Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger
About The Song
“Eye of the Tiger,” written by Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik of Chicago rock band Survivor, found its place in history not only as the theme song of the Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III, but also as a number one song on the Billboard charts and the title song of an album that has sold in the millions. Sullivan was a young Midwestern guitar player when all this was happening, never imagining that he had just co-written the “career record” everyone dreams of. Via phone with American Songwriter, Sullivan explained how the ball got rolling when one of the owners of Survivor’s label, Scotti Brothers Records, got the band the gig recording the song which became the theme for Rocky III.
“Tony Scotti and Sly Stallone were friends,” he said. “Way before ‘Eye of the Tiger.’ They were out to dinner one night. And Tony asks Sly when he’s gonna put his new movie out, and if the music’s done, and [Stallone] says, ‘Well, there’s this one part…’ and that’s how the process started.”
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