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5 unusual facts about Gonna Fly Now


Deize Tigrona

The song, which incorporates many other sexual metaphors, samples the horns from the theme of the Rocky films, "Gonna Fly Now." Alex Bellos has noted the key characteristics of this genre as "Coke. Guns. Booty. Beats." - the last two of these can certainly be heard in Tigrona's song.

Gonna Fly Now

For example, it is played right before kickoff of Eagles games at Lincoln Financial Field.

In the Philippines, the song was used in the commercial for Tiger Energy Biscuits which shows the Tiger mascot eating the said biscuit brand before jogging in the streets of Manila.

Laker Band

The band typically plays “Gonna Fly Now” (the theme from the movie Rocky) before tip-off, a few songs toward the end of halftime, and a concert after the game.

The Losing Edge

Randy gets back up as the Rocky theme "Gonna Fly Now" is playing, and soundly defeats Bat Dad, resulting in South Park being disqualified, leaving Denver to waste their whole summer on the national circuit.



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Russell Phillip Robinson

However, in the second season, Robinson's character figured more prominently, especially in the episode "Gonna Fly Now." In this episode, viewers learned that Phil Jeffers was a recovering drug addict (specifically PCP) who became hooked at the age of 12.