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A lot of people have been watching Survivor<\/strong> singing about “watching us all with the eye of the tiger.”<\/p>\n

The 1982 video for<\/a> the band’s iconic theme from Rocky III<\/em> has hit\u00a01 billion views on YouTube, making it the band’s first entry into the streaming platform’s Billion Views Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song, written expressly for Rocky III<\/em> at the request of Sylvester Stallone<\/strong>, spent six weeks at #1 in 1982 and revived the fortunes of Survivor, whose previous albums had flopped. It also won them the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group trophy at the 25th annual Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n

Survivor’s next album, Caught In the Game,<\/em> was a relative failure, but in 1984 they bounced back with Vital Signs,<\/em> which featured new singer Jimi Jamison<\/strong>. It was a massive hit, featuring the top 10 singles “The Search Is Over” and “High On You.”<\/p>\n