Soul Survivor (Beverley Knight song)
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| Single by Beverley Knight & Chaka Khan | ||||
| from the album 100% | ||||
| Released |
 8 March 2010 |
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| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul | |||
| Length |
4:16 (album version) 3:27 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Hurricane Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Beverley Knight, Guy Chambers, Chaka Khan | |||
| Producer(s) | Kevin Bacon & Jonathan Quarmby | |||
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"Soul Survivor" is the third single release from British singer-songwriter Beverley Knight's sixth studio album, 100%. The song is a duet with soul singer Chaka Khan. The song received a full digital download single release on 8 March 2010. There are two versions of the song, the album version and the radio edit, which halves verse one of the song.
On 10 February 2010, the radio edit of the single was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist, entering on the B-list. On 24 February 2010, it was announced that "Soul Survivor" had climbed to the Radio 2 A-list, Knight's first single to be placed there since the single "After You" was released in 2007.
"Soul Survivor" was co-written by Knight, Guy Chambers and Chaka Khan with production by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby. The song was originally written with Tina Turner in mind, as a testament to her longevity; the title is taken from the bridge section of the Tina Turner song "I Might Have Been Queen". However, upon recording it Knight loved it so much that she decided to keep it and record it with Chaka Khan. Knight says: "We both see ourselves as soul survivors, we have rode through the ups and downs of our musical careers, and we are both still here and loving it".
Knight also commented:
"When me and Guy first wrote this song I recorded it alone initially, but I knew there was another dimension to it - and Chaka was that dimension! She's incredible. Everyone knows there are ebbs and flows in a career in the music industry. That's what this song is about. People fall in and out of favour all the time. The thing that gets you through is the love of what you do.".
In a review of "100%", David Quantick of the BBC stated:
And the stand-out moment, Soul Survivor, is built to resemble the Big Song from an 80s movie (so much that it even has big chunky synths and the presence of the great Chaka Khan) before working its way through most genres of soul (there’s even a great Fauxtown bridge).
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