Survivor (band)

Survivor
Survivor at Sweden Rock Festival 2013
Survivor at Sweden Rock Festival 2013
Background information
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Years active1978–1988, 1993–present
LabelsScotti Brothers, PolyGram, Frontiers
Members
Past members
Websitesurvivorband.com

Survivor is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. The band achieved its best success in the 1980s, producing many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best-known for their double-platinum-certified 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger", the theme song for the 1982 motion picture Rocky III;[1] that single spent six weeks at number one in the US. The band continued to chart in the mid-1980s with singles like "Burning Heart"[2][3] (US number 2), "The Search Is Over" (US number 4), "High on You" (US number 8), "Is This Love" (US number 9), and "I Can't Hold Back."

  1. ^ "Interview: Guitarist Jim Peterik Talks 'Tiger' and the New Pride of Lions Album, 'Immortal'". Guitar World. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Billboard, 2 November 1985, S. 72 "burning heart" cold war&f=false Google Books Burning Heart Retrieved 6 April 2023
  3. ^ Daniel S. Papp: "Contemporary international relations: frameworks for understanding", Macmillan, 1988, S. 15 Internet Archive

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