Caught in the Game (song)

"Caught in the Game"
Single by Survivor
from the album Caught in the Game
Released	October 1983
Studio	Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:46
Label	Scotti Bros.
Songwriters	Jim Peterik Frankie Sullivan
Producers	Peterik Sullivan
Survivor singles chronology
"The One That Really Matters" (1982) "Caught in the Game" (1983) "Slander" (1983)
Music video
"Caught in the Game" on YouTube

"Caught in the Game" is a song by American rock band Survivor, released in October 1983 as the lead single from their fourth studio album of the same name (1983). ^[1] Jim Peterik regarded the song's guitar riff as "perhaps the most powerful and enduring riff" that Frankie Sullivan had ever created. ^[2]

Music video

The music video finds Survivor playing a game of craps. Peterik described it as "unintentionally camp" and believed it contributed to the album being less successful than their previous work. ^[3]

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4]	77
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [5]	16

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 806. ISBN   9780862415419.
2. Peterik 2014, p. 228
3. Peterik 2014, p. 231
4. "Survivor Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved January 20, 2026.
5. "Survivor Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard . Retrieved January 20, 2026.

Works cited

• Jim Peterik; Lisa Torern (September 8, 2014). Through the Eye of the Tiger: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Survivor's Founding Member. BenBella Books. ISBN   978-1941631270.