Eye of the Tiger
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"Eye of the Tiger" is a 1982 hard rock anthem by Survivor, best known as the iconic training and fight theme associated with the Rocky film series.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eye of the Tiger (album) | 2 |
| Eye of the Tiger – Rocky III | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination | Best Original Song ⓘ |
| album |
Eye of the Tiger
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eye of the Tiger (album)
|
| artist | Survivor ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Rocky III ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer |
Frankie Sullivan
ⓘ
Jim Peterik ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact |
frequently used in sports events
ⓘ
widely used as motivational workout music ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
arena rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ |
| grammyNomination |
Record of the Year
ⓘ
Song of the Year ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anthemic chorus
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driving guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersions | yes ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USSM18200040 ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | request for a song matching Rocky III’s tone ⓘ |
| isIconicTrainingThemeFor | Rocky film series ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:05 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jim Peterik ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableUse |
fight theme in Rocky III
ⓘ
training theme in Rocky III ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum |
Eye of the Tiger
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eye of the Tiger (album)
|
| performer | Survivor ⓘ |
| producer |
Frankie Sullivan
ⓘ
Jim Peterik ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Scotti Brothers Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-05-29 ⓘ |
| requestedBy | Sylvester Stallone ⓘ |
| tempo | uptempo ⓘ |
| theme |
motivation
ⓘ
overcoming adversity ⓘ perseverance ⓘ |
| weeksAtNumberOneUS | 6 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eye of the Tiger (album)
this entity surface form:
Eye of the Tiger (album)
this entity surface form:
Eye of the Tiger – Rocky III