Eye of the Tiger (album)

Eye of the Tiger
Studio album by
Survivor
ReleasedJune 8, 1982
RecordedWinter 1981
StudioRumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
GenreHard rock
Length38:11
LabelScotti Bros.
ProducerFrankie Sullivan
Survivor chronology
Premonition
(1981) 		Eye of the Tiger
(1982) 		Caught in the Game
(1983)
Singles from Eye of the Tiger
  1. "Eye of the Tiger"
    Released: May 18, 1982 (US)
  2. "American Heartbeat"
    Released: September 1982 (US)[1]
  3. "The One That Really Matters"
    Released: January 1983[2]

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] Both singles also made the charts in Germany.[5]

Following the temporary disbandment of Survivor in 1989, Jimi Jamison recorded a cover of "Ever Since the World Began" for the film Lock Up.[6]

  1. ^ "Survivor singles".
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 806. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ^ a b c Eye of the Tiger USA chart history, Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Survivor UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Survivor / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Jimi Jamison - "Ever Since the World Began"/"Cry Alone"". Discogs.com. 1989. Retrieved 2013-09-19.