Survivor
Peterik formed his most successful band, Survivor, in 1978.
In the early years of Survivor, Peterik continued to co-write hits for other artists, including 38 Special and Sammy Hagar. In 1982, Sylvester Stallone commissioned Survivor to write and perform the theme song for Rocky III. This song, "Eye of the Tiger," became their defining single, spending six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and going double platinum; it also won them a Grammy Award and an Oscar nomination for Peterik and Frankie Sullivan for Best Song. This was followed by their 1984 album Vital Signs, which featured the Top 10 hits "High on You" (No. 8) and "The Search Is Over" (No. 4), plus another sizable hit in "I Can't Hold Back" (No. 13).
In 1985, Peterik co-wrote the theme to Rocky IV, "Burning Heart," which would be another big hit (No. 2 in early 1987) for Survivor, and was followed by "Is This Love" (No. 9). Following Survivor's 1988 album Too Hot to Sleep, they disbanded.
One song from each of Peterik's bands appears in a Stallone film (their purpose to motivate the scene's action): Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" in Rocky III and the Ides of March's "Vehicle" in Lock Up.
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Famous quotes containing the word survivor:
“You’re looking, sir, at a very dull survivor of a very gaudy life. Crippled, paralyzed in both legs. Very little I can eat, and my sleep is so near waking that it’s hardly worth the name. I seem to exist largely on heat, like a newborn spider.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)