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Only the Strong Survive" is a 1968 song by
Jerry ButlerJerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter, known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour while singing often intensely emotional lyrics...
, released on his album
The Ice Man ComethThe Ice Man Cometh is Jerry Butler's eleventh album, released in 1968 .-Track listing:#"Hey, Western Union Man" - 2:41#"Can't Forget About You, Baby" - 2:40...
. It was the most successful single of his career, reaching #4 on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and was #1 for two weeks on the
Billboard Black Singles ChartR&B/Hip-Hop Songs, formerly the Black Singles Chart, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues...
, in March and April 1969, respectively. .
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"
Only the Strong Survive" is a 1968 song by
Jerry ButlerJerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter, known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour while singing often intensely emotional lyrics...
, released on his album
The Ice Man ComethThe Ice Man Cometh is Jerry Butler's eleventh album, released in 1968 .-Track listing:#"Hey, Western Union Man" - 2:41#"Can't Forget About You, Baby" - 2:40...
. It was the most successful single of his career, reaching #4 on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and was #1 for two weeks on the
Billboard Black Singles ChartR&B/Hip-Hop Songs, formerly the Black Singles Chart, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues...
, in March and April 1969, respectively. .
"Only the Strong Survive" was the first of two singles which were platinum certified by the RIAA, selling over a million copies (the second was "Ain’t Understanding Mellow" in 1972).
Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
(1969) and
Billy PaulBilly Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones". He was usually identified by his distinguishably raspy vocal.-Biography:...
(1977) also recorded versions of this song.