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Released on March 22, 1981 as the title track of Australian hard rock band AC/ DC’s “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)”, it became famous among the fans for numerous reasons. Apart from incorporating cannon fire for the first time in any AC/ DC song, its lyrical content and title also made news as inspired from the ancient Roman Gladiator Salute!
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The trademark song of the classic rock band Survivor, it was also the lead single off their third album “Eye of the Tiger”. Released in 1982, the song became a smash hit in the US, ruling the music charts for over 6 weeks. The popularity and mainstream success was also boosted by the fact that it was used as a theme song for Rocky III, one of the most popular films in the Rocky series.
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England Belongs to Me is a single-only track from the punk band Cock Sparrer. The song had not been included in any album till as late as 1997, when it was released as an additional song in the later versions of the band’s eccentric debut album Shots. The song achieved considerable popularity in the British underground scene…
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Released in 1982, Eminence Front is the second single off the album ‘It’s Hard” from the renowned rock band of the 80s, The Who. One of the few songs that had been exclusively written and crooned to the crowd by guitarist Pete Townshend, it became one of the most influential and critically acclaimed hits of that album. The song’s lyrics concern people in a party who are basically a hypothetical bunch trying to hide behind a façade of an eminent lifestyle.
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