28 Best Survive Songs – Songs With Survive In The Title
Last Updated: July 22, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)
National Cancer Survivors Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in June. However, some communities choose a different day for their local celebration. The day is a day to get in touch with those touched by cancer and offer your support.
Some 14 million people in America are considered cancer survivors.
To find local events near you, please contact your local American Cancer Society office.
We would like to empower cancer survivors with a list of songs that have the word survive in the song title. Yes, you can and will survive any obstacle put in your way.
Spotify Survive Playlist
Top 20 Trending Survive Songs
- “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor (Disco – 1978)
- “Survive” by VHS Collection (Alternative – 2022)
- “I Will Survive” by Cake (Rock – 1996)
- “Survive” by Madilyn (Pop – 2016)
- “Survive” by Space Laces (Dubstep – 2023)
- “Survive” by Justin Starling (Hip Hop – 2022)
- “Survive” by Flux Pavilion, Feed Me, meesh (Electronic – 2020)
- “Survive” by Lane 8, Channey Leaneagh (Dance – 2022)
- “Love Survive” by Michael Nau (Alternative – 2016)
- “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child (R&B – 2001)
- “Survive” by Rise Against (Rock – 2006)
- “A Country Boy Can Survive” by Hank Williams Jr. (Country – 1981)
- “Learning To Survive” by We Came As Romans (Rock – 2017)
- “S-U-R-V-I-V-E” by Caleb Mills (Country – 2022)
- “Survive” by Chelsea Wolfe (Alternative – 2015)
- “Survive” by Don Diablo, Emeli Sande, Gucci Mane (Dance – 2018)
- “Survive” by Dr. Dog (Rock – 2017)
- “Survive” by Sublime With Rome (Alternative – 2019)
- “Survivor” by Zach Williams (Christian – 2016)
- “Survive” by The Warning (Rock – 2017)
Popular Survive Songs List
I Will Survive – Lykke Li
Released in 2020 on the album I Will Survive
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give, I’ll survive
I will survive
I Will Survive – Scary Pockets
Released in 2019 on the album Off Center
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh no, not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give
More Than Survive – Will Roland, George Salazar & Be More Chill Original Broadway Ensemble
Released in 2019 on the album Be More Chill (Original Broadway Cast
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
My life would be in utter disarray
‘Cause freaking out is my okay
Good morning, time to start the day!
The One to Survive – Hidden Citizens feat. Josh Bruce Williams
Released in 2018 on the album Obsidian
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Even if the world is ending
I will make it out alive
I will be the one to survive
Survive (Subnautica) – The Divide
Released in 2018 on the album Survive (Subnautica)
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I don’t know what is below me
Thinkin’ I won’t be so lonely
Research may help me survive
(If I wanna make it out alive)
Survive – Earnest Pugh
Released in 2017 on the album Survive
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I will survive, won’t be defeated
for there is purpose
planned for me
and I will not die
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Survive the Night – MandoPony
Released in 2015 on the album Five Songs for Freddy
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Let’s try to make it right, don’t wanna start a fight
And we’re so sorry if we give you all a little fright
We’re not so scary if you see us in the daylight
You’ll be so happy just as long as you survive the night
Survive – Gideon feat. Caleb Shomo of Beartooth
Released in 2014 on the album Calloused
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Are you afraid to die?
Afraid to be alive?
This time I’ve made up my mind and I’m not wasting time
Survival of the fittest
Survive! Survive!
Survive – Mary Mary
Released in 2011 on the album Album OMG
Genre: Christian
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, Lord I had a lot on me
Truth be told, it almost broke me
But I’m so glad
I survived, I survived, I survived now
Survivor / I Will Survive – Glee Cast
Released in 2011 on the album Survivor / I Will Survive
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m a survivor (What?)
I’m not gon’ give up (What?)
I’m not gon’ stop (What?)
I’m gon’ work harder (What?)
Who Will Survive In America – Kanye West
Released in 2010 on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Genre: Hip Hop
The song tells a story of African-American life and the pursuit of the American dream.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
All I want is a good home and a wife
And a children and some food to feed them every night
After all is said and done, build a new route to China if they’ll have you
Who will survive in America?
Survive – Rise Against
Released in 2006 on the album The Sufferer & the Witness
Genre: Punk Rock
Rise Against is an American punk band originating from Chicago, IL.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Life for you, has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We’ve all been sorry, we’ve all been hurt
But how we survive, is what makes us who we are
America Will Survive – Hank Williams, Jr.
Released in 2002 on the album The Almeria Club Recordings
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
We’re gonna pull through
We grow good old tomatoes
We got hometown pride
America can survive, America is gonna survive
I Need You To Survive – Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Choir
Released in 2002 on the album The Essential Hezekiah Walker
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
(We’re all a part) We’re all a part of God’s body
(It is His will) It is His will that every need be supplied
You are important to me, I need you to survive (tell your neighbor)
I’ll Survive – B. B. King
Released in 1998 on the album Blues on the Bayou
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m drowning in a wave of
Insight
I’ll never be the one to
Breathe a sigh
But I’ll survive
I Will Survive – Cake
Released in 1996 on the album Fashion Nugget
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
I will survive, I will survive
I Will Survive – Chantay Savage
Released in 1996 on the album I Will Survive (Doin’ It My Way)
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
‘Cause I’ve got all my life to live
And I got all my love to give
And I will survive, I will survive
I Will Survive – Diana Ross
Released in 1995 on the album Take Me Higher
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
For as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
And I’ve got all my love to give
I’ll survive
Will The Wolf Survive? – Waylon Jennings
Released in 1986 on the album Waylon Jennings
Genre: Country
The song was originally released by the band Los Lobos in 1984.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
It’s the truth that they all look for
The one thing they must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?
Fight To Survive – White Lion
Released in 1985 on the album Fight To Survive
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Run, plea for your life
Took toward the sun
Fight to survive
Will The Wolf Survive? – Los Lobos
Released in 1984 on the album La Bamba Soundtrack
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
He’s got two strong legs to guide him
Two strong arms keep him alive
Will the wolf survive?
A Country Boy Can Survive – Hank Williams Jr.
Released in 1982 on the album The Pressure Is On
Genre: Country
The song was re-written to America Will Survive after the events of 9/11.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains, and the western skies
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Survive – Jimmy Buffett
Released in 1979 on the album Volcano
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Survive (survive), stay alive
Through the thick and the thin
Survive, stay alive
Until it all ends
Only The Strong Survive – REO Speedwagon
Released in 1979 on the album Nine Lives
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But if you wanna go, let me go along
I never walked that road alone
I’ve heard it was hard, I’ve heard it was long
But we’ll come back alive, ’cause only the strong survive
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Released in 1978 on the album Love Tracks
Genre: Disco
The song describes a person finding strength following an initially devastating breakup.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
And I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive
I will survive
Only The Strong Survive – Elvis Presley
Released in 1969
Genre: Rock
The is a cover song.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, but you’ll never meet ’em if you give up now
And say your life is through
And she said, “Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
Oh, you’ve got to be a man, you’ve got to take a stand”
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Only the Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
Released in 1968 on the album The Ice Man Cometh.
Genre: R&B
The song was Jerry Butler’s highest-charting song at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Only the strong survive,
Only the strong survive
Yeah, you gotta be strong
You better hold on
A Way To Survive – Ray Price
Released in 1966 on the album I’m Not Crazy Yet
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And the word makes our love seem alive
They say I can’t last if I live in the past
But for me it’s the way to survive
Do you have a favorite song with survive in the title? Please share your song below int the comments!