#The rocky theme song movie

So we were different and it was really kind of cool. But when you get two guys that are night and day, sparks can fly. Jim didnвЂ™t work, which I liked about writing with him, because sometimes you get two guys who are kinda the same, and thatвЂ™s okay. When I was in high school I had a job and played in a band and paid rent on an apartment. I told Jim, you have to be a street guy to write a street song. вЂњJim and I wrote really, really good lyrics because we worked hard at lyrics,вЂќ Sullivan continued. As a writer you donвЂ™t just write about whatвЂ™s going on in your own life, but about whatвЂ™s going on in life itself.вЂќ Went the distance, now IвЂ™m back on my feet вЂ“ itвЂ™s part of life. The verse вЂ“ RisinвЂ™ up, back on the street / Did my time, took my chances вЂ“ weвЂ™ve all learned that.

The last tag line of the chorus вЂ“ we couldnвЂ™t come up with one, it took a long time. The lyric was the problem, and not the verses, but the chorus. Jim and I worked really good together, it flowed together kinda naturally. We wrote the music together in 10 or 15 minutes. вЂњHe needed something with a pulse, something with a vibe. вЂњSly said, вЂI need a pulse,вЂ™вЂќ Sullivan recalled.

#The rocky theme song movie

And Tony asks Sly when heвЂ™s gonna put his new movie out, and if the musicвЂ™s done, and says, вЂWell, thereвЂ™s this one partвЂ¦вЂ™ and thatвЂ™s how the process started.вЂќДЄfter discussing what Stallone still needed for the movie, and reading a copy of the Rocky III script, Sullivan and Peterik came up with the song. вЂњWay before вЂEye of the Tiger.вЂ™ They were out to dinner one night. вЂњTony Scotti and Sly Stallone were friends,вЂќ he said. Via phone with American Songwriter, Sullivan explained how the ball got rolling when one of the owners of SurvivorвЂ™s label, Scotti Brothers Records, got the band the gig recording the song which became the theme for Rocky III. Sullivan was a young Midwestern guitar player when all this was happening, never imagining that he had just co-written the вЂњcareer recordвЂќ everyone dreams of.

вЂњEye of the Tiger,вЂќ written by Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik of Chicago rock band Survivor, found its place in history not only as the theme song of the Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III, but also as a number one song on the Billboard charts and the title song of an album that has sold in the millions.

Now imagine that somewhere, on some cable channel or terrestrial or Internet radio station somewhere in the world, your song has been played daily for nearly 40 years. ItвЂ™s hard for most of us to comprehend having written dozens of commercially recorded songs, but imagine also having co-authored a number one song that received a Grammy award, as well as Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.