“I thought to myself, I gotta write a song for Diana Ross, she must be huge!” The single was written and to this day Ross begins every show with it, Nile tells us. “I was in a gay club, and it was just after a show with Chic - I’d say it was early 1980 - I went to the bathroom and while I was there, I noticed three drag queens - all dressed as Diana Ross - standing next to me peeing!” The image is so outrageous, laughter suddenly fills the air. Rodger’s in his best Diana Ross falsetto sings “I’m coming out, I want the world to know, got to let it show…” Recalling the moment of inspiration for this song, Nile is side-splittingly hilarious. He smiles, as I’m Coming Out leaps from the amp. Nile Rodgers has said in a recent interview that he got the inspiration to write the song while hanging out at The Gilded Grape, a gay drag bar in midtown Manhattan: I want the world to know, I gotta let it show Got to let it show (watch out, I'm coming out) I want the world to know (I'm coming out) (I want the world to know, gotta let it show) Got to let it show (want the world to know)
