The Search Is Over

"The Search Is Over"
Single by Survivor
from the album Vital Signs
B-side	"I Can't Hold Back"
Released	1985
Format	7"
Recorded	1984
Genre	Rock
Length	4:14
Label	Scotti Brothers
Writer(s)	Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik
Producer	Frankie Sullivan
Certification	2× Platinum (RIAA)
Survivor singles chronology
"High on You" (1985) "The Search Is Over" (1985) "First Night" (1985)

"The Search Is Over" is a 1985 Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at #4, originally recorded by Survivor. Former Survivor vocalist and songwriter Jim Peterik told Songfacts: "It wasn't about my life as much as a friend of mine who had a girlfriend - really a play pal throughout their growing up years - and never thought it could be anything more than that. It was looking him straight in the face that this was the girl of his destiny, and he looked everywhere to find that dream girl only to come back to the sandbox." It was the band's third single and second top-ten hit from their 1984 album Vital Signs. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1985, remaining in the Top 40 for fourteen weeks. The song also spent four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart, Survivor's only chart-topper on this tally.

Covered versions

• In 2005, singer Collin Raye covered the song for his album Twenty Years and Change.
• In 2008, Rachelle Ann Go covered the song for her album Rachelle Ann Rocks Live.
• In 2009, original co-writer Jim Peterik recorded the song as a solo for his album Lifeforce.
• In 2009, Scott MacIntyre performed the song on American Idol, and recorded a studio version which was released on iTunes.
• In 2009, the song was included in the Broadway jukebox musical, Rock of Ages, as a duet between the characters Drew and Sherrie.

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1985 (U.S.)