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I'm Coming Out

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I'm Coming Out is a Disco and Funk act. Their sound grew out of Chic and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how I'm Coming Out arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Never Gonna Give You Up, Sexual Healing and Thank U, Next, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Samantha Jade, Amerie, The Notorious B.I.G., Mase and Kelly Price, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around I'm Coming Out, reaching back through Chic and forward to Samantha Jade. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross. It was written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and released on August 22, 1980 by Motown, as the second single from Ross' self-titled eleventh album, Diana (1980). It peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one on the Billboard Hot Disco Singles chart, number seven in France, number eight in Ireland, and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Since its release, "I'm Coming Out" has been regarded as an anthem for the LGBT community.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
I'm Coming OutChicJames BrownSamantha JadeAmerieThe Notorious B.I.G.MaseKelly PriceKeyshia ColeIggy AzaleaAriana GrandeNever Gonna Give You…Sexual HealingThank U, Next

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I'm Coming Out grew out of Chic and James Brown, shares an orbit with Never Gonna Give You Up, Sexual Healing and Thank U, Next, went on to shape Samantha Jade, Amerie, The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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