Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1985 soundtrack album by various artists
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Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack to the movie of the same name. It was released on November 27, 1985, by Scotti Bros. Records.
| Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | November 27, 1985 | |||
| Studios | Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1] | |||
| Genres | AOR, hard rock | |||
| Length | 43:39 | |||
| Label | Scotti Bros. | |||
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| Singles from Rocky IV | ||||
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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), which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and James Brown's "Living in America", which reached #4, as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, "No Easy Way Out", which reached #22. The album reached the top ten on the US Billboard 200 album chart[5] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[6] "The Sweetest Victory" by Touch features lead vocals by Marq Torien, who in 1988 rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of BulletBoys.
It is the only score to a Rocky film not composed by Bill Conti, though it does incorporate some music he composed for the first film.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Burning Heart" | Survivor | 3:51 | |
| 2. | "Heart's on Fire" |
| John Cafferty | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Double or Nothing" | Kenny Loggins & Gladys Knight | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "Eye of the Tiger" |
| Survivor | 3:46 |
| 5. | "War" |
| Vince DiCola | 5:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Living in America" | James Brown | 4:40 | |
| 2. | "No Easy Way Out" | Tepper | Robert Tepper | 4:32 |
| 3. | "One Way Street" | Go West | 4:37 | |
| 4. | "The Sweetest Victory" |
| 4:26 | |
| 5. | "Training Montage" | DiCola | Vince DiCola | 3:37 |
Re-releases and covers
The 2006 reissue, remastered by BMG, featured the bonus track "Man Against the World" by Survivor, a song written for but ultimately cut from the final movie tracklist.[7]
"Eye of the Tiger" was covered and partially sampled over 80 times[8]
"No Easy Way Out" was covered multiple times by:
- Bullet for My Valentine — on their 2008 "Scream Aim Fire" album (as Bonus track for Japanese release)
- Eve To Adam — on their 2018 album "Ithaca"[9]
- in 2019 they released a music video for this cover.[10]
- Beast in Black — on their 2019 "From Hell with Love" album[11]
- and other artists[12]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Belgium (BRMA)[30] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada)[31] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[32] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Italy (FIMI)[33] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[34] | Platinum | 15,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[35] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[36] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||