After realizing that he wouldn't be able to use the song, Stallone reached out to Survivor, a fledgling Chicago rock band that had yet to have a No. 1 song. In a 2012 interview with Guitar World, the band's co-founder and guitarist Jim Peterik talked about the fateful day he came home to a voicemail from Stallone.
Stallone sent a copy of the film, and Peterik watched it with bandmate Frankie Sullivan. They were both surprised to hear that "Another One Bites the Dust" had already been edited into the scenes. When he asked why he didn't just use that, Stallone explained that he couldn't get the rights to use it.
Survivor became a household name, thanks to "Eye of the Tiger." The song was in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 15 weeks and No. 1 for 6 weeks. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.
The Secret Tape Still Exists Today
In 1982, Queen's Brian May attended one of Survivor's concerts. May had heard the story and asked Sullivan about it. He confirmed that "Another One Bites the Dust" did play in the film copy they received. "I offered to send him a copy of the tape, which I still own," he told Louder Sound.
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