Originally Stallone wanted "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen as the theme for Rocky 3, but for whatever reason Queen wouldn't let him use their song. So Stallone comissioned Survivor to write "Eye of the Tiger". (The band was inspired by rough cuts scenes from Rocky 3)... And the rest is music history.

@jessewainwright7982

2 жыл бұрын

Queen is tough with all their copyright infringement b.s.

@DrAdrenalineTO

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessewainwright7982 yup, *cough* Vanilla Ice *cough*

@melaniejordan1199

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Interesting!

@JLSV1970

Жыл бұрын

I still thank Queen for that! How would we have this masterpiece if it weren't for that!

This song was written for Rocky III, when Rocky lost his mojo and got whooped by Clubber Lang aka Mr T.. and he was trained by none other than Apollo Creed his opponent from Rocky & Rocky II...

@zanethind

2 жыл бұрын

Yep and that Santino Marella segment on Raw referenced that lol

@zanethind

2 жыл бұрын

And Hulk Hogan's theme song from one time

@jasonmalone9833

2 жыл бұрын

I pity the fool!!! - B.A. Baracus lol

@mikeblanchard7579

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@reddeadlive5631

4 ай бұрын

Rip creed

Survivor "Eye of the Tiger" was the theme song to the 1982 movie Rocky III in which Rocky fights to take back the title "Clubber" Lang took from him. I went to see it with some buddies on the last day of school that year. The song has out lived the movie to become a standard fight song. It was a number one hit for more than a month that year. I remember digging the introduction because it sounded like The Police "Bring on the Night" and Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen", but I also remember getting burned out on the song after hearing it on the radio too often.

@zanethind

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah getting burned out happens

@chriswildhaber35

2 жыл бұрын

I skipped school one of those days when the movie first came out, to see it with 1 of my friends, and we watched it at least 2 times that day especially being from Sacramento CA.

I love how the drums and guitars are like in the fight against each other. It's brilliant. This song makes you not want to quit on yourself.

“Until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.” - Rocky Balboa

@alexng4

2 жыл бұрын

sometimes a man needs to know his limitations..hahahhaha

@powerbad696

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexng4 YEAH,that's what my ex-wife SAID.

I play this song to get me through college. It got me through 2 degrees and is now powering me through my doctrine. it motivates me to keep going at 45.

“If I can change and you can change, everybody can change.” - Rocky Balboa

The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik, and it was recorded at the request of Rocky III star, writer, and director Sylvester Stallone, after Queen denied him permission to use "Another One Bites the Dust", the song Stallone intended as the Rocky III theme.

"It's the cream of the fight." 🤣

@JamesInDigital

2 жыл бұрын

I swear, these lyrics videos. How is it even remotely possible to hear cream?

@acesihatay8703

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao😭😝😄😄

@TNT66762

2 жыл бұрын

This is the worst lyric video I've ever seen. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397

Жыл бұрын

Creampie of the fight

@amiranwary517

Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

The singer David Bicker also did those awesome/funny Bud Light Real Men of Genius, tv & radio commercials.

Ivan was drawing molecular diagrams in class when this classic came out! ….it’s old.

My floor played this before every exam in first year university! It was the perfect ‘go kill this exam’ vibe 🙌🏼🔥

Absolutely LOVED this song when it hit in the early 80's when I was in grade school. Got the album right away (Thanks Mom & Dad...my allowance wouldn't cover it)! Survivor has so many great songs and hits. Check 'em out more!

Asia and BJ, you’re awesome Whoever made the lyric video: you should be ashamed of yourself

If you want another awesome Survivor song - check out The Search is Over. One of my favorite rock ballads. Hugs from Canada

Rocky vibes 🥊 We called it getting geeked up for whatever we had to face! I don’t think they had any idea this song would stand the test of time.

@powerbad696

2 жыл бұрын

I listen to this track before I go slay DRAGONS !!! LOL. BUT

I hope you guys are still reacting to music on this channel when you reach 90 years old. You two beautiful soulmates are simply the BEST. Thanks for sharing your sweet love and helping to brighten our days!

My daughter has her next scan on Valentine's day. Two years and 5 months into this battle with flHCC and 3 major surgeries and 1 cleanup surgery she is NED (no evidence of disease) and I hope to be able to say that after the 14th. This song can inspire one to continue fight when the odds are against you.

Every dude who grew up in the 80s rocked this in the garage gym. And shadow boxed every time it came on 😂

Greatest motivation song ever

Jim Peterek who co wrote this song as a founder member of Survivor is still going strong with the AOR band Pride Of Lions I heartily recommend you listen to them. They sound just like Survivor and Journey did in the 80s even though Jim Peterek formed them in the 00s

Classic song

“Nobody owes nobody nothing. You owe yourself.” - Rocky Balboa

This song takes me right back; I’m 15 again; GREAT times.

🤣😂 “Watching Rocky” quarrel. More please! Hahahaha

80s baby…love this jam. Gets ya pumped…2024. God Bless America…🇺🇸🫡

Check out more Survivor when they brought in Jimi Jamison on lead vocals. Songs like, I can’t hold back, high on you and burning heart( from Rocky IV) great songs! RIP Jimi.

The number one motivational song,i could kick down a wall with my head when i listen to it...

I remember going to see Rocky III with my dad when I was probably 12ish. After the movie, I begged him to buy me the soundtrack because of this song!!👊🏼👊🏼

"Eye of the tiger" was recorded in 1982 at the request of Rocky III star, writer, and director Sylvester Stallone, after Queen denied him permission to use "Another One Bites the Dust", the song Stallone intended as the Rocky III theme

It's all about the under dog, inspiring, "I can do it"!

You two were too funny today! About time we heard this killer song again. It will be a "rise to the challenge" theme a hundred years from now.

Another banger from Survivor is Burning Heart

Great reaction, great song...but can any lyric video creator get the lyrics correct!!!, they have one job and they can't get it right. How do you get 'It's the cream of the fight' and not 'It's the thrill of the fight'!!!

@walterlowe7252

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I always heard “cream of the pint”

@sarablack2547

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterlowe7252 another one for Peter Kay's misheard lyrics lol

This band, Survivor also had a song in the Rocky 4 soundtrack called ' Burning Heart ' Check it out 👍

I LOVE Rocky, AND this song!

My Lieutenant at Fort Lewis used to play this song when we were doing the push-ups and sit-ups portion of the PT test, as a motivational tool. Everyone remembered it from the Rocky III workout montages! Keep up the good work, kids. I agree with my namesake, though, the live versions or even the videos are much more entertaining. 🙂

After the movie we went to the record shop and bought the 45. Played it so many time

When I used to bodybuild this song got me through alot of workouts when I didn't feel like doing it on many occasions....💪💪💪

Co-written by Jim Peterik, you need to check out when he was in Ides of March and the song "Vehicle".

@no2all

2 жыл бұрын

Jim also wrote a few songs for .38 Special. But "Vehicle" is one of my favorite in-your-face rock-n-roll songs with that big brass sound.

Always been a fan of survivor, since the 80"s.✌️🤘😎

Everytime I listen to this nowadays all I can think is Jensen Ackles / Dean dancing to it! 😝

My goal is to one day be driving when this song comes on the radio and someone be jogging and rolling down my windows and turn it up and follow beside them!! lol

You are both awesome thanks for your hard work keep it up please love from the UK

My band (Sticks n Stones) played a show with them in the 90's in (Hollywood, Florida)

got goosebumps just legendary

This brings me back!!

I loved this song the moment I heard it.

Get down girl! 😆

Leading up to the '84 Olympics in LA there were a number of pre-Olympic events around the US. I was in on and 'Eye of the Tiger' was playing everywhere you went. Definitely a result of the Rocky movie.

Great song 🎵 👌 👏

I saw them do it at The Cow Palace in SF when they opened for Journey.

Love this song!!!

Love it! Rock on!

This was my son's "pump up" song before baseball games then when he got older it was let bodies bit the floor by drowning pool lol

Sylvester Stallone asked for a song to be written for Rocky III (1982). It was written and produced by Survivor for Stallone.

@susiestone5644

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rain Man.

Now asia is a fan of rocky movies, just like we all knew she would be😊

Never get tired of this song. Thanks.

This one time at Band camp 🏕 I’m with ya Asia we played this in Marching Band when It first came out the 80s were HOT🎺🎷🎼🎤😎 We were like “Drum line” on the field at halftime long before that movie ever came out !!!

This song rocked

Yeah!!! Rocky 3 theme song in the house!!!! 😁❤✌🏼

Love your reaction,this is the year of the tiger..the survivors of the new year and the end of the pandemic,the year of the end game and the new year of the future and hope globally.

This is the SONG!!! Y'all killing it!!!

Literally a masterpiece!!

Rocky IV has a good music selection too.

This song was written for Rocky 3

Rocky! Rocky! Rocky 3!!!

What a true CLASSIC !!! Gets the blood pumping,heart POUNDING !!! Listen to this song when you workout,cleaning your home/apartment,doing something you don't want to do. EXCUSE,me now,I'm about to go climb a mountain !!! LOL. FIND the CURE for co-vid !!! LOL.

I went to see this movie (Rocky 3) and out of the blue the group survivor showed up at my small town in illinois theater (which was old school with the big velvet curtains) and no one new it was the real group until the pulled the curtains back. Everyone went CRAZY!! My town had about 10,000 population so no one expected it. Fun highschool experience! Everyone at school was so jealous ! 😊

Finally some Survivor Try "I Can't Hold Back"

FYI Sylvester Stallone has said Rocky is not a sports/boxing movie, it is really a love story.

Asia you should be watching Rocky. Its really a love story and Rocky is one of the greatest characters in cinematic history.

Give the Rocky movies one more chance! It’s a love story first and foremost!

You guys got me rolling 😂

The REAL “fight song” 💥🥊😄

taking a pause from the live to check it out.

Used to skip/jump rope in the gymn to this back in the early 80's when I used to box..😁

Such a good song to get you moving. When I hear this song the movie comes to mind and I see Rocky working out. Good movie.

U see that look rock u had it & u won we gotta get back to that #eyeofthetiger

I LOVE Rocky!

this person for real said cream of the fight in the lyric video 😂 mmm, this fight is so creamy. Ooh, vanilla.

@Fiddleshtick

Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

Whoever wrote the lyrics for this video owes everybody who sees it an explanation for "cream of the fight" XD

@NotANameist

2 жыл бұрын

That was the most egregious error, but there were plenty of other errors, too.

❤❤❤❤❤

Rocky!

Makes the underdog feel 10ft tall and bulletproof

This song is still huge, believe it or not

Im an 80s kid and if this shit doesnt getting you going. Nothing will. Great fucking jam. You trade your passion for glory is one the truest lyrics ever

"It's the cream of the fight" What the fuck?!

This song every single time my brother came after me all thanks to Rocky

‘It’s the THRILL of the fight’. Whoever wrote the lyrics on this messed it up by writing the ‘cream’ of the fight. What the heck is the cream of the fight??? Ha ha ha.

@berniemargolis4288

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was annnoyed by that! :)

@empyrealone

2 жыл бұрын

I just typed this same thing before seeing your comment. I even said "wtf is a cream of the fight?"

Next, listen to Weird AL " the rye or the kaiser". Goes hand in hand with the Rocky theme.

I love the Rocky movies! Especially the first 4.

This singer now does the Budweiser commercial songs.

RIP - Jimi Jamison he had a great voice!

@billyrampersad1750

2 жыл бұрын

Eye Of The Tiger was sung by Dave Bickler not Jimi Jamison ...

@genabourassa7962

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyrampersad1750 It might have been Dave Bickler's song but Jimi Jamison sang it better and more often. Survivor survived because of Jimi Jamison he was the golden throat

@genabourassa7962

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyrampersad1750 Dave sang it when he was with Survivor but after he had to have surgery on his vocal chords Jimi joined and when they toured Jimi sang it and he did it better than Dave, I much prefer Jimi's voice over Dave's, it's missing soul

God I love this song. Rocky 3 did make this song more popular then it was because it was more well-known but other movies also used this song even some TV shows too

☮️💜

Great back then. He just did a live stream for us Bengals fans. Yep, Cincinnati Bengals. Superbowl

You're Rocky debate is hilarious! I'm with Asia. I've never watched a single movie from the Rocky series. But the song is fantastic and takes me right back to junior high. Cheers!

🤘🏻😎🐯

Whoever did this lyrics video needs a hearing test. "Cream of the fight?" 🤣 ... It's clearly "Thrill of the fight"