<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nightmare" (1982) </Td> <Td> "(Something Inside) So Strong" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Nothin's Gonna Change" (1987) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nightmare" (1982) </Td> <Td> "(Something Inside) So Strong" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Nothin's Gonna Change" (1987) </Td> </Tr> <P> "(Something Inside) So Strong" is a 1987 single written and recorded by British singer - songwriter Labi Siffre . The song was one of the biggest successes of his career, and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart . </P> <P> The song was written in 1984, inspired by a television documentary on Apartheid South Africa seen by Siffre in which white soldiers were filmed shooting at black civilians in the street . He told the BBC's Soul Music programme in 2014 that the song was also influenced by his experience as a homosexual child, adolescent, and adult and his inner Chi . Siffre originally intended to give the song to another artist to sing, but could find no one suitable and was convinced to release it himself . </P>

Who wrote the song something inside so strong