This article is about the song by Survivor. For other uses, see Eye of the Tiger (disambiguation).
"Eye of the Tiger"
Single by Survivor
from the album Rocky III and Eye of the Tiger
B-side
"Take You on a Saturday"
Released
May 31, 1982[1]
Genre
Hard rock,[2] AOR
Length
4:04 (album version) 3:45 (single version)
Label
EMI
Scotti Brothers
Composer(s)
Frankie Sullivan
Jim Peterik
Lyricist(s)
Frankie Sullivan
Jim Peterik
Producer(s)
Frankie Sullivan
Jim Peterik
Survivor singles chronology
"Summer Nights" (1982)
"Eye of the Tiger" (1982)
"American Heartbeat" (1982)
Audio sample
"Eye of the Tiger"
file
help
Music video
Eye of the Tiger on YouTube
"Eye of the Tiger" is a song by the American rock band Survivor. It was written as the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III and released that year as a single from Survivor's third album, Eye of the Tiger.
Sylvester Stallone, the director and star of Rocky III, enlisted Survivor to write the song after the band Queen denied him permission to use their song "Another One Bites the Dust". They derived lyrics, including the title, from dialogue in the film, and conceived a riff with chord changes to match the punches in the boxing scenes.
"Eye of the Tiger" reached number one on the charts of many countries. In the US, it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks, spent 15 consecutive weeks in the top ten, and was the second-bestselling single of 1982. It was certified platinum in August 1982, for sales of two million copies. In the UK, "Eye of the Tiger" sold 956,000 copies and was number one on the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks.
At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, "Eye of the Tiger" won Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for Song of the Year. At the 55th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Original Song.
^"RIAA certifications for Survivor". Recording Industry Association of America.
^Holden, Stephen (July 28, 1982). "The Pop Life; RCA Gambling on Kenny Rogers". The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
"EyeoftheTiger" is a song by the American rock band Survivor. It was written as the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III and released that year as...
Tigereye or goat eye is a gene causing diluted eye color in horses. There are two variants, Tiger-eye 1 (TE1) and Tiger-eye 2 (TE2), which are both recessive...
Sinbad and theEyeoftheTiger is a 1977 fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Wanamaker and featuring stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film stars...
singer, best known as the lead singer for the rock band Survivor from 1978 until 1983, most notably on the #1 U.S. hit "EyeoftheTiger". In addition to his...
(1985), EyeoftheTiger (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Hider in the House (1989), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), The Firm (1993)...
grossing film of 1982 worldwide. Its theme song, "EyeoftheTiger", became a hit single and received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy...
in The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), with Richard Chamberlain, Donald Pleasence, and Tony Curtis, and as "Dione" in Sinbad and theEyeoftheTiger (1977)...
"Ever Since the World Began" is a power ballad by American rock band Survivor, released in 1982 from the group's third album EyeoftheTiger, featuring...
The white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant ofthe mainland Asian tiger. It is reported in the wild from time to time in the...
Californian-born British actor, Tom Clarke Hill. For some time in the UK, the rock song "EyeoftheTiger" by Survivor was used in conjunction with Tony's viewings...
consists of approximately fifty Saudi officers. According to the Middle East Eye source, theTiger Squad is a death squad of members from the military...
recognition in the sci-fi genre. His career peaked in the late 1970s in the popular matinee fantasy Sinbad and theEyeoftheTiger (1977), then in The People...
rediscover the fire that had won him the title, and which he had lost in the time leading up to the Lang fight. Creed calls this fire the "eyeofthetiger." Before...
others being The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Sinbad and theEyeoftheTiger (1977). The film stars John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Takis Emmanuel, and...
The American true crime documentary streaming television miniseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness (titled onscreen as simply Tiger King) features...
whose success had been waning since their number-one hit "EyeoftheTiger" in 1982. The band had recently parted ways with original singer Dave Bickler...
Global Information