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{{short description|1982 single by Jennifer Holliday}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
| cover      = AndImtellingyou.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Jennifer Holliday]]
| album      = [[Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album]]
| B-side     = "Fake Your Way to the Top" by [[Cleavant Derricks (actor)|Cleavant Derricks]], [[Loretta Devine]], [[Jennifer Holliday]], and [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]
| released   = 1982
| recorded   = 1982
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
* [[Show tune]]
* [[Soul music|soul]]<ref name="Molanphy 2019">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/06/broadway-show-tunes-billboard-charts.html|title= The Lullaby of Broadway Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=June 28, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref>
| length     = 4:08
| label      = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Tom Eyen]]|[[Henry Krieger]]}}
| producer   = [[David Foster]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[I Am Changing]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc       = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|LN4IdX3USpA|"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Holliday}}}}
}}
"'''And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going'''" (also known in short as just "'''And I Am Telling You'''") is a [[torch song]] from the [[Broadway musical]] ''[[Dreamgirls]]'', with lyrics by [[Tom Eyen]] and music by [[Henry Krieger]]. In the context of the musical, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is sung by the character Effie White, a singer with the [[girl group]] The Dreams, to her manager, Curtis Taylor Jr., whose romantic and professional relationship with Effie is ending. The lyrics to "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", often considered the show's signature tune, describe Effie's love for Curtis, both strongly devoted and defiant. She refuses to let Curtis leave her behind, and boldly proclaims to him, "I'm staying and you ... you're gonna love me."
In addition to its presence in the musical, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is also notable as the debut single of two women who portrayed Effie. [[Jennifer Holliday]] originated the role on Broadway in 1981 and won a [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical]] for the role as well as the [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] for its re-release in 1982 for which it became a number-one R&B hit for Holliday. [[Jennifer Hudson]] portrayed Effie in the 2006 [[Dreamgirls (film)|film adaptation of the musical]], winning the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance. Hudson's version became a Top 20 R&B single, and a number-one dance hit.
==Jennifer Holliday version==
In 1982, Jennifer Holliday, the actress who portrayed Effie in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production, released the song as a single. It was her first single release and it met with great success, topping the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' R&B charts and attaining top forty positions on both the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[UK Singles Chart]]. In 1983, Holliday won the [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]] for the single.
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" was designed as the closing number of ''Dreamgirls''' first act. Holliday's performance of the song, in a style owing much to [[gospel music]] singing traditions, was regularly staged to thunderous applause; it was hailed as the highlight of the show in several printed reviews of the musical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreamgirlsthemusical.com/ |title=The Leading Dreamgirls the Musical Site on the Net |publisher=dreamgirlsthemusical.com |access-date=2014-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231094414/http://www.dreamgirlsthemusical.com/ |archive-date=2006-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his review of ''Dreamgirls'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' theatre critic [[Frank Rich]] referred to Holliday's "And I Am Telling You" as "one of the most powerful theatrical coups to be found in a Broadway musical since [[Ethel Merman]] sang '[[Everything's Coming Up Roses]]' at the end of Act I of ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy]]''"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=DREAMGIRLS%20%28PLAY%29&pdate=19811221&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011429808 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051021201118/http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=DREAMGIRLS%20%28PLAY%29&pdate=19811221&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011429808 | archive-date=2005-10-21 | title=Theater | work=The New York Times }}</ref> "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" remains Holliday's signature song.
===Charts===
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!Chart (1982)
!Peak<br />position
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|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6509&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6509.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6509|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1982-10-02 |access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|{{singlechart|Ireland2|23|song=I'm Telling You I'm Not Going|access-date=August 11, 2019}}
|-
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|32|artist=Jennifer Holliday}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|22|artist=Jennifer Holliday}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Jennifer Holliday}}
|}
'''[[Rosabel]] with Jennifer Holliday version'''
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!Chart (2001)
!Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|6|artist=Rosabel}}
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|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Singles Sales]]
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|-
!Chart (2007)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|}
==Jennifer Hudson version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
| cover      = Jennifer Hudson – And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.jpeg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Jennifer Hudson]]
| album      = [[Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture]] ''and'' [[Jennifer Hudson (album)|Jennifer Hudson]]
| released   = December 5, 2006
| recorded   = The Underlab, Los Angeles: March 2006
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| length     = 4:45 (highlights version)<br />5:06 (soundtrack version)
| label      = {{hlist|Music World|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| writer     = {{hlist|Tom Eyen|Henry Krieger}}
| producer   = [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Spotlight (Jennifer Hudson song)|Spotlight]]
| next_year  = 2008
| misc       = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|mFWPDATrfe0|"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson}}}}
}}
In 2006, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" was recorded by [[Jennifer Hudson]] for her film debut, as [[Effie White]] in the [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]/[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] motion picture adaptation of ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]''. Her recording of the song peaked at number 60 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, and number 14 on the R&B chart.
Hudson's version received widespread praise from film and music critics as well as the audiences, which highlighted her strength as both a vocalist and an actress. ''[[The New York Observer]]'' described Hudson's performance as "five mellifluous, molto vibrato minutes...."<ref>http://www.observer.com/20061204/20061204_Sara_Vilkomerson_culture_observatory.asp {{dead link|date=March 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]'' said that when moviegoers hear Hudson sing the song, she "is going to raise goose bumps across the land."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994165/site/newsweek/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216080958/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994165/site/newsweek/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2007|title=Movies: It's Diva-licious - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com|date=16 February 2007}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that Hudson's performance "calls to mind debuts like [[Barbra Streisand]] in ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' or [[Bette Midler]] in ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'', with a voice like the young [[Aretha Franklin|Aretha]]."<ref>{{cite web|first=David |last=Rooney |url=https://www.variety.com/VE1117932225.html |title=Dreamgirls |work=Variety |date=2006-11-30 |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref> For her performance, Hudson won a multitude of accolades, including the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. The song also appeared in Hudson's [[Jennifer Hudson (album)|eponymous debut album]] (2008).
On June 26, 2007, the 7th Annual [[BET Awards]] opened with Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson performing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" live in their first duet together.
Although it in essence is Hudson's first single release, it became her fourth top 75 hit in the United Kingdom after a performance on ''[[The X Factor (UK series 6)|The X Factor]]'' in 2009 after being sung by [[Danyl Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Jennifer Hudson |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=2012-01-04}}</ref> Hudson performed the song again at the [[85th Academy Awards]], as part of the ''Dreamgirls'' section in the tribute to movie musicals.
In February 2022, Hudson's rendition was named a finalist for Oscars Cheer Moment as part of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]' "[[Oscars Fan Favorite]]" contest, finishing in fourth place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscarsfanfavorite.com/cheer|title=Oscars Fan Favorite|access-date=2022-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225214941/https://www.oscarsfanfavorite.com/cheer|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/awards/oscars/zack-snyder-justice-league-oscars-2022-cheer-moment/|title='Zack Snyder's Justice League' won the 2022 Oscars Cheer Moment|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
===Dance remix===
A club remix was created for this single, engineered by Richie Jones and [[Eric Kupper]], and appears as a bonus track on the "Deluxe Edition" of the ''Dreamgirls'' soundtrack album. This version of Hudson's "And I Am Telling You" was a chart success, reaching the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart in early 2007. A shortened edit of the full remix appeared on a [[Columbia Records]] promotional-only CD accompanying the Jones & Kupper remix of another ''Dreamgirls'' song, the [[Beyoncé Knowles]]/[[Anika Noni Rose]]/[[Sharon Leal]]/Jennifer Hudson rendition of "[[One Night Only (song)|One Night Only]]". Also included were the [[Freemasons (band)|Freemasons]] remixes of Beyoncé's singles "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]" and "[[Ring the Alarm]]".
===Charts===
====Weekly charts====
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!Chart (2006–2007)
!Peak<br />position
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|60|artist=Jennifer Hudson}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|14|artist=Jennifer Hudson}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Jennifer Hudson}}
|-
|US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
!Chart (2009)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Ireland3|37|artist=Jennifer Hudson|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|32|date=20091018|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}
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{{single chart|UK|32|date=20091018|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}
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{{single chart|UKrandb|12|date=20091018|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}
|-
|}
====Year-end charts====
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!Chart (2007)
!Position
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|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|}
==Other notable versions==
[[Whitney Houston]] performed the song as part of a medley with "[[I Loves You, Porgy]]" and "[[I Have Nothing]]" at the 1994 [[American Music Awards]] [[American Music Awards of 1994|of 1994]]. This performance is included on her posthumous 2014 CD/DVD release, ''[[Live: Her Greatest Performances]]'',<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-her-greatest-performances-mw0002759110 Live: Her Greatest Performances-Whitney Houston]. [[AllMusic]]</ref> and was re-enacted by [[Naomi Ackie]] as Houston in the 2022 film [[Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody]]. Houston also performed the tune as part of the set list during [[The Bodyguard World Tour]] in 1993.
In 1994, Donna Giles scored a minor club hit in the US and UK with her rendition of the song. The track remained a sleeper club hit in the UK throughout 1995, prompting a spate of re-releases and remixes, including [[Stonebridge (DJ)|Stonebridge]], culminating in a major release on Ore Records in 1996. This last release would finally take the track to number 27 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in February of that year. On November 20, 2007, the original master, Produced by critically acclaimed Eve Nelson, was released digitally by [[Breaking Records]] and is available on all major download sites.
In an episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', Will ([[Will Smith]]) serenades Uncle Phil to the song by lip-syncing it when trying to win his forgiveness but only ends up annoying him.
In an episode of ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'', Gina ([[Tisha Campbell]]) performs the song while interrupting Pam's performance of the song "Home" (from ''[[The Wiz]]'') on Martin's talk show "Word on the Street". As both are auditioning for [[Biggie Smalls]], they attempt to out-sing each other, ultimately resulting in embarrassing Martin.
In 1998, [[Jim Carrey]] flamboyantly performed a parody of the song in the final episode of ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' (entitled "Flip"), pleading to the titular Sanders to persuade him not to leave his late-night talk show.
In the 2001 film ''[[Down to Earth (2001 film)|Down to Earth]]'', the song is performed by several people at the [[Apollo Theater]], with the audience only approving when sung by Phil Quon ([[John Cho]]).
Various renditions appear in several episodes of the sitcom ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'', often sung by [[Chris Rock|Chris]]' mother Rochelle ([[Tichina Arnold]]), or by off-screen performers watched by Rochelle.
In 2006, then 12-year-old [[Bianca Ryan]] auditioned with the song for ''[[America's Got Talent]]''. Ryan subsequently won the contest that year.
[[Jake Gyllenhaal]] performed it on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' shortly after the film's release in a pastiche of Hudson. He wore a wig and black sequined dress, with three of the female regulars on SNL as his "backup singers", dressed in red glitter dresses, heels and wigs.
In 2009, it was performed by [[Amber Riley]] as her character [[Mercedes Jones]] in the [[Glee (season 1)|first season]] ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' episode "[[Sectionals (Glee)|Sectionals]]". Riley would go on to play Effie onstage in the 2016 London Premiere performance of ''Dreamgirls''.
Also in 2009, the [[parody film]] ''[[Dance Flick]]'' features [[David Alan Grier]] performing a version of the song telling the protagonists that they're "gonna feed [him]" with assorted foods and name brand items.
''[[American Idol]]'' runner-up [[Jessica Sanchez]] performed the song as one of her two songs in the Top 4. Her performance during the Top 4 was praised by Jennifer Holliday.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hernandez|first1=Lee|title=Jessica Sanchez Delivers Explosive Performance Of 'And I Am Telling You' (VIDEO)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/jessica-sanchez-on-american-idol_n_1506085.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=10 May 2012|access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref> Holliday later performed the song with Sanchez during the [[American Idol (season 11)|eleventh season finale]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corneau|first1=Allison|title=Watch Jessica Sanchez's Emotional Idol Finale Duet With Jennifer Holliday|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/watch-jessica-sanchezs-emotional-idol-finale-duet-with-jennifer-holliday-2012245|website=Us Weekly|date=24 May 2012|access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>
[[Dami Im]], the 2013 winner of the Australian version of ''[[The X Factor (Australia season 5)|The X Factor]]'', performed this as one of her final three songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Mll3r27Qg  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027133114/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Mll3r27Qg&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2013-10-27 |url-status=dead|title=X Factor: Australia Season 5 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref> Her performance received a rapturous response from all four judges and the audience. The judges stood up on the judges table as an indication of their overwhelming adulation of her exquisite performance while the audience applauded strongly for 70 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|first=Holly |last=Byrnes |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/x-factor-australia-top-10-moments/story-e6frfmyi-1226748336895 |title=Our Top 10 X Factor moments |website=News.com.au |date=2013-10-28 |access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref> Her performance debuted number 29 on the [[ARIA|Australian ARIA Charts]]. On December 1, 2013, Im released a version of the song as part of her [[Dami Im (album)|self-titled album]], which debuted at number one in [[ARIA|Australia]], and was certified Platinum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dami+Im&titel=Dami+Im&cat=a |title=Dami Im – Dami Im (Album) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409024049/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dami+Im&titel=Dami+Im&cat=a |archive-date=2016-04-09 }}</ref>
Also in 2013, [[Sam Bailey]] performed it with [[Nicole Scherzinger]] as her celebrity duet choice during the first part of the [[The X Factor (UK series 10)|tenth-season finale]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]'' in the UK. The duet also appeared on her 2014 debut album ''[[The Power of Love (Sam Bailey album)|The Power of Love]]''.
Also in 2013, [[Jacquie Lee]] performed this song in [[The Voice (U.S. season 5)|season 5]] of ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]''.
Also in 2013, actor/singer [[Tituss Burgess]] performed a rendition at the event "Broadway Backwards" for the charity
[[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]].
In 2015, [[Louisa Johnson]] performed this song both in the six chair challenge and with [[Rita Ora]] as her celebrity duet choice during the first part of the [[The X Factor (British series 12)|twelfth-season finale]] of ''The X Factor'' in the UK.
In 2016, [[Chi Chi DeVayne]] and [[Thorgy Thor]] lipsynced to the song on the [[RuPaul's Drag Race season 8|eighth season]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]].'' The performance, specifically from DeVayne, was viewed as the best lipsync of the season and one of the best in the franchise's history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bascom |first=Ariana |date=2021-04-03 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: The Best Lip Sync Of Each Season So Far |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-best-lip-sync-each-season/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=2024-02-02 |title=The Best Lip Sync From Every Main Season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/rupauls-drag-race-best-lip-syncs-every-season/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-28 |title=The 40 Most Iconic 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Syncs Ranked |url=https://junkee.com/best-rupaul-drag-race-lip-sync/163107 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Junkee |language=en-US}}</ref>
In ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' 2017, Sarah Ikumu sang this song as her audition. It won her the Golden Buzzer from [[Simon Cowell]], which got her an unchallenged pass into the live finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent/insider/bgt-first-show-highlight-images-simon-golden-buzzer |title= Simon sees gold! Here's the story of tonight's show in pics |publisher= ITV |access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref>
In 2020, [[Destiny Chukunyere]] performed it as her Big Band choice during the semifinals of the second season of ''[[X Factor Malta]]''.
==See also==
* [[List of number-one dance singles of 2007 (U.S.)]]
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