"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

Reba McEntire

Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...

. It was released in July 2001 as the lead single from her compilation Greatest Hits album also released later that same year.

The song was promoted by singing it on the 2002 American Music Awards

American Music Awards

-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...

, and she made it the theme song to her television hit show, Reba

Reba (TV series)

Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...

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

Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm A Survivor

Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor is the third greatest hits compilation released by Reba McEntire. Released in 2001, it featured 12 of her hits from the 1990s plus three new songs. The lead single, "I'm a Survivor", peaked at number 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts...

compilation album. The other single being the cover version of the Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

 hit, "Sweet Music Man

Sweet Music Man

"Sweet Music Man" is the title of a song written and recorded by American singer Kenny Rogers. It appears on his 1977 album Daytime Friends, from which it was released as the final single....

".

"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

Reba (TV series)

Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...

. 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

Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm A Survivor

Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor is the third greatest hits compilation released by Reba McEntire. Released in 2001, it featured 12 of her hits from the 1990s plus three new songs. The lead single, "I'm a Survivor", peaked at number 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts...

. 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

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

chart. "I'm a Survivor" also charted among the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, peaking outside the Top 40 at #49.

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	49
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	3