Survivor

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United States (1977 – present)

Survivor is an American rock band formed in 1977 by core members Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. The band achieved its greatest success in the 1980s with its adult-oriented rock (AOR), which garnered many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best known for its 1982 hit “Eye of the Tiger”, the theme song for the motion picture Rocky III (US #1). Singles like “Burning Heart” (US #2), “The Search Is Over” (#4 US), and “High on You” (#8 US) continued to chart in the mid-1980s.

The band tweaked its musical direction in 1988 with the release of the slightly heavier Too Hot to Sleep, but due to changes in the music industry and shift of popularity onto bands like Motley Crue and Poison, the album barely reached the Billboard 200 in the United States. Because of this, the band split, but singer Jimi Jamison would later tour as Survivor in the mid-1990s to the rest of the band’s chagrin. Jamison re-united with the band’s other members in 2000 and the band relased Reach in 2006, but Jamison left the band after its release and was replaced by Robin McAuley. The band has continued to tour with McAuley into 2008.

Early Years
Survivor was formed in 1977 by Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan, Dave Bickler, Gary Smith and Dennis Keith Johnson. Initially, the group was known as The Jim Peterik Band. But Peterik liked the idea of a band identity better, so the Survivor name was adopted by 1978.

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Top Tracks

1	Eye of the Tiger full track	4,328
2	Burning Heart full track	664
3	The Search Is Over	214
4	High on You full track	162
5	I Can't Hold Back full track	128
6	Is This Love full track	112
7	American Heartbeat	68
8	The Moment of Truth	58
9	Poor Man's Son full track	54
9	The One That Really Matters	54
11	Ever Since The World Began	45
12	Man Against The World full track	40
13	Didn't Know It Was Love full track	39
14	Silver Girl	35
14	Feels Like Love	35

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erikjan22 wrote:
yesterday morning

Eye of the tiger is realy amazing :D

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GTBEERPONG wrote:
Thursday afternoon

sweet song yea

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PurityTH483 wrote:
10 days ago

Eye of the Tiger ~(8) I know you like it B)

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anubis679 wrote:
last month

i love the Starbucks commercial they did with this song. they really made some fun of themselves. I respect that. "GLEN....GLEN GLEN GLEN"

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Nachiro wrote:
last month

There is life after "Eye of the tiger"...

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Tyranastrasz wrote:
last month

Great band, definitely not a one-hit-wonder :).

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waninko wrote:
last month

Eye Of The Tiger was actually the first mp3 I ever owned, at age 7. My dad gave it to me. I've had the same mp3 up to now, when I'm 21. And I still like the song dammit! =D

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SuperPawlo wrote:
last month

I like survivor very much, their songs remind me Rocky... I think that the "Poor Man's Son" is the best Survivor's song,

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galko00 wrote:
last month

great band for sports, jaja.

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Sscheme wrote:
August 2008

I'm not that man anymore ;)

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tyang wrote:
July 2008

Eye of the Tiger is so uplifting.

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neonavalon wrote:
July 2008

oh...... and I Can't Hold Back

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neonavalon wrote:
July 2008

AWESOME band and Songwriters. Bang for picking up Jamison. this is for the ONE HIT wonder comments... While you were probably making pooh in your diedi This Group had Eye Of the Tiger,The Search IS Over, High On YOu , Burning Heart, and IS This LOve all as top 40 hits ..( all spanning three albums) and Jimi Had the Baywatch Song so no more unresearched one hit wonder CRAP for this band !

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TheOneThing wrote:
July 2008

THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jimi i Frankie

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LoveDump2 wrote:
June 2008

+111111111

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watsonz wrote:
June 2008

Great band，I like it so much

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RZheretic wrote:
June 2008

Can YOU say one hit wonder?

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maciej3 wrote:
May 2008

They should have more scrobbles, really underrated.

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Jim_Lithium wrote:
May 2008

"Remember when we recorded Eye Of The Tiger?" :-P

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-Zelgadis- wrote:
April 2008

Rebel Son!!! very underrated song

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