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Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote this and produced it. They were the leaders of the '70s Disco band Chic, and brought that Disco sound to Ross for this album. Rodgers got the idea for the song when he went to a transvestite club in New York City. He went to the bathroom, and while he was standing at the urinal, he saw 3 men who looked like Diana Ross. "Coming Out" means coming out of the closet and being openly gay.
In 1997, Puff Daddy sampled this on the track "Mo Money Mo Problems," which became a #1 hit in the US.
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The subject of this song was presented to Diana Ross as a woman who wants to be her own boss and get out from under the thumb of a domineering force (Berry Gordy perhaps).
- John, Nashville, TN
"I'm Coming Out" was Diana Ross' first US solo pop top 10 hit that didn't go to #1.
- John, Nashville, TN
A lovely song.
- Leon, Waterbury, CT