Studio album · No. 3
Caught in the Game Songwriting Credits by Survivor
Produced by Frankie Sullivan · Engineered by Mike Clink, Julian Stoll, Frankie Sullivan, Doug Sax, Mike Reese
Holds writing credit on 9 of 9 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 9 / 9 documented
Scored across the 9 tracks with documented writers, by whether Survivor carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 9 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Peterik and Sullivan wrote eight of the nine songs together, and Peterik took "What Do You Really Think?" on his own, the only track here with one name on it. No outside writer appears anywhere on the record. Sullivan produced it as well, so the pair who wrote the songs also decided how they sounded, which had not been true of the band's earlier albums. The guest list runs wider than the writing does. Richard Page of Mr. Mister, Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon and Tom Kelly all sing backing vocals, Daryl Dragon adds keyboards and David Arellano adds synthesizers, but the sleeve ties none of those contributions to particular songs.
Survivor's fourth album, cut at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles with guitarist Frankie Sullivan producing and Jim Peterik credited as assistant producer, put the band in charge of its own record for the first time. It came out on September 29, 1983, thirteen months after Eye of the Tiger, and stalled at number 82 on the Billboard 200. Dave Bickler sings lead throughout, his last time on a Survivor album: vocal cord surgery and a doctor's order to rest for a year cost him the job in early 1984.