Vehicle - The Ides Of March

[@catalhuyuk7]

I bought this as a 45 when it came out. Played it over and over. My mother screamed, turn that shit off. I turned it down and kept on listening.

[@immafaint673]

Your mom 😂😂

[@olderendirt]

"TURN THAT DOWN! I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK!" Lol 😂

[@bluetarpsnob]

This truly made me laugh out loud! Hahahaha!!!!

[@catalhuyuk7]

@@bluetarpsnob Come to think of it, I wanted to get in that car and drive away from my mother. Maybe that’s why I played it so often.

[@bluetarpsnob]

@@catalhuyuk7 Hahahahaha!!!!

[@misssuzu]

I'm here because of My father's good taste in music,I thank him for the legacy

[@StopSelfDoubting]

I’m only 39 years old but the minute I heard this song so many years ago, I was hooked lined and barreled. This song is addictive, soul riveting, timeless and just down right freaking awesome .

[@kittensanddaisies5615]

I totally agree. I'm in my early 60's and remember this song from many years ago. Was too young to really appreciate it back then though. So much great music in the 70's and 80's. My kids were born in the 80's and they like a lot of the music from that era, especially my son.

[@vintagesupermarkets5210]

I’m of a similar vintage being born in 1979 and the music of the 60s & 70s is unmatched. Both the Ides’ and Blood Sweat and Tears’ versions of this song are awesome.

[@duckoj]

I agree love this song so hooked on it wow

[@StopSelfDoubting]

@@BP-rn3nl It’s not relevant. Stop trying to dissect my comment. Smh

[@mercedezguzman8567]

Derek an dominós

[@igfnjwrionfoiurnfoiuenr]

This is 50 years old. Sweet dreams.

[@harlandcamley3996]

I'm taking a trip back to 1970. What a super great year it was.

[@jodieobrien6809]

Right behind you

[@carlschleg5822]

IT'S A PRESPECTIVE, had several male friends who were POWs

[@cubalz3806]

The horn section in this song is tight. Love this shit.

[@plasticbleach4004]

cubalz I recommend the band Chicago.

[@dorothybaskerville8866]

Whoa...killt...nice

[@mjjm5511]

make sure to check our their 2014 performance .

[@k.de.3838]

They were one of the few pop bands as well as "Chicago" who made the horn section very popular.

[@phodopussungorus]

If I had a band now, I would totally hire this horn section

[@KateRado]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this song since 1970 when I was 16 years old.

[@janinepumyearealtor1257]

I was 2

[@ih8kit]

More than four decades after its release, it is still one of the greatest songs ever written. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@kennethmills5470]

it can't get much better than that for Rock and Roll

[@GalosPolElPaso]

ih8kit indeed! 🤘🏻

[@rykerhall3523]

Agreed

[@hmmhmm3875]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIjOe4qmfrd5hLc Love this version too

[@musiccollector]

Spot on!

[@keithgarevich3931]

Jim Peterik is the singer and genius. He's written classics like Eye of the Tiger and so many others. Still going strong!

[@tomwelch6281]

Shook his hand at a concert we was with nice guy

[@nickanderson4480]

Just saw him in burr ridge IL got a photo with him cool guy

[@prsguitarmc]

He also co-wrote several 38 Special songs . Hold on Loosely, Caught Up In You ,Fantasy Girl,Rocking In To The Night, Wild Eyed Southern Boys. Great song writer and musician.

[@leannlauner7787]

He also co wrote Heavy Metal with Hagar

[@cheryl2221]

@@prsguitarmc -did not know that, cool

[@larrylackey6237]

LOVE THIS SONG!Probably the greatest marching band song of all time that has been played by bands across the country for 50 years.My high school band in 1976 had 270 members and we played this song on Friday nights and it was so loud seemed to shake the stadium.Always an incredible experience.

[@shirokat]

OMG sameee! I'm a freshman and we just got the song 2 days ago, but we're already blasting away! I love the horn solo at the end - it's just so epic!

[@1953taggie]

Possibly the best one-hit-wonder song of all time...

[@markjackson6134]

It's great but it's not Disco Duck Great:):):)

[@frankman20]

Aside from Sir Mix-A-Lot

[@StopSelfDoubting]

Lol, true.

[@alexisguidry9629]

Amen to that!

[@jamesvincent1434]

Hell yes

[@johnbrett4787]

A truly great band,reminds me of Chicago & Blood,Sweat & Tears.

[@helenperez9828]

Me too! This music reminds me of my daddy!

[@johnrogers1251]

I am privileged to say that I have seen BST several times. I have never seen Chicago, and probably never will - too bad.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

@@johnrogers1251 Once Terry Kath was gone, it simply wasn't the same band. Yes, they were good, but just not the same.

[@johnrogers1251]

@@d.e.b.b5788 Thank you for your comment, D.E.B B. I do not know of Terry Kath, but I thank you for giving me something new to look into and learn about.

[@johnrogers1251]

Ok, so I looked up Terry Kath. I knew of the incident that took his life, I just didn't realize who you were talking about, D.E.B. B

[@roberttaylor90y76]

Real funky music I was 16 years old when I first heard this song .it still has it a great sound .I am now 65.good music never gets old.

[@musiccollector]

Yes, I was a teenager, too. I wish I could go back.

[@roberttaylor90y76]

modern music comes nowhere near this.

[@barbaranagy4632]

@@roberttaylor90y76 Today's music suks

[@arthurblackhistoric]

@@barbaranagy4632 . . You got that right!

[@jimnorthrup8373]

He wasn't much older then that when he wrote this song and performed it

[@ritahernandez8630]

Watching in 2024 🎸

[@Michael-q3f7e]

Had to play today, hey, it’s the Ides of March!😝

[@gioknows]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@donszamier9560]

Back in the day, my friend's band won the battle of the bands with this song

[@declanbroughal795]

I bought the record in 1970 still play on my stereo sounds fantastic i am 70 now and guess what still listening

[@suzannemarie8783]

I definitely am watching this 2024 …. Great classic song and performance! ❤

[@erics2183]

Me, I love this song.

[@thebrain3725]

I'm 64 and never paid much attention to this song. I thought it was Tom Jones. Today it hit me. This is a really good song.

[@kriscrocker1]

THANK YOU! Thought it was TJ for years.

[@jimgsewell]

I always thought it was Blood, Sweat & Tears. I agree, it is a great song

[@MrWolves83]

Who’s watching lock up after hearing this song.....this and living in America have got to be by far the best movie songs ever

[@nm202]

Thank you, Sylvester Stallone for having a good ear for good music because you started with Bill Conti and Survivor was next, but if I had never been a Stallone fan I see I would’ve missed out on so many beautiful songs and this song here is a iconic classic. I remember when Chevrolet used it on a commercial some years back and I was still thinking that he was black. It took my dad saying Nikki that man ain’t black. I said he is I said listen to him he said how are you going to tell me the man is black when I am 27 years older than you and I introduced you to music your grandparents sing and everything. I don’t care what color he is it doesn’t make no difference what color he is. I love that song to my surprise. My dad had the Ides of March, and pointed to that song vehicle he didn’t say anything. He just pointed. My mouth dropped to the bottom of the ocean and the dredging crew had to pick it up but I love this song today is October 21, 2024. I am still listening to this song and will be to the day. I leave this world good job Jim P👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Jhensy2012]

It really is a fascinating song. The horns and the vocal, obviously. But dig that bass. And that guitar solo kicks ass too. Best of all, it's recorded really well and you can focus on the different elements. Singer Jim Peterik was only 19 when they recorded this!

[@BadlndsBob]

I agree totally. The drummer is off the charts too!

[@michaeljulia1054]

School days this song was played by all the Teachers and people in the hood back in the 70s West Bronx P.S 104 I remember it well always loved the way this song starts with the horns.

[@jimrockford4968]

whos watching this 2024?

[@1crusaderrabbit]

70 years old and still love it just as much as when it came out.

[@Jamesmehigan]

Jim Peterik went on to co-write .38 Special's biggest hits LOL

[@StopSelfDoubting]

Me. And I’m only 40 yrs old.

[@evapuebla1681]

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[@rainymoon9848]

@@Jamesmehigan As well as, co-writing Survivor's biggest hits. Including "Eye of the Tiger" one of the biggest hits of the 80s. It's been certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA as a digital single and may be due for diamond certification.

[@ivanmay7890]

It should be noted that Jim Peterik, the guy who composed and sang Vehicle, was also a composer and founding member of the 80s rock band Survivor, and also wrote songs for the Southern rock band 38 Special.

[@gremlinjr]

Ha Ya . he was a BUSY BUSY Guy !! .. he wrote a lot more than just those also .. ;) PRIDE OF LIONS is great .. his New "Project" -

[@gregorymcgee100]

@@gremlinjr Is that the guy from survivor?

[@william7038]

​@@gregorymcgee100Yes why?

[@gregorymcgee100]

@@william7038 I never knew he was in that group. Doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard from Survivor.

[@william7038]

@@gregorymcgee100 Now you know.

[@PrenatalApocalypseNow]

I landed here searching for an earlier performance of those old guys (i'm 63) i'm used to seeing doing it on KZbin. I was not disappointed! Nuttin' but love for those amazing days!

[@kennethmills5470]

one of the greatest all time Radio Rock Hits.

[@PonySixfinger]

thats some groove, they're not just playing it but feeling it as the play it. makes a massive difference

[@francesjolly5106]

Couldn't agree more

[@mrhoffame]

The good old days!! When music had such a strong element of "celebration" and positive energy to it.

[@BeerHits]

Exactly, like this totally outstanding first class ACE song here "Vehicle"(and others). YES!! 60's &70's music had celebration and so much positive energy to it, is right!! So much feel good, love, and perfect harmony bursting at the seams!! BUT much of now of days modern music is sickening being poison for the soul with mostly destructive and totally disturbing negative energy to it, IS truth!! I cannot think of any absolutely more terribly worse crap music than Eminem, Drake, Kayne West, Arcade Fire, etc.

[@mrhoffame]

BeerHits LOL Totally agree my friend. Somewhere in the early 90's (around 91-92) music became very dark. I mean there were always dark elements to music, but that dark element did not set the tone as it does today. It was simply a small by product of the music world. Two albums I say total changed us to "the dark side" lol was 1) NWA Straight Outta Compton and 2.) Nirvana Nevermind. Two of the greatest albums in history, but they were also the huge catalyst that started us down the road, mainstream road, of making us believing the darker side of our beings need to be expressed more so than the positive/celebration side.

[@arturosaldivar2924]

mrhoffame oh yes..you right!😉

[@BeerHits]

mrhoffame - Thank you, but NW*, Straig** Out** Compt** is absolutely total vulgar garbage shit repetitive CRap disturbing noise, not worthy to be called music.

[@mrhoffame]

BeerHits Well it's all amount emotions my friend. I'm sure you probably don't think free jazz is music either, but you know...it's all about what moves you lol. If you want vulgar, trying looking up a video here called "I need some..." by Willie D. Now that is vulgar lol. Watch it from start to finish and come back and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your reaction lol.

[@rustyharris9481]

Played this when I was in my high school jazz/rock band in the 70's....Trombone. Still one of my favorites

[@alandhopewell]

When I was in high school, some friends of mine played this at a talent show at my school; it was also an audition show to select a band for the Prom. They won the gig!

[@bettyperkins8701]

Loved this song in 1970. It's still a song I never get tired of listening to. Thanks for posting .

[@tiketiger]

I've always had a soft spot for this song, because I heard it in a Stallone movie (Lock Up) for the first time. Now I'm hearing it in Minions: The Rise of Gru, and I'm growing fonder and fonder by the minute :)

[@glennaugustyn5209]

Killer song vocalist and horns are ripping. Great 70`s tune. Right On Glenn Augustyn

[@Marsena]

This song is the bomb! Excellent!

[@rafaelramirez4750]

MARSENA,YOU RULE -EXCELLENT GROOVY SONG- TWO THUMBS WAY UP!😉

[@j.alexander4948]

Sho nuff iz 💯

[@nickyd.4695]

A hard rocking, hit you in the gut tune. Performed by a well rehearsed group of musicians.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

In 1970, I was into CCR, Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, the Guess Who, The Who, Beatles, Hendrix blues, and not much of a "brass horns" fan, but being a Texas schoolboy football player, our school band did an excellent job with this tune. Memories.

[@roninmastershinto69]

Happy Ides of March 2023!!!

[@hondomckee.8232]

Great song. The horn section just sounds so HUGE. Awesome guitar break too.

[@PJ-bm8qt]

Pj

[@GMAN32901]

If I could only tap into Maxine's office and play this as loud as possible and put on continuous replay for about 8 hours.

[@mjjm5511]

its everything !

[@mariomartinez4143]

That powerful brass section is none other than CHASE brass section.. Jim P. Had this hit while still in high school and was the fastest selling single ever on Warner Brothers records history

[@scottboettcher1344]

This, I did not know.

[@lightwaveformaction3575]

Thought they sounded familiar--no ßill..

[@darnellwebb7609]

Love that blue eyed Soul I remember this song from 1970s great horn section

[@calvinbealer7264]

52 Years Later. This Jam stood the Test of Time and Never missed a Beat period. Long live the 70s.

[@ballyman12]

One of the greatest one hit wonders,Bar none!

[@sulatlalaki]

Well....perhaps for this band. But Jim Peterik, who wrote and sang this, also wrote Eye of the Tiger for Rocky 3, and many other Survivor songs. This man has had MANY hits!

[@raaawkstaaar]

@@sulatlalakiPruett, referring to THIS band it's a ONE HIT WONDER!

[@davidmaynard8106]

J bLACK Bar band

[@OnBendedKneeMusic]

Jim Peterik, a great songwriter.

[@effsixteenblock50]

@@raaawkstaaar Well this band had a hit in 1966 called "You Wouldn't Listen". Saw it on American Bandstand.

[@chriskemp817]

This song reminds me when I was a kid! Love it!

[@Psilanderfan1884]

What a fantastic high octane song that brings back so many memories from grade school! It’s the kind of song that makes you stop what you’re doing, and just listen! ❤️🎺🎷🎼

[@dancingirl11]

1970 portable radio, at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Ah, the good old days.

[@flyingdutchman913]

Ah, stop it, girl! It's me but on the west coast walking down Santa Monica pier 12 yrs old...

[@zagfan44]

dancingirl11+ I was 18, Fargo ND, man the livin' was good!

[@MeanrBeanr]

The best song Chicago never wrote.

[@owboky102050]

Roberto Chaidez ... oh so true!

[@kitcat4650]

Funny, 'cuz both bands were from Chicago

[@starlitblond]

I thought it sounded Chicago like. This came out when I was 9.. the beginning of some amazing magical musical years.

[@punklover99]

@@kitcat4650 ides is from Berwyn

[@GeoffBosco]

I always thought it was Blood Sweat and Tears

[@peterpagliaro1835]

Rough beginning super smooth ending. Love it.

[@berniemcfadden7760]

Incredible! One of my favorite songs since I heard it as a young man in 1970. Love it to this day

[@Doral4720]

There was a show on TV on Saturday's in New York in 1970 named "The Now Explosion" which was a forerunner of MTV and I remember falling in love with "Vehicle" back then,

[@cheryldyer8165]

Jim Peterik, lead singer, guitarist, founder Ides of March, co founder of Survivor, songwriter for many bands including Survivor, great artist. Love Jim and also I'm thankful he picked Jimi Jamison as lead singer for Survivor after Dave Bickler left.❤

[@philthompson8574]

Just been played on American Dad ! I had forgotten this fantastic track

[@rockytoronto]

Anyone listening to this in January 2020...one of my faves as a teen back in tha day

[@xsitied2708]

yeah

[@francesjolly5106]

2021

[@theseproblemsmatter1]

I'm only 31 but this is one of my favorite songs soon as i heard it. Really catchy 👏 👌 🙌 Thank you #americandad

[@ih8kit]

Just as excellent today as it was when it was first released.

[@stevereinhardt2086]

One of the great intros and ending to a song ever!

[@koitorob]

NAH, THIS is the greatest intro and ending to a song! kzbin.info/www/bejne/npTVhqh5eat_hbM

[@JoeinIndiana]

He wrote this for his then girlfriend and his wife of over 40 years now. Jim Peterik!

[@raaawkstaaar]

she wasn't his girlfriend when he wrote it, he wrote the song about feeling used being her "vehicle", he felt she was using his for rides back in high school! After the song was a hit they dated on and off and didn't marry until 1996

[@xsitied2708]

@@raaawkstaaar yeah

[@Quanuck]

I feel like I just walked out of Lincoln High, stepped into my 68 Cougar, turned on the ignition, reved the motor, and lit them up in the back parking lot... ye ha!! I love this song and always will!

[@CharlesMuertegui]

I was 5 years old when this came out, and now I'm in my mid 50s and this song energize me every morning to keep me through the day.

[@Bgiverny]

Iconic, timeless song from the 70's, the best decade of music ! Takes me back to my first year in college and all my best memories ! Thank You Jim Peterik et al !

[@roberttaylor90y76]

50years ago in 1970 I first heard this song &thought love that funky sound.I heard it on radio today &still as good .

[@theseproblemsmatter1]

Heard this classic over the years like many i didnt know by name and always loved it. Here bcuz of American Dad

[@superblue2983]

"Vehicle" (1970) a AWESOME rock hit by the Ides of March !! This is Queens , Village NY backyard bar b Que and driving your Chevy unpalatable music in Queens NY ;-)

[@Joeely618]

Listening to this on the Ides of March, 2020, as our country shuts down due to the coronavirus. Hard to believe this song is 50 years old...remember well when it came out and was almost an hourly play on the AM radio Top 40 stations...think WLS in Chicago, where these guys are from.

[@PabloGonzalez-mc8vi]

well, I'm from 70's,this is a great song,and hell yea I love it !!!

[@celesasheldon6931]

Omg this singer was intense in our teens. My sister's music was the best.

[@jodieobrien6809]

At that time it was my parents favorite song.I feel old

[@kentishism]

One of the best songs ever!

[@carolstanhope4717]

Jim Peterik is one hell of a fine specimen of a man!! God gave him a double dose of everything.😳

[@drumsport]

It may have been the only hit for The Ides of March, but Jim Peterik continues to write and produce incredible music. Check out one of his most recent CD's Peterik and Scherer. Jim is easily one of the greatest writer/performers in rock 'n roll history.

[@OnBendedKneeMusic]

I remember being 7 years old in the early 70's and watching my older brothers cover band, Divided Union, rehearsing this song in our living room in East Los Angeles. All the neighborhood was there. What a great time!

[@fatboy6846]

what a cracking tune.pure brilliant and class

[@nm202]

The movie Lock Up with Sly Stallone Eclipse and rebuilding The Mustang bought me here. When I first heard it in the 80s I thought Jim Peterik was black lol. But he sung his ass off I love the song I don't care if he's green. ROCK THAT SHIT JIM P. AND ROCK IT HE DID. DAMN GOOD SONG GOOD ARTIST SONG WRITER HE MADE SURVIOR GREAT SO DID JIMI. I LOVE SURVIOR RIP JIMI JAMISON

[@rrwjes1571]

This was written due to his love for a girl he met in high school and eventually married. Still married to this day!!

[@mainequeen]

Great God in Heaven I love this song!!!

[@katgrey6239]

Watching in 2023! Awesome song!

[@JulienArbor]

Ides of March was the first concert I ever attended and this still sounds great! I didn’t realize until just now how much Chicago sounds like them and wonder if Ides of March was an influence on Chicago.

[@lewisarmstrongjr]

'LOVE THE HORNS ON THIS!!! ;)

[@deidraalbertson3472]

Man what a good singer and song

[@douglasshear8168]

Another good song I never get tired of. ~Cynthia~

[@BosuxRedsux]

listening on this 15th of march, 2019

[@patrickmccann9173]

me too

[@michael.jolson7982]

May 26 @ 12:40 am

[@gregorygarcia7807]

My grand-pappy was named Seneca and I'm listening to this 29 May 2019. I likes The Gerry ripple. my bro's 2nd wife was/is Gerry. Peace Out

[@michaeltabor9596]

Just saw them open up for Sammy Hagar Still good

[@CubCadetMan71]

June 16th, 2019.

[@estudiodeabogados7691]

Pedazo de canción!!!

[@WMJCPA]

He was actually co-founder of Survivor, and co-writer of "Eye of the Tiger" Jim Peterik from the South West Suburbs of Chicago.

[@xsitied2708]

🖤🖤

[@ingriddouglas408]

Listening to my bad ass song, I am 60yrs old, I put down some serious Caribbean wineing with this song, this song was a big hit in Grenada in the 70s.

[@nm202]

When I was a little girl thought this was a black group LOCK UP BY SLY STALLONE BOUGHT ME HERE. Still loving this in June 2019

[@umarsattar1540]

What a great movie that is. Very underrated

[@chrisgoffe5048]

..same Nikki ..the mustang

[@nm202]

@@umarsattar1540 I agree a very underrated movie and what I love about Stallone is he has a ear for talent he started with Bill Conti work with survivor. Oh my goodness but an underrated movie yes I agree, but I enjoyed the hell out of it and I always will but I cried when they destroyed my beautiful Mustang, I love power in all forms even under the hood and I cried with eclipse when they destroyed my American muscle, but that is a excellent movie and sly always has good music scores in his movies

[@nm202]

@@chrisgoffe5048 I cried with eclipse CHRIS, my beautiful American muscle. Oh my goodness that is a good movie and I’m not gonna lie when I first saw it it was in the 90s and I hated Donald Sutherland. I loved John Amos. He was no joke and we just lost him to death but it is just a good movie and a very underrated movie but I love it and I’m glad that this song was on it because I didn’t know who was singing I just knew time I heard it. I loved it and I definitely thought the man was black but when you got a voice like that and you got the right musical accompaniment, I don’t give a damn if you are purple and Jim P hair is purple now which I love and he has a guitar collection out of this world, but it just goes to show you how people are very talented and so many ways and you see how far they have come along in the industry and it’s just a beautiful thing

[@juanromam1234]

August 1969 this song came out,i was in 10th grade brings back lovely memories of those happier days,todays rappers werent even hatched or sorry born yet.

[@riel8428]

Old people said the same thing about rock when it was born. Rap or pop isn't bad, you're just afflicted by the "back in my day" disease.

[@moejr1974]

It came out in March 1970

[@lonistube3810]

What a classy video for the classy band and the classy tune.

[@thx1138guy]

While watching the 2013 movie 'Now you see me' a black sedan is mentioned which triggered my brain to remember this song. I didn't recall the song's name or performing artist but the first line of the song is unforgettable - Hey, well i'm a friendly stranger in the black sedan.......

[@DannyPodesta]

2020 and I am rockin to this, "I am you vehicle baby"

[@jonesandrew78]

Ozark brought me here! Cool, funky track. 😎

[@nathalieconnor5803]

Probably my favourite song of all time and that says a lot!!!

[@olderendirt]

The space footage is great in the video, too. The song was terrific and still going strong.

[@donnyrecordsnyc]

I was 18 when this was out. Times were different then. I always drove hot rods. The song really did help to loosen up the girls a little. It was the time of free love and this song was just a part of it all. Fantastic tune btw.

[@BigDaddy-xx1gk]

Free love was never free, yo. However, there was no charge for the chlamydia. Lots of diseased pricks and cooches back in "the day". Probably why so many people in my generation ended up with Hep C, even though they never got Hep A or B, never did needles, or had unprotected sex. Thousands of Gen Xers with Hep C, they never knew they carried until adulthood in the early 90's when it fucking exploded. The reason: Their fucking sloppy-ass parents fuckin everything that moved in the late 60s and early 70s. Yea, you.

[@Snoopy7666]

Surprising that this talented band couldn't produce another hit record... I recall the song very well, and I always liked it.

[@rainymoon9848]

Yes, they were unfortunately a one hit wonder. The band wanted "Aire of Good Feeling" as their follow up single. But their record label wanted another "Vehicle" like song. Subsequently, "Superman" got released. Two of Jim Peterik's 70s solo demos, "Chi-Town Hustler" and "Teenage Machine Age" possibly would have made a better follow up to "Vehicle". However, they didn't get picked for his 1976 solo album and only got released on CD around 2003 on the expanded deluxe re-issue of his solo album that he released himself. Personally, I think the wrong songs were picked for his '76 solo album (His '06 solo album, Above the Storm, was much better. It even included a very Ides of March style song featuring their horn section, "Secrets of A Woman"). The best song on the '76 album was "Let There Be Song" which featured Dave Bickler on backing vocals. It was Peterik's first attempt at writing a power ballad. Except for "Let There Be Song" there were better songs ("Moving and Growing", Chi-Town Hustler", "Teenage Machine Age", "2000-year-old-man", Eight Bars At A Time", "Never Goin' Back to L.A.", etc.) that he recorded in the 70s that got released on that previously mentioned 40 song expanded CD version of his solo album. So, his solo album unfortunately bombed. He got sick while touring to promote the album (he opened for Heart and others). While in the hospital recovering, he came up with the idea of forming a band with Dave Bickler, the band Survivor. Survivor had 5 top 10 hits and 7 top 20. With "Eye of the Tiger" being their biggest hit. All co-written by Peterik. He also co-wrote the .38 Special songs "Hold on Loosely" and "Caught Up In You". Unfortunately, there was a lot of strife between Peterik and Sullivan in Survivor. Sullivan didn't really value Peterik's contribution to the band enough. So, Peterik got fed up and left Survivor on 7/4/96. Realizing it was just better to be in a band with people who are your long-time friends (The Ides of March). Technically, it was mostly just Frankie Sullivan that Peterik had an issue with. Peterik wrote/co-wrote all of the songs on the late Jimi Jamison's Crossroads Moments solo album. Both Jamison and Dave Bickler have been special guest performers on Peterik's World Stage concerts years ago. AXS TV aired one of them years ago that had Bickler and Jamison in it. The concert also featured .38 Special, Johnny Van Zant, Mickey Thomas, and Night Ranger (AXS edited out Ray Parker, Jr.'s performance to make the concert fit the available time slot)

[@chifan7]

Absolutely Legendary Song!!!! Classic!!!

[@lauraquigley9332]

My father loved this song to and I loved my father this song came out to in the movie Rocky to.

[@lizquinn3568]

Great God in heaven I love this song 😲

[@larrywebber7879]

This Guy sounds like David Clayton Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears!!!!

[@donovanhudson8661]

Crazy horns! Love it!

[@helenperez9828]

Great God in Heaven you know I love you! Cant get any better than this!!! One of the best Rock N Roll songs ever!!!!