Combined sales of original vinyl release and digital downloads total over 9 million copies. It was voted VH1's 63rd-greatest hard rock song. The song had sold over 4.1 million in digital downloads in the United States alone by February 2015. 1 in the United Kingdom, remaining at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks.It was certified platinum in August 1982 by the RIAA, signifying sales of 2 million vinyl copies. The band won an award for "Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group With Vocal" at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards. This top ten run is tied with the aforementioned "Another One Bites the Dust" as well as "Physical" as the longest run in the top ten for a number one song during the entire 1980s decade. It spent fifteen consecutive weeks in the top ten, the second-longest run of 1982, behind "Hurts So Good" by John Cougar (which was prevented from reaching the top of the Hot 100 by "Eye of the Tiger"). It is a well-known phrase because it is the theme song of the film Rocky III. The song was written with the purpose of the audience knowing the meaning of the phrase 'eye of the tiger'. The line 'I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter' in the chorus suggests a deeper meaning. 2 single of 1982, behind Olivia Newton-John's "Physical". The intertextuality in Roar is within the lyrics. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks (the band's only song to top the chart) and was the No. The song is also the title song to the 1986 film of the same name.It gained tremendous MTV and radio airplay and topped charts worldwide during 1982. It features original Survivor singer Dave Bickler on lead vocals. Eye Of The Tiger (Song Lyrics): eye of the tiger Risin' up, back on the. The film version also contained tiger growls, which did not appear on the album version. Eye Of The Tiger Eye Of The Tiger (Song Lyrics): Survivor. The version of the song that appears in the film is the demo version of the song. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik, and it 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. It was released as a single from their third album of the same name and was also the theme song for the film Rocky III, which was released a day before the single. "Eye of the Tiger" is a song by American rock band Survivor. Wikipedia (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:
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