Monday, January 14, 2013

DRAG QUEEN CONTEST 2013 part I


I'm Coming Out
"I'm Coming Out" is a hit single released by Motown singer Diana Ross in 1980, written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for her album diana (1980).

Background
In 1979, Ross commissioned Chic founders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, they were the leaders of the '70s Disco band Chic, and brought that Disco sound to Ross for this album, to create material for a new album after taking her daughters to see the band in concert, following the success of Ross's final Ashford & Simpson-composed and produced record. The Boss. Rodgers got the idea for "I'm Coming Out" after noticing three different drag queens dressed as Diana Ross at a New York club called the GG Barnum Room. The lyrics hold an additional meaning to Ross, as she was leaving Motown Records and "coming out" from under the thumb of Berry Gordy. In another fact about the song is written that Rodgers got the idea for the song when he went to a transvestite club in New York City. He went to the bathroom, and while he was standing at the urinal, he saw 3 men who looked like Diana Ross.
And yes, "Coming Out" means coming out of the closet and being openly gay.

I'm Coming Out lyrics

 I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show

There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive

I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never knew it
Oh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me
To break out of the shell
I have to shout
I'm coming out, yes

I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show

I've got to show the world
All that I wanna be
And all my abilities
There's so much more to me

Somehow, I have to make them
Just understand
I got it well in hand
And, oh, how I've planned

I'm spreadin' love
There's no need to fear
And I just feel so glad
Everytime I hear

I'm coming out
 I want the world to know
Got to let it show
I'm coming out
I want the world to know
I got to let it show
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