After #1 Rock Band REJECTED HUGE Movie Anthem...UNKNOWN Stepped In & KILLED IT! | Professor Of Rock
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- In the early 80s this Survivor co-founder Jim Peterik came home for Lunch and checked his answering machine. He couldn’t believe his ears, Sylvester Stallone asked him to call him right back. He thought it was someone trying to prank him. but when he called back it was really him… Sly Stallone wanted unknown band Survivor to write the Anthem to a sequel to one of the greatest franchises ever, Rocky 3-apparently Queen had turned down the use of their #1 hit Another Bites the Dust… In a very fun interview, Jim tells us how he and Frankie Sullivan wrote the Eye of the Tiger for the opening montage and went to #1 for 6 weeks because Stallone was willing to give his rookie band the chance even though they’d never had a hit. How they created the perfect 80s classic rock anthem that still rules.
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Poll: What is your pick for the greatest no-hold barred rock anthem of the 80s?
Aside from Eye Of The Tiger there's Danger Zone and Footloose by Kenny Loggins, Power Of Love by Huey Lewis and A Kind Of Magic and Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen.
It's gotta be 'Back in Black' for me...
I'd seen AC/DC with Bon Scott shortly before we lost him, so when they came 'Back in Black,' it was quite profound.
68 Guns The Alarm
Spirit of 76 The Alarm
People Have The Power Patti Smith
Don't' Stop Believing Journey
Summer of 69 Bryan Adams
Simply The Best Tina Turner
Here I Go Again Whitesnake
Living On A Prayer Bon Jovi
Jump Van Halen
Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
Boys Of Summer Don Henley
Don't You Forget About Me Simple Minds
Rock Me Amadeus Falco
All Fired Up Pat Benatar
Love Is A Battlefield Pat Benatar
When I See You Smile Bad English
"You Shook Me All Night Long" by 🤟AC⚡️DC 🤟
@@Elwaves2925 greatest anthem. Meaning one. Not a list.
i trully owe this song my life i was in a severe car wreck in the 90's and was in a wheelchair for over a year unable to walk and partially parylized and have given up and my physical therapist played this song and it helped me find the strength to walk again and to live
Music is amazing and can be so motivating
Wonderful story, thanks for sharing and all the best to you!
I am glad you got through that crisis. You are stronger than you think.
❤️🙏
You're the one he was talking about!
"Eye Of The Tiger" was certainly one of the biggest hits of the 80's-It still holds up 40 years later.
No doubt.
It's a timeless classic
Gosh, the 80s were 40 years ago? I'm so old.
@@cheapskatepanic the early 80s is
This is so cool. Stallone struggled to get Rocky made, and he obviously never forgot about giving someone a chance.
He's a one of the good guys for sure.
That’s the charm of Sly. 😊
YES!!
@Johnny Rep I see what you did there.
@@ProfessorofRock Super talented, too. His painting is amazing. And Rocky was his, the whole thing! Damn good for a minor porn star, lol! 👍💙💖🥰✌
This song helped me beat stage 4 cancer, a TBI, and the wheelchair!! My anthem for my life! These guys are the greatest!! Thank you!!
So glad you are better.
Such an under rated group... Love High on you and The search is over as well ❤️
Everybody from the 80s remembers this song. I can't imagine anyone but Survivor playing this song. 👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Getting your song parodied by Weird Al is like a badge of honour. Way better than an Oscar!
Tickling even more Americans!
Agree
I was a bit disappointed when Rocky finally did get a restaurant that there wasn't a 'rye or kaiser' line slipped in. It would have been perfect.
Al is a tremendous talent. I could never make up my mind which is harder. Making a masterpiece on a blank canvas or altering a masterpiece to create a new one? Al is worth seeing live.
Professor, this is one of your best. 👏
Al parodied two of the top three 1982 songs. Not Physical though.
This song will always be the greatest workout song of all time, all because Sylvester Stallone had the foresight to have a rock-based theme. Pure genius!!
Pure genius is exactly right!
I think it was played 1 million times during that era. It was certainly fun to workout with the aerobic women during that time with their Jane Fonda outfits.
@@diemman70 Ha ha. I remember my mom working out to it all the time.
@@ProfessorofRock BTW Great interview and I love the deep insights into the band and song! Keep on trucking!
Sly’s the man! If he can’t do it, no one can!
Actually, they did have another hit after that. They had several. In fact, I Can't Hold Back is one of my all-time favorite Survivor songs.
As far as other Survivor songs go, I am not sure if it was a hit but I just love “High on You” and think it is a hidden gem.
There you stood, that'll teach ya to look so good and feel so right.
It was, but I have to go with The Search is Over. That power ballad kicks ass.
The whole Vital Signs album is one of my favorites of all time.
@@brianh1287 Vital Signs is a perfect album. It doesn't have a bad note on it let alone a song.
Yesssssss
What I love about this story - more than the song, more than the movie context, is that two people talk about their love of music and achievement, and how a moment in time allowed them to come together later and talk. Talk about how one made something the other (and many others) found amazing. Brilliant. Its what music is all about.
Thanks!
@@ProfessorofRock Wow my God has spoken to me. Many thanks and a merry Christmas to you and your family. I love what you do and didn't expect a response.
100% 👍🙏👍🙏
Survivor was a terrific band...so underrated. They also really rocked on their albums.
My ex-girlfriend’s mom had cancer and this was one of the songs on her playlist. Unfortunately, she passed, but this kept her going for as long as she could.
Wow. I’m so sorry for your loss.
That anthem song Eye of The Tiger made the Rocky 4 movie opening scene ICONIC ! The best opening of a Rocky movie ever !
Great interview Professor!
Thanks Duane!
I remember going to see the movie...and they also played the song during the closing credits...and everyone stayed to hear it. At that time, NO ONE EVER STAYED THROUGH THE CREDITS!!! You knew the song was going to be big time.
People were just so obsessed with that song!
One of those timeless songs that will out survive us all. Each generation regards it as their own.
100% agree. !!
It will forever reign king.
In my early years, I attempted to be a singer. I am fairly reasonable as a singer and I still receive praise from people who here me. Anyway, this is about songwriting. I attended several songwriting workshops over the years and eventually came to the realization that I was very much crap at writing songs. One thing that I did learn was, that there are timely songs and there are timeless songs. Anyway, I will enjoy interpreting other people's songs, performing these in my own way.
I was a cross country runner in high school when this song came out. I had a friend who made a college football team that needed to run 2 miles in a curtain time limit to stay on the team. He was a big offensive line man that could push a mach truck, but struggled with distance running. After my practice every day I would meet him and we would go running. Our theme was The Eye of the Tiger because of the song and movie. Day after day we would talk about it, then run. It was amazing the progress he made. Weeks later he called me to thank me for helping him stay on the team because he ran under the time line. He said he sang that song over and over until he crossed the line. I am now a coach and have been for almost 4 decades, and I still use that song to motivate athletes to this day. Love that song!
"You know the story better than I do, " says Peterik. That's why he's called the Professor of Rock- for those who question his moniker. Didn't realize Eye of the Tiger had ties to Another One Bites the Dust. Lesson learned!
THanks!
Great story behind one of the most iconic movie songs ever. Jim Peterik is always a great interview that really breakdown the thoughts and process that it took to make the song that couldn't have been more perfect for a Rocky movie, he captured the whole movie in 3 minutes.! I never knew that opening was the timing of the punches. YO professor great episode, you know what I'm saying!
He is such a good guy.
Jim tells some really entertaining stories, and 40 years later, this song remains a universal standard.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 it's funny 40 years later and after hearing it thousands of times it hasn't lost it's inspirational feel when I hear it.
@@MyName-pl7zn It seems like it’s everyone’s go-to song when they want to feel super 80s.
Yea real fun video.
As a former successful highschool athlete, this song narrowed my focus. It has a quality where it helps you envision what you are about to do. It's a timeless track.
It's so true.
It gives you hope and motivation.
Awesome song! Why do they not make songs like this anymore?? Very sad 😭. Great interview as usual POR!
Stallone insisted he star in the Rocky movies. He insisted on Survivor to do the songs. Sly was a great visionary that way.
Survivor was an integral part of my high school and college years. Love Jim Peterik....... great songwriter.
Thanks for this one, Professor!
(And I didn't even say first today 🤣🤣)
Thanks for watching Roger!
Couldn’t have picked a better band!
This was my favorite song for the longest time. To this day Survivor is still my favorite 80s band
They are so under appreciated!
They have some great songs.
As someone who has heard every single studio album they released, Survivor had several great songs such as Light of a Thousand Smiles, Rebel Girl, and Caught in the Game. They were on a bad label though, CBS is horrible for how they treated Survivor.
My daughter listened to this song before soccer matches. Decades later this song is still hype.
I love that line about Queen turning it down. "It gave us a shot at the title (song)." I don't think it dawned on him how apropos that was when he said it. What a great story!
It's definitely one of the greatest movie anthems. You can't really think of Rocky without hearing this song in your head.
It's a great story but the kid with the jukebox is the cherry on top. A little thing that he could easily have missed yet it meant a lot to him.
I know. Right? I think it helped him see the impact.! thanks Elwaves. Always great to see you on here!
I always imagine the montage in my head when it plays.
Loved that part of the story too. I bet that woman would have a cow today if she knew she'd had such a close encounter with its writer.
Shakey's was a great pizza parlor too. When I was a kid we had a lot of post Pop Warner football game parties there with the whole families of my teammates great memories
@@geralda7700 Cool. It's always nice to have places like that. Mine was the pub up the hill on a Saturday night, where kids were only allowed in the backroom. It was next to a lane that led to a quarry which we used to muck around in.
Jim made me love the song even more.What humble and classy act.
I was a boxer back then. Rocky 4 was my favorite album and I would do my work out to Rocky 4 music. It was inspirational!
Back in the day, I never realized Peterik wrote so many songs, he even authored "Writing Songs for Dummies" or something like that. I got to see Peterik play at a show near Chicago....it was so much fun!!
He and Frankie Sullivan work, esp. with Heart, and .38 Special are truly under the classic rock fan's radar for their impact. Incredibly talented!!!
As a massive Queen fan, I'm glad they turned it down and things turned out this way. "...Bites the Dust" did just fine as it was and "Eye of the Tiger" was destined to be born. Win win.
Another great interview.
Eye of the Tiger it's STILL played in HS football locker rooms! My son played football at TR Miller where the mascot was.. You guessed it a tiger.
This was also pumped out during the games. Great memories.
Thanks Professor for keeping classic rock interviews alive.
Always!
It is an anthem at high school stadiums. In 1987 my mom and her fellow Tigers graduated high school to this song.
"Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor certainly ranks as one of the greatest movie themes of the 80's. I was 17 years old in 1982 and this song was #1 for 6 weeks that year. I remember it received so much radio airplay that Summer. This song was the single that launched Survivor's career to superstardom. My personal favorite Survivor song is "High On You."
I’m surprised it wasn’t the #1 song of 1982 as most people associated it with that year. Instead it was Physical by ONJ.
Remember the days when we used to care about the top 40? Listening to all the songs and pretty much loving them all? Can you imagine trying to do that today? They all sound the same… you wouldn’t know where one ended and the next began….. they’re just awful. No actual talent in voice or instruments required….. sad the top 40 days are long gone…. ♥️
@@AnnieBoBannie421 Yes it was great when popular music was made with actual instruments. I wish Professor of Rock would lead the charge against the obscene teeny bopper shit that plagues "hot lists" today.
Survivor has some amazing songs and is a fantastic band!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I was heartbroken! 😆 I must have played EOTT 10k times that year SO much my friends still make fun of me for it 😆
Seems every year or two at least one of them will send it to me in a text or post on FB and ask me if I'm still jogging around out old neighborhood lol
My husband and I were at the movie . I will never forget how everyone stood up and sang along❤ We had gone to the movie feeling down and out, and came out completely energized and uplifted ❤
Music is its own energy, its own spirit. Moments in life have their magic. Sometimes they combine in one. People can snicker, but "Eye of the Tiger" is one of those moments of magic. You'll never have that exact same magic again. That's not to detract from other moments. They're all special and some may be even better than "Eye of the Tiger." But as they mentioned, when you have a song that literally energies people at their lowest to keep going and survive -- that is _magic_ !
I'll just say I've had a few moments in time I mentally played "Eye of the Tiger" in my head. In fact, there was one time in early high school I was being picked on and shoved around again. I was the small, poor brainy kid most of us know. The others brought out the beatbox to play "Eye of the Tiger" so their local bully could be inspired to "put me in my place." Believe it or not, I was the one who walked off. Heh. AND was sent to the principal's office for "fighting." Two week suspension. Totally worth it. It was the last time that happened.
I was bullied heavily in middle school and even the TEACHERS participated. Unbelievable.
Jim Peterik is a Delight. I love your interviews with him. He's so much fun. Plus, purples my favorite color😂
Love how Jim say's, " Thank You " So sincerely when he is complemented on the chorus of the song. He REALLY means it
Jim is such a great interviewee. His interviews are always fun and since you let the interviewee actually talk unlike most, that made this interview great. I am glad you have a few cuts from this full interview on other episodes. Jim is a great guy as well.
Couldn't agree more!
I love him.
It's because he's a fanboy.
This song just pumps you full of adrenaline... You feel like your a champion... Moment of truth is awesome too...
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I love Jim Peterik, he's always a GREAT interview. Thanks Professor..have a great weekend!!
Thanks, you too!
I assumed the beat that commands your attention almost from the start was a wink and a nod to Another one bites the dust; all I know is The eye of the tiger was SO right for the movie. Classic story, great interview. Thanks Adam and Jim.
A delightful interview, Professor!! Jim is truly charming and you did a great job holding court as usual. What a great story!!!
Great song in a great movie ... hallmark of the 80s, something that's a thing of the past. Glad I lived through such a great decade.
Same. SO grateful for the 80s!
I was born in 2006 and understand 100% how I missed out on such a magical decade.
That song really does inspire, you feel like you can overcome anything. Great, memorable song.
This made me cry because it brought back so many memories!!
It is so awesome that you are blessed to interview so many of the greats 🥰 love this one!!! 🐅💜💜💜
Professor you have been truly knocking it out of the park lately ! Bless you little brother, your interviews are so relaxed but you can see how well prepared you are ..... BRAVO ! Now the subject matter for the last couple weeks has been next level for me personally. Not sure what rabbit your going to pull from the hat next but cant wait my friend ..... o7 (IMO, everyone was hard on them for that success, expecting better and slamming everything they did)
Thanks Randy! We are trying to get the best stories... all the stories! Thanks for the support!
I have to say that while I love Eye of the Tiger...I never understood why nothing else really hit for them. Vital Signs is my favorite album of all time (even though it's a bit slower tempo overall) and I wish more people heard it.
Eye of the Tiger is one of those feel good motivational songs that will be played in a thousand years from now and still sound awesome.
A few years back Survivor was to play at a festival where I was a stage hand. They had some problems on the road that caused them to cancel and the festival hired Skid Row to fill the spot. During set up the morning of the festival the Skid Row guitar tech started playing Eye of the Tiger after setting up one of the guitars. The stage hands and road crew all started playing air guitar and drums and singing along as they went about their tasks of readying for the show. It was great fun and a testament to the popularity of the song.
Survivor is one of the most underrated bands of the 1980s. Vital Signs was one of my favorite albums. It would have been interesting to hear what Mr. Peterik thinks about EOTT being a marching band staple.
Professor, this was an awesome interview to watch. You nailed the history and engaged so well with Jim. I was was on the Edge of my seat soaking up every minute.
Survivor really is the sound and music of Rocky! Of course, a really iconic movie franchise as a whole, only boosted by the music!
For sure. I think they're so underrated.
Totally true.
My daughter was in the state winning band in Indiana the year this song was huge! I remember Eye of the Tiger being their theme song as they kept winning on the way to state finals! As the mom I fell in love with Survivor! Good memories! (Ben Davis High School)
The song for champs!
What a well rounded person, nice to hear these days.
Thanks Anna!
Amazing to hear Jim was in Ides of March. Vehicle was one of the first songs I heard as a kid. What a great song writer.
Stalone did the same thing for the first Expendables. Called up Shinedown and they wrote Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom).
Professor, Thanks for the story behind this hit. I know the song but not the movie. Imagine how different it could have turned out if the rough cut of the movie wasn't made available. Jim would not have known about the "Eye of the Tiger" line and the world would have missed out on a great and powerful song.
This is what I always refer to as a 'power song'. I can listen to it after a hard long day at work and have the energy to get up and keep moving. I use to use it after school before I'd go play basketball with my brother. He never knew how I could look exhausted one minute then toasting him on the court the next.
This is definitely one of those songs that make you never give up. Whatever you're going through. I'd have to say it is one of the greatest movie anthems ever.
The backstory of this is awesome, I joined the navy in 1982, in 1983 I was assigned to squadron VP-8, the flying tigers. They played Eye of the Tiger at every squadron event. Every time I hear the song, I remember my time with VP-8
This ☝️ was one of the many classics that made 1982 one of the best years in music. A transitional year that started the shift from the 70's to the 80's vibe. A year later, we were there.
Hahaha! The Temptations doing "Eye of the Tiger" has to be the funniest thing in awards show history! 😂😂😂 Love the symbiotic coincidence of Jane Fonda working out to "Eye" and Jim working out to Jane Fonda. Great song, great story, great interview. Thanks, Adam! Have an excellent day. ☀️
Cool story, right time, right ppl, right circumstances, and a great anthem song....
What a wonderful interview! Obviously the greatest movie anthem ever!!!!
This song got me through boot camp when I was doing the P.T. I was motivated enough to pass!!! Thanks Sly and Survivor!
A great way to start the day with a new Professor of Rock upload. I remember this song while I was a senior in high school. Thanks for the history of Eye of the Tiger"!
Thanks for watching!
I talked to one teacher at my school earlier this week about how she has been feeling immense nostalgia for the soundtrack of her senior year. She liked Eye of the Tiger but was not very fond of Don’t You Want Me.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 It was 1982 when I graduated from high school. I really enjoyed the synthesizer era. The Human League was one of the pioneers of that movement. I hope you are well. As a teacher myself, I know the struggles students have today. May the music of today and in the past get you through the tough times.
@@zoltore23 The New Romantics, pioneers of synthpop and new wave.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Actually, Kraftwerk and Brian Eno.
Some friends and I have set up volunteer hydration stations at half marathons around the 18 km mark, we put a speaker to play music but have Eye if the Tiger play constantly, many runners comment they get chills hearing the song and motivates them to finish the race.
So hearing Jim talk about how inspiring the song is to marathoners hits home, as I have seen the effect he is talking about both as a volunteer and as a runner.
Thank you for these awesome interviews! I really enjoyed hearing this one. I grew up in the late 70's & early 80's - so Sylvester Stallone's Rocky movies were a staple for me & my friends. Eye of the Tiger is definitely one of my all time favorite anthems! The beat just pulses through your body, and you have to move or dance with it - no matter where you are!!! What a great story that Jim Peterik shared. Absolutely amazing.
Just a great song, that never gets old, never fails to get your blood going
SO TRUE. It's a motivator.
Personally my workout mix started with CCRs Midnight Special but went into Eye of the Tiger next and finished 96 minutes later with it as well.... good finisher for the kick.
Timeless classic.
The Eye of the Tiger has to be one of the best songs ever written. Even when I saw the movie for the first time, and yes I saw it in the theatre at least five times, it was the eighties after all, I was amazed just how much the song fit into the movie. My buddies and I argued with each other as to which came first.
This song still has the energy of the movie. It still makes me pumped, it still makes me feel the same as I did after I saw the movie the first time. I came out of the movie believing I could take on the world. To this day, there has never been a movie that made me feel the same way.
Now that I know the story I am so thankful that Queen turned him down. While I love Queen, they are one of my favourite bands, and I love We Are the Champions, there is no way it could have done the movie justice.
If they had gotten the rights, it would in my opinion, it would have ruined the movie. The feeling, the heart of the movie would not have been the same, and with Rocky 3 that feeling you got was the movie.
Personally I believe Eye Of The Tiger was robbed at the Oscars. While Up Where We Belong was a good song, it didn’t support the movie as well as Eye Of The Tiger did.
It's so true. Thanks for sharing Brent.
It may as well be the greatest soundtrack song ever. Imagine if it was Freddie singing.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980while I love Freddy, Survivor killed it. I can’t imagine anyone who could have done it better.
@@brenturquhart7090 Dave Bickler’s voice fit perfectly for this song. Props to Sly!!!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 it does doesn’t it. Dave Bickler is certainly an underrated singer. He, and the band of course, should have been much bigger than they were. He and Survivor certainly did their fair share of movies.
It seemed that if Kenny Loggins couldn’t do a song for a movie, Dave was waiting behind door number two. Just look at the list of movies did, they were on fire, yet they for some reason never got the credit that was due. Seriously, they should be right up there with Journey and the likes.
It was to bad he had to leave the band in 83, he had polyps on his throat and after the surgery he had to let it heal for a few years before he sang again. That must have been a real low point if his life. Especially since Jimi Jamison did such a good job with Rocky Four and Karate Kid.
Plus I Can’t Hold Back, god I loved that song, and yes there was a girl for that song too. It didn’t top the charts, but I still thing it’s an amazing song.
While those songs and soundtracks were great, it wasn’t Dave. Jimi was good, but to me without Dave I considered them a different band. Dave just seemed to connect more with the songs he did.
When you started giving hints about the song, the first thing I thought was Eye of the Tiger.
Wow what a great interview. Awesome job. Such a great story to an even greater song.
Jensen Ackles' lip sync in the Supernatural series is freaking brilliant.
I agree! So fun.
Such a great series with AWESOME soundtrack!!!
@@johnnyjohnson1326 They always have the best music.
Yeah, that was excellent. I love how he really went for it with his actions and movements.
@@johnnyjohnson1326 From what I understand the producer of the show is a BIG classic rock fan and picked most,if not all the songs in the show. Even when the show when into syndication he insisted that ALL of the original songs stay. He didn't want generic music playing over the originals.
Great interview! Growing up through late 70's-80's, this song is one of the few that defined my childhood!
Amazing story! So glad Survivor answered that call from Sylvester Stallone, without Eye of the Tiger my childhood would not have been the same.
I could never figure out the lyrics, so I had to just mumble when I tried to sing along with it 😂
Ha ha. I think we all did at first.
Rising up, back on the streets…
My high school's mascot was the tiger and for years I can remember our high school band playing Eye of the Tiger at home football games. Good times.
What a great interview! Thank you, Adam and Mr. Peterik.
Survivor is one of my favorite bands of all time. I think the reason they didn’t get more hits and recognition has to do with the length of time between albums, especially after their blockbuster 1984 album “Vital Signs”. It was a full two years before they released “When Seconds Count,” and another two years before they released “Too Hot to Sleep.” Not taking shots at Frankie Sullivan, but I think he’s very much a perfectionist and wants everything just perfect. It’s one quality that makes the band so amazing, but the average person likely forgets about them and moves on. I certainly think the saying, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” applies in their situation. They also weren’t very accessible (especially for someone from southeast Idaho) and didn’t do a lot of press as a band. “Caught in the Game” is still on regular rotation for me.
_"I luv ya, man",_ ..... Though JFTR, perhaps *_THE_* Generational theme song from my generation was the Buffalo Springfield classic, _*"For What Its Worth"....*._ 👌
Surprisingly, or perhaps Alarmingly, that "flagship" anthem is again becoming relatively applicable on today's ever-increasingly divisive national *_and_* international landscapes.
Nonetheless, another Great Interview.....
I love "For What It's Worth" story from Stephen Stills is on the channel.
Such a classic!!!
I love all the songs that Jim has written , THANK YOU , from a musician who loves singing and listening to your songs .
I knew this story but never heard the Queen angle before, that's pretty epic really and it's hilarious to think Stallone really greets people with "yo" lol that's why he's cool or one of many reasons why, giving a band few had heard of at the time a shot is another
I prefer Gonna Fly (now) but I love Eye of the Tiger too. Gonna be honest I think either Vehicle or Poor Man's Son could have been a theme for a Rocky movie.
I agree on all counts.
Vehicle would have been a great Tarantino soundtrack.
Queen is THE best, but Eye Of The Tiger is a much better fit than Another One Bites the Dust.
I went to see that movie with my little brothers and my father, I was ten years old at that time and the next weekend we went to visit one of my cousin and all my cousins are older than me and we spoke about the movie. We were really happy and excited and believe me or not every time we tune a radio every time they play that song, we finish listen that song 13 times, men one of my best child memories.
Man I love learning new things. I had no clue about him singing Vehicle and the Queen thing. Great for Jeopardy question
⚠️ *Great story!* 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm old enough to remember when it came out lol. That being said, I didn't fall in love with it until it was used on the show Supernatural with Dean lip sinking it😅🖤
Great episode! Only other song that can match this is indeed Queen, Princes of the Universe, Highlander. But this movie was bigger.
I never get tired of listening to Jim Peterik .
I saw Rocky at a midnight movie at LSU when I in college. When I came out of the theater at 2am, there were students everywhere jogging! 😂😂😂 People from earlier viewings went back to the dorms, all pumped up, dressed for jogging and hit the streets…AT 2 am!!! 😂😂😂
Most certainly the most memorable 80s movie hit! Loved this song then, love this song now! Thank you for sharing its story, you always surprise me with the songs I love and your story telling of them!
I loved hearing him describe their creative process. This is an exciting tale, and I had an elevated heartbeat listening to him talk about it. It is a magnificent song to hear. What a magical moment in time.
My ringtone for 15 years! I love this song and the encouragement it gives!!
Survivor has no bad albums. Period. Every song a gem that puts visions and feelings in your head.
One incredible fight song, followed by another incredibly fight song in Rocky IV with Burning Heart! Mind blowing!!
I had the good fortune to meet Jim at a restaurant near his house in La Grange, Illinois about 20 years ago. He is just the most genuine nice guy and I told him how much this song meant to me as a kid in the early 80's. I had the cassette tape and I wore it out!
Survivor was my favorite band during junior high and high school. They had so many awesome songs, many that weren't released. Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan had a way of writing songs that had a great message. Some of my favorites that weren't released were "I Never Stopped Loving You" from Caught In The Game, "I See You In Everyone" from Vital Signs, "Summer Nights" from Premonition and "Across The Miles" from Too Hot To Sleep.
While I doubt Mr. Peterik or Mr. Sullivan will ever see this comment, I sincerely want to thank them for a lifetime of awesome songs.
I remember going to see Survivor in concert at Toledo Sports Arena. When they did "Eye Of The Tiger" I'm not sure if it was their opening act or their road crew that came out from back dressed as Boxers wearing tutus and prancing around the stage. Even with the band completely breaking up in laughter they continued the song. The crowd was roaring and cheering. It was great!
Great interview! Seems like a great guy to hangout & talk with. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day.