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“Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor
From the album Kulta kiekko II (2013)
“Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor appears on 25 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Kulta kiekko II. Its best result is #2 on the KISW 25 Greatest Soundtrack Songs in Rock. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,334 indie & aaa song of all time and #371 of the '80s.
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Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" exists because Queen said no. Sylvester Stallone wanted "Another One Bites the Dust" for Rocky III, got turned down, and brought in Survivor instead, and Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik wrote him a theme for the 1982 film that doubled as the title track of the band's third album. They took the title and the words straight from the movie's dialogue and built the riff so its chord changes land like the punches on screen: hard rock strapped to a post-disco beat, blunt as a jab.
It flattened everything in its path: six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, four straight weeks on top in the UK, a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Eye of the Tiger; Eye of The Tiger.
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