Discover the story of the song > Survivor – Destiny s Child

- Survivor" is a song by the American R and B band Destiny's Child.
- It was written and composed by band members Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent and Mathew Knowles for the band's third studio album, Survivor, released in 2001.
- The song won the Grammy Award for Best R and B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards.
- The video won the 2001 MTV Video Music Award for Best R and B Video and the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R and B/Soul Artist, Group or Duo.
- The opening track of singer-songwriter Jill Sobule's album The Folk Years 2003-2003 (2004) is a cover of the song, and a pseudo cover of the song also opens rapper Vanilla Ice's album Platinum Underground (2005).

- Beyoncé was inspired to write the lyrics to "Survivor" after hearing a radio DJ tease her about the fact that three members had already left Destiny's Child, much like the elimination vote on the reality show Survivor.
- The song was finally used on May 1, 2001, in the season finale commercial for the reality show Survivor, and in an interview on VH1 on April 8, 2006. Beyoncé later confirmed in an interview that the show had in fact also inspired the song.
- The song turned out to be Destiny's Child's anthem for its strong message, along with "Say My Name", "Jumpin', Jumpin'", "Bootylicious", and "Independent Women (Part I)".

- The video was first aired on MTV's Making the Video and is designed along the lines of the three survivors living on an uninhabited island? Destiny's Child are dressed in black and white like in the movie The Three Musketeers and fight against a group of men in black. The video ends with Destiny's Child getting into a boat, leaving the men on the island.