Weekly Chart Notes: 'Glee,' Zac Brown Band, Kelly Clarkson
'SURVIVE' SURVIVES: Happy birthday, "I Will Survive." And, so you're back. The song first arrived on the Billboard Hot 100 on this date (Dec. 16) in 1978 when Gloria Gaynor 's classic original debuted at No. 87. Twelve weeks later, it reached No. 1, where it remained for a total of three nonconsecutive weeks. Upon the 33rd anniversary of the anthem's chart arrival, the song is back on the Hot 100 courtesy of the "Glee" cast, whose mash-up of it with Destiny's Child like-themed "Survivor" debuts at No. 51. Living up to its name, "I Will Survive" has become a frequent visitor to the Hot 100, having now appeared on the chart in each decade dating to the '70s. Following Gaynor's recording, Safire sent her version to No. 53 in January 1990. Coincidentally, her remake also debuted on Dec. 16 (1989). (Safire, nee Wilma Cosme, had peaked at No. 12 in May 1989 with her signature ballad "Thinking of You"). In ...