# Eye of the Tiger Chorus **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781 "2017-02-13T22:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/21 "2017-02-14T03:24:04Z")
Thriller! Thriller night! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/22 "2017-02-14T03:53:17Z")
Rio Just kidding, it’s thrill. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/23 "2017-02-14T04:06:07Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > [Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/survivor/eyeofthetiger.html) Derp, y’all. There’s a reason I posted this link. With all the lyrics for everything posted on so many websites these days, how is there even a question? One friend says one thing, the other friend says another, they google it and conversation over. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/24 "2017-02-14T14:49:48Z")
Ok, we need resolution here. What possible word do **Jinx** and their friend think is being sung here? I’m struggling to think of what it could possibly be (well, I guess “chill” maybe.) ( **SeaDragonTattoo** - I don’t think the question is so much what the actual lyric is–which obviously can be Googled–but rather if anyone else hears the same as Jinx & pal. Unless “chill” is the answer, then, so far, no.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/25 "2017-02-14T15:36:54Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ok, we need resolution here. What possible word do **Jinx** and their friend think is being sung here? I’m struggling to think of what it could possibly be (well, I guess “chill” maybe.) Knowing Jinx’s tendency to start a thread and then not come back to it for a while, we may need to chill for a bit before we get the thrill of a reply. 😉 (And, for the record, I’d never heard the lyric as anything other than “thrill.”) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/26 "2017-02-14T15:50:12Z")
Skipping replies to not be influenced… I always heard/sang: “Thrill” of the fight No idea what the actual lyric is. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/27 "2017-02-14T17:23:34Z")
“Dill”. What? It’s obviously a song about pickles. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/28 "2017-02-14T17:33:23Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Derp, y’all. There’s a reason I posted this link. With all the lyrics for everything posted on so many websites these days, how is there even a question? One friend says one thing, the other friend says another, they google it and conversation over. Seriously. When the song came out (1982 or 83?), there were no internet lyrics sites, though. The question is what do you _hear_? From the time I first heard the song, I heard “thrill,” no mistake about it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/29 "2017-02-14T20:05:26Z")
I would have agreed with everyone who says it’s clearly “thrill”. I don’t recall ever thinking it was anything else. However, just for fun I listened to it to see if I can guess what **Jinx** & co. were thinking and it does sound a bit like he’s saying “\*feel \*of the fight” or possibly even “fear”. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/30 "2017-02-14T20:26:22Z")
Is it, “Throat-warbler mangrove”? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/31 "2017-02-14T20:40:36Z")
Just letting the song play over in my head without actually listening IRL, I come up with “frame of the fight” Then I listened to it. Yup, still ‘frame’ This happens to me a lot. Often it makes the lyrics a whole lot interesting, though somewhat lacking in the sense department ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/32 "2017-02-14T20:47:51Z")
Random trivia: Joe Esposito’s “You’re the Best,” featured in _The Karate Kid_ (1984), was originally intended to be used in _Rocky III_ (which is the reason for the curious lyric, “History repeats itself”) but was later replaced with “Eye of the Tiger.” Also, the version of “Eye of the Tiger” used in the film was a demo, but the finished version appears on the soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/33 "2017-02-14T21:06:56Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I would have agreed with everyone who says it’s clearly “thrill”. I don’t recall ever thinking it was anything else. However, just for fun I listened to it to see if I can guess what **Jinx** & co. were thinking and it does sound a bit like he’s saying “\*feel \*of the fight” or possibly even “fear”. Yeah, listening to it over and over until the words lose meaning, I do kind of hear almost a long “ee” sound there. I’m coming up with “cream of the fight” as my alternate lyric. Let’s see who wins! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/34 "2017-02-14T21:59:41Z")
thrill ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/35 "2017-02-15T01:00:33Z")
Yeah, I hear thrill. But I do note that the percussion/guitar distortion does tend to cover up the “th” sound, and possibly makes the “r” sound hard to hear. So I could understand people hearing differently. To be honest, I’m not sure I haven’t read the lyrics before and biased myself. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/36 "2017-02-15T01:06:35Z")
I was so, so wrong about this song. It’s the eye of the tiger It’s the cream of the crop Rising up to the challenge of our rivals And the last sole survivor Stalks his way to the top Don’t you know it’s his goal to controoooool The eye of the tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/37 "2017-02-15T01:17:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, listening to it over and over until the words lose meaning, I do kind of hear almost a long “ee” sound there. I’m coming up with “cream of the fight” as my alternate lyric. Let’s see who wins! I thought it was “cream of the fight” too for the longest time. Made sense to me, the cream rises to the top. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/38 "2017-02-15T01:24:52Z")
The line I could never understand was “stalks his prey in the night” I heard something like “talks’s ray in the night” but I knew that couldn’t be right ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/39 "2017-02-16T16:22:38Z")
OP, come back and explain! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781/40 "2017-02-16T16:38:11Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > Is it, “Throat-warbler mangrove”? No, it’s \*spelt \*“Throat-warbler mangrove,” but it’s \*sung \*“Raymond Luxury Yacht.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781.md?page=3)