Name a song more synonymous with a movie than “Eye of the Tiger” and 'Rocky III.' Ironically, the rock anthem wasn’t
#SylvesterStallone’s first choice.
After failing to secure the rights to Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” Sly turned to the then-little-known band Survivor and asked them to write “something street, something with a pulse.” It’s now impossible to imagine the movie training montage without it.
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