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The Power of Gloria Gaynor
Studio album by
Gloria Gaynor
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenrePop, soft rock
LabelStylus
ProducerSteve Rowland
Gloria Gaynor chronology
I Am Gloria Gaynor
(1984) 		The Power of Gloria Gaynor
(1986) 		Gloria Gaynor '90
(1990)
Reissue cover
One of the many reissued covers, this one under the name I Am What I Am.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

The Power of Gloria Gaynor, also known as The Power, or The Power of Love, is the twelfth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1986, which is composed mostly of cover versions of other popular songs from the 1970s and 1980s, and is her only album to be released on Stylus Records. It was originally only released in the UK. The album was issued on record, compact disc and cassette, each containing bonus tracks of re-recorded versions of a few of Gaynor's biggest hits in a medley and a remixed version of "Don't You Dare Call It Love".[citation needed]

The Power of Gloria Gaynor peaked at #81 on the UK album chart in October 1986.[2] It has been licensed by many low-budget record labels and re-released on CD several times under different names, occasionally with other tracks by Gloria Gaynor recorded for other albums.[citation needed] On many reissues of the album, a cover of "Careless Whisper" is also included, which was presumably recorded for this album in London with the rest of the tracks, but went unused when the album was originally released.[citation needed]

The only single released was the remixed version of "Don't You Dare Call It Love", one of two tracks written by Gaynor for this release, on a 12-inch single in the UK. The B-side contained Gaynor's cover of "Every Breath You Take", originally recorded by The Police in 1983, also remixed.[citation needed]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original ArtistLength
1."The Eye of the Tiger"Frankie Sullivan, Jim PeterikSurvivor3:57
2."The Heat Is On"Harold Faltermeyer, Keith ForseyGlenn Frey4:20
3."Feel So Real"Steve ArringtonSteve Arrington3:53
4."The Power of Love"Hugh Cregg III, Chris Hayes, John CollaHuey Lewis and the News4:06
5."Everybody Wants to Rule the World"Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris HughesTears for Fears4:02
6."What a Wonderful World"Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, Sam CookeSam Cooke3:14
7."Every Breath You Take"Gordon SumnerThe Police2:45
8."Don't You Dare Call It Love"Gloria Gaynor, Linwood SimonOriginal composition4:45
9."Everytime You Go Away"Daryl HallHall & Oates3:52
10."Broken Wings"Richard Page, Steve George, John LangMr. Mister5:04
11."Suddenly"Leslie Charles, Keith DiamondBilly Ocean3:40
12."Top Shelf"Gloria Gaynor, Linwood SimonOriginal composition4:54
13."He's Out Of My Life"Tom BahlerMichael Jackson3:28
14."I Want to Know What Love Is"Mick JonesForeigner4:05
15."I Will Survive / Never Can Say Goodbye / Reach Out (I'll Be There) / I Am What I Am"Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren / Clifton Davis / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Gerald HermanGloria Gaynor / Jackson 5 / Four Tops / La Cage aux Folles9:38
16."Don't You Dare Call It Love" (remix)Gloria Gaynor, Linwood SimonOriginal composition5:47

References

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  1. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  2. ^ "The Power of Gloria Gaynor by Gloria Gaynor", officialcharts.com, Official Charts Company, retrieved 2024-07-03
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