Single:
Eye of the Tiger entered the Australian singles chart* on 23 August 1982 and peaked at #1. It was #1 on the Top 100 of 1982.
Albums:
The song is on Rocky III: Original Motion Picture Score which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 August 1982 and peaked at #13. It is also on Survivor’s album Eye of the Tiger which entered the Australian albums chart* on 20 September 1982 and peaked at #26.
Songwriters:
Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik
Producers:
Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik
Record label of Australian release:
Epic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Longer live version of Eye of the Tiger performed live in Japan in 1985:
Wikipedia:
Eye of the Tiger was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik as the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III. Dave Bickler sings on the recording.
Sylvester Stallone, the director and star of Rocky III, enlisted Survivor after Queen denied him permission to use their song Another One Bites the Dust. Survivor derived lyrics and the title from dialogue in the film, and conceived a riff with chord changes to match the punches in the boxing scenes.
It was the #1 single of the year 1982 in Australia, and the second biggest hit of the year in Canada, South Africa and the US.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Tiger
Songfacts:
Tony Scotti was the president of Survivor’s record label, and he played Sylvester Stallone (the writer, director and star of Rocky III) some tracks from the previous Survivor album, Premonition. Stallone thought the sound, writing style and street appeal could fit in his new movie, so he called called Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, who were Survivor’s primary songwriters.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/survivor/eye-of-the-tiger
Lyrics:
Rising up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
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