Success of Each Version
Valentino's version was a success in UK (where it was a #1 disco hit) and in the USA.
In 1978, the Carl Bean version on Motown Records became a club hit on the Billboard Club Play Singles at #15. The song was later remixed in 1995 on Next Plateau Records, then was on the Pet Shop Boys' 20th Anniversary album "Back to Mine" in 2005. West End Records released a CD mixed by DJ Gomi which included 6 versions of the song as well as a two-part 12" Vinyl Edition.
Two versions of "I Was Born This Way" (Bean's, and a newer recording by Jimmy Somerville) were featured in the 2006 independent film "Another Gay Movie". Bean went on to entitle his autobiography I Was Born This Way.
For the past 35 years since it was written, it has become an anthem for the gay community and has been on countless compilation albums as well as being (sampled) on other recordings many times.
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