Only the Wild Survive

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Only the Wild Survive
Studio album by Wild Cherry
Released	May 1979
Genre	Funk, funk rock
Length	38:57
Label	Epic
Producer	Rick Hall
Wild Cherry chronology
I Love My Music (1978) Only the Wild Survive (1979) Play the Funk (2000)

Only the Wild Survive is the fourth and final studio album by Wild Cherry, released in 1979.^[1] It contains the single "Keep On Playin' That Funky Music" a sequel to their 1976 hit "Play That Funky Music". It was also the first and only Wild Cherry album to feature Donnie Iris (formerly of the Jaggerz) as a performer. After Wild Cherry's breakup, Iris and bandmate Mark Avsec would launch Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.