Caught in the Game (song)

"Caught in the Game"
Single by Survivor
from the album Caught in the Game
ReleasedOctober 1983
StudioRumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
GenreRock
Length4:46
LabelScotti Bros.
Songwriters
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.