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Eye of the Tiger: the autumn of 1982

13 weeks on the chart, 3 weeks at #1 and the 1982 year-end crown — a week-by-week look.

Eye of the Tiger by Survivor first appeared on the Israeli foreign-music chart on 23 Aug 1982, entering at #13. It reached #1 on 4 Oct 1982 and finished 1982 as the year-end #1.

Week by week

WeekChart datePosition
123 Aug 1982#13
230 Aug 1982#6
36 Sep 1982#4
413 Sep 1982#3
520 Sep 1982#2
64 Oct 1982#1
711 Oct 1982#1
818 Oct 1982#1
925 Oct 1982#5
101 Nov 1982#8
118 Nov 1982#13
1215 Nov 1982#20
1329 Nov 1982#32

How it climbed

The climb was steady rather than sudden: #13, then #6, then #4, then #3, then #2 before the first week at #1. It then spent 3 weeks at the top and left the chart at #32 on 29 Nov 1982. Under the archive's scoring its 13 weeks added up to 424 points.

Source: IsraelCharts archive.

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