Eye of the Tiger
Categories: Songs popular at sporting events | Rock songs | Songs parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic | Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Eye of the Tiger is also the title of a 1986 film.
"Eye of the Tiger" was a song performed by the American classic rock group, Survivor. It was written at the request of Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky III. The song became a popular sporting event anthem, especially in boxing, and was for a short time the entrance theme for professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. This song has also been used satirically, such as when Harry and Lloyd were riding a shopping cart on the road in Dumb and Dumberer.
The song topped the Billboard charts for six weeks from July 24 1982. It was preceded by "Don't You Want Me" by the Human League and followed by "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band. "Eye of the Tiger" also reached number one in the U.K. charts.
In 2003, Warren Wald auditioned for Pop Idol during its second season by using this song, which caused an outburst of laughter among the judges, especially Neil Fox. This led him to be signed up for a series of humorous Frosties ads.
Covers
- British heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno released a version in 1995, the year he won the WBC world heavyweight championship]]. It reached twenty-eight in the U.K..
- "Weird Al" Yankovic has spoofed the song under the title Theme from Rocky XIII, about a retired boxer who opens a delicatessen and advises customers to try "the rye or the kaiser."
- The song was most recently covered in 2005 by Paul Anka on the album Rock Swings.