acclaimed, the song won the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2002). Its accompanying music video won the 2001 MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video, while the song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song at number 40 on their list "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[5] Additionally, BET named it the tenth best song of the 2000s.[6]

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  2. ^ "Destiny's Child Pursue Individual Destinies". MTV.com. December 11, 2000. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Destiny's Child: Someday We'll Be Together". ew.com. September 1, 2000. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Destiny's Child: Survivors". MTV. Archived from the original on August 20, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Best Songs of the 2000s". Black Entertainment Television. Retrieved January 5, 2011.[dead link‍]