You're the Best
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"You're the Best" is a classic 1980s song by Joe Esposito, which came to prominence as the music to the All-Valley Karate Championships montage in the movie The Karate Kid (1984) where the hero, Daniel LaRusso, proves a surprisingly formidable contender. The song remains Esposito's most widely known contribution to the world of music. On The Adam Carolla Show in 2008, Joe revealed the song was originally written for Rocky III, explaining why the lyrics state "history repeats itself."[1]
[edit] Other uses
The track has been used since in innumerable homages to eighties movies, including:
- South Park, Episode 905, "The Losing Edge"
- Futurama, Episode 54, "30% Iron Chef"
- The Italian Chef Movie
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Episode 205, "$100 Baby"
- Homestar Runner, The Strong Bad Email "montage"[2]
- Strays, a short film by Gareth Nolan
- Rob & Big, Season 1, Episode 4
UFC fighter Joe Stevenson uses a hip-hop version as entrance music. The song also appears on the Opie & Anthony show whenever Master Po walks into the studio.
The independent professional wrestling tag team named The Best Around uses the song as entrance music.
The song was used in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.
The song was used in the 2007 Utilikilts Mockumercial "The Kegerator".
Professional Wrestler, Frankie Kazarian uses this as his theme song on the independent circuit.
Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche uses this as one of his at-bat songs.
[edit] References
- ^ Adam Carolla Show, 2008-04-09 interview.
- ^ montage - Homestar Runner Wiki
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