I'm a Survivor

"I'm a Survivor"
"I'm a Survivor"
Song
B-side	"'Til I Said It to You"

"I'm a Survivor" is the title of a song written by Shelby Kennedy and Phillip White, and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released in July 2001 as the lead single from her compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor, also released later that same year.

The song was promoted by singing it on the 2002 American Music Awards, and she made it the theme song to her television hit show, Reba from 2001-2007.

Content

"I'm a Survivor" was written by songwriters, Shelby Kennedy and Phillip White. The song is about how the narrator is a "survivor" and overcomes all obstacles. In the beginning the narrator sings about how she was born three months too early, and how she was able to live through it. The song was only one of two new singles released from McEntire's, Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor compilation album. The other single being the cover version of the Kenny Rogers hit, "Sweet Music Man".

"I'm a Survivor" might be best known as the theme song for McEntire's television series on WB/CW from 2001 to 2007 titled, Reba. The song's chorus on the television series is different than the chorus on the album version.

Chart performance

"I'm a Survivor" was released to Country radio in July 2001 from McEntire's third "Greatest Hits" album, Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor. Part of the title of the album comes from McEntire's song. "I'm a Survivor" peaked in the Top 5 at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. "I'm a Survivor" also charted among the Billboard Hot 100, peaking outside the Top 40 at #49.^[1]

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	49

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	43

References

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

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[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Reba_McEntire-2] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Reba_McEntire-3] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[4] "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

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v t e Reba McEntire singles
Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "What If" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett)