Three distinguished music writers collaborated together to pen the Clay Aiken hit, I Survived You. This piece of music was a huge hit when it was performed live by Clay. We saw a bit of the thespian when he sang this particular song.
Ty Lacy attended USC on a Vocal Opera scholarship. After graduation, he moved to Nashville at the advice of industry professionals.
In 1992 Ty signed with Starsong Music, now EMI Christian Music. It was during this time that he penned over 200 songs sought after by Christian artists. More than 20 of them were number one hits on the CCM charts. Recently, Ty made the move into the Pop/R&B culture.
Jess Cates is a Los Angeles based songwriter who has co-written many multi-platinum selling songs. Jess is well liked by the American Idol franchise. He has written songs for over ten different Idols. His most popular Idol song is David Archuleta’s debut single, “Crush.”
Jeff Franzel is a multi-talented songwriter and composer with over 20 years experience in the music business. Jeff began his career as a jazz pianist and toured with many groups, including the big band of legendary bandleader Les Brown.
Jeff’s songs have been featured on over 20 platinum albums in the U.S. and other countries. On the U.S. Billboard charts, Jeff has had a #2 pop hit and a top 10 AC hit, and has also had numerous #1 hits in the U.K., Australia, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland and Brazil.
These three artists have very diverse backgrounds but came together to write a great song for Clay – I Survived You!
Did you ever hear this song live?
Dare I say another favorite – – -yes! Clay left it all out and he was fantastic!
I did see it in concert but I also heard him sing it at the 2013 Gala -10th Anniversary. It was the night my daughter and I had our photos taken with Clay.
It was a much calmer version but still Clay singing it and that is special. Maybe
you were at that Gala?? Thank you for doing the blog on this – liked hearing about the song writers!
Thank you for all the pictures and the video. I like the song. I like the info on the writers. I like the video also. I did not hear this song live. Thank you CANN.
Clay gave an outstanding dramatic performance of “I Survived You” not only on his tours but also (my first time) on “Good Morning America”! WOW!
Yes, I did hear Clay sing LIVE “I Survived You”. His performance was Breathtaking!!
Everyone at our Minnesota State Fair Loved it. Thank You CANN for the memory!!