Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Lyrics) 🎵Listen to Survivor: to the official Survivor YouTube channel: https://Surviv. Katy Perry's new album 'Smile' out August 28 - to Katy’s new song “Smile”: “Roar” from Katy Perry. The initial draft of the song, we started with 'It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight, rising up to the spirit of our rival, and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night, and it all comes down to survival.' We were going to call the song 'Survival.' In the rhyme scheme, you can tell we had set up 'rival' to rhyme. To celebrate, Colbert began 'The Late Show' with a cold open recapping the news, and then the music of 'Eye of the Tiger' began. Next, Bickler appeared onscreen to sing new lyrics about how. 'Eye of the Tiger' is a song by American rock band Survivor. It was released as a single from their third album of the same name and was also the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III, which was released a day before the single.
| Eye of the Tiger | ||||
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| Released | June 8, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 1981 | |||
| Studio | Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California). | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 38:11 | |||
| Label | Scotti Bros. | |||
| Producer | Frankie Sullivan | |||
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| Singles from Eye of the Tiger | ||||
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Eye of the Tiger is the third album by American rock band Survivor, released in 1982. It reached #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[1]
It features the title track, which is the theme song of the film Rocky III. The single went to #1 in both the US[1] and UK,[2] while 'American Heartbeat' reached #17 in the US.[1] Both singles also made the charts in Germany.[3]
Following the temporary disbandment of Survivor in 1989, Jimi Jamison recorded a cover of 'Ever Since the World Began' for the film Lock Up.[4]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [5] |
AllMusic's brief retrospective review was dismissive of the album, declaring that 'nothing here really scales the same height as the title track'.[5]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan, Except 'The One That Really Matters' written by Peterik.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Eye of the Tiger' | 4:04 |
| 2. | 'Feels Like Love' | 4:08 |
| 3. | 'Hesitation Dance' | 3:52 |
| 4. | 'The One That Really Matters' | 3:32 |
| 5. | 'I'm Not That Man Anymore' | 4:49 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | 'Children of the Night' | 4:45 |
| 7. | 'Ever Since the World Began' | 3:48 |
| 8. | 'American Heartbeat' | 4:10 |
| 9. | 'Silver Girl' | 4:52 |
| Total length: | 38:11 | |
Publishing[edit]
- All songs copyright Holy Moley Music, Rude Music, WB Music Corp. & Easy Action Music, except track 4 (WB Music Corp. & Easy Action Music).
Personnel[edit]
Survivor
- Dave Bickler – lead vocals
- Frankie Sullivan – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Peterik – electric guitars, acoustic 12-string guitar, grand piano, Hammond B3 organ, backing vocals
- Stephan Ellis – bass guitar
- Marc Droubay – drums
Additional musicians
- Fergie Frederiksen – backing vocals
- Daryl Dragon – additional keyboards, synthesizers, E-mu Emulator
Production[edit]
- Jim Peterik – producer, arrangements
- Frankie Sullivan – producer, arrangements
- Phil Bonanno – engineer
- Mike Clink – engineer
- Hill Brim Swimmer – assistant engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Glen Christensen – back cover photography
- Studios
- Recorded at Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
- Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 26 |
| Canada | 1 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 2 |
References[edit]
- ^ abcEye of the Tiger USA chart history, Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^Survivor UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^'Chartverfolgung / Survivor / Single'. Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^'Jimi Jamison - 'Ever Since the World Began'/'Cry Alone''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ^ abEye of the Tiger at AllMusic
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 301. ISBN0-646-11917-6.