Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 27, 1985
Studio Unique Recording Studios, New York City [1]
Genre AOR, pop rock
Length43:39
Label Scotti Bros.
Rocky soundtrack chronology
Rocky III
(1982)		Rocky IV
(1985)		 Rocky V
(1990)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
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"
  • Peterik
  • Sullivan
Survivor3:46
5."War"
 Vince DiCola 5:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(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"
Touch4:26
5."Training Montage"DiColaVince DiCola3:37

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:

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [26] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [27] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [28] Gold100,000*
Italy (FIMI) [29] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [31] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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