Burning Heart (song)

"Burning Heart"
Single by Survivor
from the album Rocky IV soundtrack
B-side"Feels Like Love"
ReleasedOctober 21, 1985[1]
Recorded1985
GenreHard rock
Length3:51
LabelScotti Bros
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jim Peterik
  • Frankie Sullivan
Survivor singles chronology
"First Night"
(1985) 		"Burning Heart"
(1985) 		"Is This Love"
(1986)

"Burning Heart" is a song by Survivor. It appeared in the 1985 film Rocky IV and on its soundtrack album; the film's star Sylvester Stallone personally commissioned the song.[2] The single peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1986, behind "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends. It was the biggest hit the band had with Jimi Jamison on lead vocals. It was also a top 5 hit in the UK, Germany and several other European countries, and reached the top 15 in Canada.

  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 38.
  2. ^ King, Alex P. (2004). Hit-parade — 20 ans de tubes (in French). Paris: Pascal. p. 342. ISBN 2-35019-009-9.