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Apart from starring a Hollywood legend like Sylvester Stallone and featuring some of the finest action-packed, adrenaline-inducing fight scenes, theRockyfranchise is also known for having some of the most incredible musical scores. Yet it is the official soundtrack of the third movie.Rocky III’s Eye of the Tigerthat towers over all the other songs.
A Grammy-winning, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA-nominated single,Eye of the Tigerhas had an amazing run on countless music charts as well. Not only did it dominate the music scene back in the day but it also made the bandSurvivora legend. However, Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik would have never gotten the golden opportunity for Stallone initially though the song did not haveballs!
Sylvester Stallone Did Not WantEye of the TigerinRocky 3
Few songs possess the electrifying power of igniting a sudden surge of adrenalin asRocky III’sEye of the Tiger. From its iconic guitar riff to the pulsating rhythm, the song fromstart to finish has an undeniable energythat would certainly awaken the inner fighter among us all.
Rocky 3: Sylvester Stallone’s Sequel Almost Featured Another Popular Song Instead Of Eye Of The Tiger That Would’ve Been a Disaster
Yet whenSylvester Stallonefirst heard the song written bySurvivor’sJim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, he did not think the song was good enough orballsyenough to make it to the officialRocky IIIsoundtrack. While talking toGuardian,Survivormember and guitarist Sullivan revealed how after two days of listening to the song, Stallone stated,
“t doesn’t have balls. I don’t care what the hell you do, I want it to kick a**.”
And so Sullivan pushedthe faders up a single decibeland had Stallone listen to the demo.
“It was kicking and he loved it. He said: ‘Print it!’ I told him: ‘But that’s the demo!’ Sly said: ‘I don’t give a f**k what it is.”
That is how the chart-topping single eventually made it to the movie, yet as revealed above, itisn’t the original song that is includedin the movie but rather its demo.
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Rocky IIIFeatures the Demo ofEye of the Tigerand Not the Original Song
Sylvester Stallone is known for being impulsive and so when he heard the demo of the revamped song, the actor insisted thatSurvivorincluded it in the movie. While talking toAmerican Songwriter, Frankie Sullivan stated,
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“The cut that’s on the record and the one that’s in the movie are two different versions. The movie uses the demo. The demo just kicked ass, it had a lot of low end. And I think that’s what Sly liked about it, but if you listen to it, it’s raw too. What came out on the single that you heard on the radio, that’s the [album/radio] version. When you do the demo you just do the best you may, but for some reason with that demo we were thinking, ‘Well, let’s really do it, like we’re really doing it now’. So we did the demo and it went into the movie.”
The producer of both the original, revamped, and demo version, Sullivan, to this day, is eternally grateful for the opportunity and the fame the song brought him and the band.
WhileRocky IIIcan be streamed on Amazon Prime,Eye of the Tiger(both the album and movie versions) can be streamed on YouTube.
Maria Sultan
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Maria Sultan is a dedicated News Content Writer at FandomWire. With over five years of professional experience and hundreds of published articles, she brings a wealth of expertise to her coverage of Marvel, K-dramas, and the latest on streaming platforms.Her work is not just about reporting news; it’s about providing insightful perspectives on the entertainment trends that matter most.
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