Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (Official video clip)

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Eye Of The Tiger (Official video clip)
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Official site :
http://www.survivormusic.com/

Survivor
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is an American rock band formed in 1978. The band achieved its greatest success in the 1980s with its pop-rock sound, which garnered many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best known for its 1982 hit “Eye of the Tiger”, the theme song for the motion picture Rocky III (US #1). Singles like “Burning Heart” (US #2), “The Search Is Over” (#4 US), “High on You” (#8 US) and “I Can’t Hold Back (US #13) continued to chart in the mid-1980s.

The band tweaked its musical direction in 1988 with the release of the slightly heavier Too Hot to Sleep, but due to changes in the music industry and shift of popularity towards bands like Mötley Crüe and Poison, the album barely reached the Billboard 200 in the United States. Because of this, the band split. Singer Jimi Jamison later toured as “Survivor” in the mid-1990s, to the chagrin of the rest of the band. Jamison re-united with the band’s other members in 2000 and the band released Reach in 2006, but Jamison left the band after its release and was replaced by Robin McAuley. The band has continued to tour with McAuley into 2008.

“Eye of the Tiger” is a song performed by the American rock group Survivor, and is taken from the album of the same name. It was released on January 1st, 1982, and was written at the request of Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky III. The original mix of the song, heard in the film, features tiger growls, though the single omits them.

Lyrics :

Risin’ up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Chorus:
It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watchin’ us all in the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin’ tough, stayin’ hungry
They stack the odds ’til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive

chorus

Risin’ up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I’m not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive

chorus

The eye of the tiger (repeats out)…

Survivor é uma banda de hard rock formada em 1978 em Chicago, nos Estados Unidos da America, que ficou muito popular por interpretar a musica Eye of the Tiger, do filme Rocky 3. A formação original era composta por Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik, Dave Bickler, Dennis Johnson e Gary Smith. Algumas de suas mais famosas canções são: Eye of the Tiger, Burning Heart, Poor Man’s Son, Summer Nights, Can’t Hold Back, High on You, The Search Is Over, Is This Love?.

Eye of the Tiger é uma música executada pela banda de rock estadunidense Survivor. Foi lançada em 1 de Janeiro de 1982 e foi escrita a pedido do filme Rocky III estrelado por Sylvester Stallone. Tornou-se popular como hino esportivo, especialmente no boxe, e por um curto período foi o tema de entrada do competidor de luta-livre Hulk Hogan. A música também foi satirizada, tal como no trailer e campanha do filme de Will Ferrell, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, lançado em Agosto de 2006.

A canção permeneceu no Billboard Hot 100 por seis semanas, a partir 24 de Julho de 1982. Ela foi precedida por “Don’t You Want Me” da Human League e seguida de “Abracadabra” da banda de Steve Miller. “Eye of the Tiger” também alcançou a primeira posição no Reino Unido e Austrália. Ganhou um Prêmio Grammy.

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