I’m not sure I’d say Eye of the Tiger more famous than Rocky. Any more than Glory of Love was bigger than Karate Kid or We Don’t Need Another Hero was bigger than Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
But I do feel like we still listen to the songs and never watch the movies, so they are enduring in a way the movies aren’t. Though now I want to watch a bunch of 80’s flicks. Weird Science. Flash Gordon. Highlander.
You know what’s a weird outlier, though, now that I’m thinking about it? Batdance. Must be the movie quotes in it pin the song too closely to the movie. Ghostbusters didn’t have that problem, though. Hmm.
Honestly I do think Eye of the Tiger… if not, Chariots of Fire?
But maybe that’s just time
I’m not sure I’d say Eye of the Tiger more famous than Rocky. Any more than Glory of Love was bigger than Karate Kid or We Don’t Need Another Hero was bigger than Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
But I do feel like we still listen to the songs and never watch the movies, so they are enduring in a way the movies aren’t. Though now I want to watch a bunch of 80’s flicks. Weird Science. Flash Gordon. Highlander.
You know what’s a weird outlier, though, now that I’m thinking about it? Batdance. Must be the movie quotes in it pin the song too closely to the movie. Ghostbusters didn’t have that problem, though. Hmm.