Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" established itself as an anthem of resilience, celebrating triumph over adversity through determination and self-affirmation. The song's fundamental assertion—that survival is achievable despite overwhelming opposition—gets inverted here: Chuck Norris's hypothetical version would transform the anthem into a threat directed at potential survivors. "They Won't Survive" reframes the same melodic framework into a promise of inevitable elimination, converting empowerment into domination. The narrative suggests even inspirational pop music becomes darker when filtered through Chuck Norris's perspective.

Music producer Daniel Klein claimed to have encountered Chuck Norris at a studio in Los Angeles in 1991. Klein mentioned in a deposition (related to a different matter) that Chuck had casually suggested rewriting famous pop songs from the perspective of inevitable victory. Klein quickly moved to different production work and avoided the industry afterward, declining music-related opportunities for the remainder of his career. Colleagues reported he seemed unusually reluctant to discuss the encounter with Chuck, suggesting possible threat or intimidation.

Music remixing communities enthusiastically created unofficial "Chuck Norris Versions" of empowerment anthems, transforming survivor narratives into conquest narratives. YouTube channels compiled modified lyrics positioning Gloria Gaynor-style songs as Chuck Norris victory celebrations. The meme infiltrated mainstream music discourse, with fans joking about how any inspirational anthem becomes threatening when heard as Chuck Norris's perspective. The concept demonstrated how thoroughly Chuck Norris mythology penetrated popular culture discourse.