Frank Bruno
"Eye of the Tiger" is a song composed by American rock band Survivor. It was released as a single from their third album of the same name Eye of the Tiger and was also the theme song for the film Rocky III, which was released a day before the single. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik, and 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.
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It gained tremendous MTV and radio airplay and topped charts worldwide during 1982. In the United States, it held No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks and was the No. 2 single of 1982, behind Olivia Newton-John's "Physical". It spent fifteen consecutive weeks in the top ten. In September 1982, it also peaked at No. 1 in the United Kingdom, remaining at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks and was the third best selling single of the year.
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In 1995 the song was covered under the name of Frank Bruno, a British World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, to celebrate winning the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall at a packed Wembley Stadium. The song was recorded with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken of Stock Aitken Waterman fame and reached #28 in the UK charts.
Eye Of the Tiger
