"Eye of the Tiger"
Single by Survivor
from the album Eye of the Tiger Rocky III Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released	1982
Format	7"
Recorded	1981
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	4:06
Label	Scotti Brothers Records EMI
Writer(s)	Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik
Producer(s)	Survivor
Peak chart positions
#1 (US, UK, Ireland, Finland, Australia, Norway)
Survivor singles chronology
"Summer Nights" (1982) "Eye of the Tiger" (1982) "American Heartbeat" (1982)

"Eye of the Tiger" is a song performed by the American rock group Survivor. It was released on January 1, 1982 (New Years Day) and was written at the request of Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky III. The song became a popular sporting event anthem, especially in boxing, baseball (specifically frequently played during critical points of Detroit Tigers games), and was for a short time the entrance theme for professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who also appeared in Rocky 3. This song has also been used satirically, such as the trailer and ad campaign for the Will Ferrell film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, released in August 2006. The song is also the entrance song of professional darts champion Raymond Van Barneveld. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... 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The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks from July 24, 1982. It was preceded by "Don't You Want Me" by the Human League and followed by "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band. "Eye of the Tiger" also reached number one in the UK, Irish and Australian charts. The song won a Grammy Award, an Academy Award nomination, and was voted "Best New Song" by the People's Choice Awards. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Don’t You Want Me is a single by the British Synthpop group The Human League. ... The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977, who, after several changes in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s and a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Abracadabra is probably the most well recognized song recorded by the Steve Miller Band. ... Steve Miller (born October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

During this same time period, the song was Number 1 for eight consecutive weeks in Venezuela, dropped down for a week, and then returned for an additional three weeks in the number one spot.

Covers and parodies

• Parodied by Survivor themselves in a Starbucks commercial but with Jimi Jamison as the vocalist.[1]
• Covered by The Temptations at the 55th annual Academy Awards, when the song was nominated for song of the year.
• Parodied by CKY (featuring Brandon DiCamillo on vocals) in the movie Landspeed: CKY. The song is only available on CKY Vol. 2, which is out of print.
• Parodied by the guys at Rockinthebury.com, this version is so popular it is the first video that comes up when "eye of the tiger" is queried in Google. [2]
• Parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic on his second album In 3-D. Entitled "Theme from Rocky XIII (The Rye or the Kaiser)". It was also later released on The Food Album.
• Gloria Gaynor on her 1983 self-titled covers album.
• Covered in heavy metal form by Vomitron.
• Covered in death metal by Ten Masked Men.
• Paul Anka recorded a big-band swing version for his album Rock Swings.
• Eye of the Tiger has also been covered by Jarvis Cocker, who performed it (for the last time, he said) at the Latitude festival in Suffolk on July 15th 2007.
• Parodied in a Cockney style as part of a Cockney medley by Bill Bailey on his album Bewilderness.
• Alvin and The Chipmunks also recorded a version of this song.
• DJ Clark Kent sampled the song for the remix of Ice Cube's "We Be Clubbin'" featuring DMX.
• Australian Idol 2005 Contestant Lee Harding performed his version of "Eye of the Tiger" on the show and later released it in Punk Rock form.
• In the Game Boy Advance game Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II, a parody called Eye of the Lion is shown various of times throughout the game.
• Rapper Adil Omar sampled "Eye of the Tiger" for a song of the same title with the original chorus by Survivor. The song can be found here and it features a verse from Florida based rapper Hard Target.
• A cover version is used as theme for Persepolis
• Amel Bent, French singer (Nouvelle Star contestant)
• Brooklyn-based rap duo M.O.P. sampled "Eye of the Tiger" on their single "4 Alarm Blaze"

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