Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
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The lyrics hold an additional meaning to Ross, as she was leaving Motown Records and \"coming out\" from under Berry Gordy's thumb.[2] According to the BBC4 documentary How to Make It in the Music Business, Ross loved the record until she put it in front of Frankie Crocker, who pointed out that \"I'm coming out\" is what homosexual people use to announce their homosexuality, that listeners would think Diana herself was announcing she was gay, and that it would ruin her career. She ran back to the studio in tears and demanded to know why Rodgers and Edwards would write the song knowing that it would damage her career, but was later convinced that was not the case and decided to release the song.[3][4]
\"I'm Coming Out\" has been regarded as an anthem for the LGBTQ community. The phrase \"coming out\" to describe one's self-disclosure of sexual orientation or gender identity had been present in the LGBTQ subculture since the early 20th century.[7] It has also been understood as \"coming out of the closet\" or coming out from hiding. The song is thus interpreted as a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender identity and the encouragement of self-disclosure.
Rodgers convinced his neighbor, producer Meco Monardo, to contract the horns for the album in return for a commitment by Rodgers to co-produce Monardo's then-upcoming album of music from The Empire Strikes Back. Monardo, a former first-call session player who had a string of hits in the late 1970s with disco versions of film music, also played trombone on the album and is featured in a solo towards the end of \"I'm Coming Out\":
The distinctive sound of \"I'm Coming Out\" and its resulting popularity has led to Ross's song often being sampled, most notably by Stevie J, who sampled the song for rapper The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 song \"Mo Money Mo Problems\" with Mase, Sean \"Diddy\" Combs and Kelly Price. Ross and Combs performed \"I'm Coming Out / Mo Money Mo Problems\" in 2019 as a mashup at Ross's 75th birthday party at the Hollywood Palladium.[27][28]In 1997, German comedian Hella von Sinnen sampled \"I'm Coming Out\" for her single \"Mein Coming Out\", using the term \"coming out\" in the context of coming out of the closet, or revealing one's homosexuality.
However, Ross, who immediately loved the lyrics, was not always aware of the \"coming out\" association, as co-writer and co-producer Nile Rodgers revealed in an interview with the New York Postmarking the album's 40th anniversary.
\"All of a sudden a light bulb goes off in my head,\" he told the Post. \"I had to go outside and call Bernard from a telephone booth. I said, 'Bernard, please write down the words: 'I'm coming out.' And then I explained the situation to him.\"
Rodgers said he ultimately convinced Ross to sing the track, arguing it would make the perfect opener for an entertainer, in addition to establishing her as one of the greatest gay icons. \"I said, 'Diana, this song is gonna be your coming-out song. We think of you as our black queen,'\" he said. \"And I even wrote a [horn] fanfare. I explained to her that it's just like when the president comes out and they play 'Hail to the Chief.'\"
Nevertheless, Ross loved the lyrics, recorded the song, and watched it become a hit single. She also watched in horror as New York DJ Frankie Crocker joked that the coming-out anthem was, well, Ross actually trying to come out. Ross confronted Rodgers in tears, accusing him of ruining her career. 59ce067264
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