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I Can't Hold Back

"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  | Day 21

"I Can't Hold Back"
by Survivor

I was actually on a bit of a Survivor kick last year, and had a hard time choosing which of their songs I was going to feature on this year's playlist. I almost went with "The Search Is Over" or "High On You," but this one had the highest play count throughout last year. R.I.P. Jimi Jamison, who might be the single greatest vocalist among all the 80s rock bands. He was renowned for having near-perfect pitch, the band's sound engineers almost never having to pitch edit his recording sessions at all.

Survivor is one of my go-to bands when I want to get lost in an 80s rock rabbit hole. All I have to do is listen to a few of their songs (or Journey's), and then I'm suddenly revisiting Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Queen, Foreigner, etc. It's a gateway band to all kinds of classic rock.