Survivor indeed had the eye of the tiger when they released Vital Signs. The band had tasted success a few years earlier with “Eye of the Tiger” and then failed with the follow-up Caught In The Game. Now, with a change of lead singer’s all appeared to be set up for Survivor to not be able to survive in the music business. After all, in the early to mid 1980’s there were few second chances given to bands.

Luckily, when vocalist Dave Bickler vacated the lead singer seat due to vocal problems the band replaced him with a hotshot vocalist named Jimi Jamison. Producer extraordinaire Ron Nevison took the helm at the soundboard and the band wrote some great songs. The result was a platinum selling album that contained three hit singles. “I Can’t Hold Back,” “High On You” and “The Search is Over” all resonated with the musical audience of the day and Survivor not only stuck around they became more popular than ever before.