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"Burning Heart" is a song by Survivor. It appeared in the 1985 film Rocky IV and on its soundtrack album; the film's star Sylvester Stallone personally commissioned the song. [2] The single peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1986, behind "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends.
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 ...
Survivor was an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. The band achieved commercial success in the 1980s. with five top ten singles in the United States. The band is best known for their 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger", the theme song for the film Rocky III which spent six weeks at number one in the US. [1]
Goodall performed a thrilling cover of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," known for being the theme to the 1982 film "Rocky III." When asked in a pre-taped segment why he chose the song, Goodall said ...
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. [3] The album features the title track, which is also the theme song of the film Rocky III. The single went to #1 in both the US [3] and UK, [4] while "American Heartbeat" reached #17 in the US. [3]
The soundtrack was hugely successful on the strength of two top-five singles, Survivor's "Burning Heart" (personally commissioned for the film by Sylvester Stallone) reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100) [4] and James Brown's "Living in America", as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, "No Easy Way Out" which reached #22.
The remaining ten castaways were reunited with their loved ones, but that wasn't the biggest surprise.
Title Release Live in Japan: Released: January 21, 1986; Label: Pony Video; Formats: LaserDisc, VHS Japan-only release; Recorded live at Koseinenkin Hall Tokyo on September 21, 1985