<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative releases </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> French 7 - inch vinyl single </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'm Coming Out" is a song made popular by American singer Diana Ross . It was written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and released on August 22, 1980, as the second single from Ross' self - titled tenth studio album Diana (1980). </P> <P> In 1979, Ross commissioned Chic founders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards to create material for a new album after taking her daughters to see the band in concert, following the success of Ross's final Ashford & Simpson - composed and produced LP, The Boss . Rodgers got the idea for "I'm Coming Out" after noticing three different drag queens dressed as Diana Ross at a New York club called the GG Barnum Room . The lyrics hold an additional meaning to Ross, as she was leaving Motown Records and "coming out" from under Berry Gordy's thumb . </P>

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