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"Burning Heart" is a song by Survivor. It appeared in the 1985 film Rocky IV and on its soundtrack album ; the film's star Sylvester Stallone personally commissioned the song. [ 2 ] The single peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1986, behind " That's What Friends Are For " by Dionne and Friends.
Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) [1] was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1989, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from the film Rocky IV, "The Moment of Truth" from The Karate Kid, along with other top-20 Survivor hits "I Can't Hold Back", "High On You ...
The soundtrack was hugely successful on the strength of two top-five singles, Survivor's "Burning Heart" (personally commissioned for the film by Sylvester Stallone) reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100) [4] and James Brown's "Living in America", as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, "No Easy Way Out" which reached #22.
Later that year they had another hit with "Burning Heart", a song from the Rocky IV soundtrack, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1986. When Seconds Count was released in October 1986 and included the hit "Is This Love" (number 9 U.S.). On the Billboard Album Chart the album only reached number 49 but still managed to ...
The album highlight is the Baywatch hit theme song; [2] as bonus tracks, it includes three live versions of previous Survivor songs ("Burning Heart", "Rebel Son" and "Too Hot to Sleep") plus the Christmas song "Keep It Evergreen" and a cover of the 1976 hit song "Love Is Alive" by Gary Wright. [3]
Their first album, Vandenberg, [1] was recorded at former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page's studio, Sol Studios, and in 1983, their first single, "Burning Heart", reached No. 39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart. [2] [1] Vandenberg toured the U.S. as the opening act for Ozzy Osbourne and KISS, [1] and then independently in Japan in 1984.
The power ballad "Burning Heart" was released internationally as the single from the album. [4] “Burning Heart” peaked at number 39 on the Billboard 100. The album peaked at number 65 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1983 [5] and AllMusic called it "easily one of the most underrated debut metal albums of the '80s." [1]
"Burning Heart" Survivor: the East versus West conflict is reflected by the fight in the boxing ring between Rocky and Ivan Drago "Button Pusher" The Dubliners: a song about USAF "Missilemen" in underground ICBM bases, who would initiate the actual launch "Cambodia" Kim Wilde