Burning Heart (song)

"Burning Heart"

Burning Heart's cover
Single by Survivor
from the album Rocky IV soundtrack
B-side "Feels Like Love"
Released November 1, 1985
Format 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1985
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:53
Label Scotti Bros
Writer(s) Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan
Producer Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan
Survivor singles chronology
"First Night"
1985		 "Burning Heart"
1985		 "Is This Love"
1986

"Burning Heart" is a song by Survivor. It was performed by Jimi Jamison,[1] appeared in the 1985 film Rocky IV and on its soundtrack album.[2] The single peaked at #2 in February 1986.

"Burning Heart," which is about an "all or nothing" battle was inspired by the Cold War,[3] as shown by lyrics such as "Is it East versus West?"[4] or "Can any nation stand alone?" The song fits well to the plot of Rocky IV because of the conflict between the Soviet Union- the Communist East- and the United States, the capitalist West. The East versus West conflict is reflected by the fight in the boxing ring between Rocky and Ivan Drago.

The Final solo and Tremolo Bar solos in middle of the song were played with a Fender Stratocaster

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Burning Heart" features Survivor giving a concert, mixed with scenes from the film Rocky IV.[5]

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Burning Heart" – 3:51
  2. "Feels Like Love" – 3:20[6]
12" maxi
  1. "Burning Heart" – 3:51
  2. "Eye of the Tiger" – 3:46
  3. "Feels Like Love" – 3:20

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1985/86) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 6
Dutch Mega Top 100[7] 2
Eurochart Hot 100 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[7] 2
German Singles Chart[7] 6
Irish Singles Chart[8] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[7] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 1
UK Singles Chart[9] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[10] 11

End of year charts

End of year chart (1986) Position
Dutch Top 40[11] 17
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 15
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 8

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[13] Gold 1986 500,000 384,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
March 15, 1986 (1 week)
April 5, 1986 - April 12, 1986 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean
Preceded by
"Jeanny" by Falco		 Swiss number-one single
March 23, 1986 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein)" by Münchener Freiheit

Jimi Jamison version

"Burning Heart"
Single by Jimi Jamison
from the album Empires
Released September 1999
Format CD
Recorded 1998
Genre Rock
Length 3:51
Label Epic Bros
Writer(s) Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan
Producer Jimi Jamison
Jimi Jamison singles chronology
"Calling America"
1999		 "Burning Heart"
1999		 "Rebel Son (Live)"
2000

Jimi Jamison re-released a live version of "Burning Heart" on his album Empires.[14]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Burning Heart" (Radio edit) - 3:50
  2. "Burning Heart" - 3:51
  3. "Burning Heart" (Remix version) - 6:00
  4. "Eye of the Tiger (live version)" - 4:10

Other cover versions

References

  1. ^ Dave Thompson: Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story, S. 259/260 "burning heart"&f=false Google Books
  2. ^ King, Alex P. (2004) (in French). Hit-parade — 20 ans de tubes. Paris: Pascal. p. 342. ISBN 2-35019-009-9. 
  3. ^ Billboard 2. Nov. 1985, S. 72 "burning heart" cold war&f=false Google Books
  4. ^ Daniel S. Papp: "Contemporary international relations: frameworks for understanding", Macmillan, 1988, S. 15 Google Books
  5. ^ Music video in Myvideo.de
  6. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Survivor-Burning-Heart/release/2213194
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Burning Heart", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  8. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  9. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  10. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  11. ^ "Single top 100 over 1986" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201986.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  12. ^ 1986 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  13. ^ French certifications See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "SURVIVOR" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved March 31, 2009)
  14. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Empires-Jimi-Jamison/dp/B0000SZLKQ