The One Eye Opening Fact That Queen and Survivor Have In Common—Who Would’ve Thought!?

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Another Eye Of The Tiger Bites The Dust

In 1970 British rock band Queen formed, and changed the course of music forever. Queen quickly jumped onto the scene with their unique, over-the-top and flamboyant style, and eventually rose to the top of the rock n’ roll scene. About eight years after the formation of Queen, another band called Survivor formed in Chicago. Survivor didn’t jump onto the scene as quickly as Queen did, however the two bands have more in common than what you’d expect.

During the production of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky III, producers approached Queen about wanting to use their song “Another One Bites the Dust” during a scene in the movie. But Queen and the producers were unable to work out a deal to get the rights. Therefore producers turned to Survivor, which subsequently led to the band writing their hit “Eye Of The Tiger” for the film instead.

Could you imagine the opening scene of Rocky III with “Another One Bites The Dust” rather than “Eye of The Tiger”? We’re not sure how to feel about it. Personally, I believe that “Another One Bites The Dust” is a better song overall, but “Eye of the Tiger” definitely fits the scene a lot better!

Someone went ahead and edited the scene with Queen’s song, so you can make the judgement for yourself! We’ll also include the original just for juxtaposition purposes!

ggf66t on February 13rd, 2021 at 20:03 UTC »

Anybody remember the 2004 Superbowl commercial survivor did for Starbucks?

https://youtu.be/14qeu7JRwt0

Where they parody eye of the tiger.

Tinmania on February 13rd, 2021 at 18:09 UTC »

I saw a video about the making of this song for the movie. Pretty wild. They didn’t have too much time and they convinced Stallone to actually send them the film in its nearly finished form to them. After watching the film they came with Eye of the Tiger.

sonofabutch on February 13rd, 2021 at 17:33 UTC »

And “You’re the Best” was supposed to be in Rocky III but was dropped for “Eye of the Tiger.” Then it was going to be in Flashdance but was dropped for “Maniac.” It finally arrived in The Karate Kid.