| The Search Is Over | |
| Cover: | Search is Over European Sleeve.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Survivor |
| Album: | Vital Signs |
| B-Side: | It's the Singer, Not the Song |
| Released: | April 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:14 |
| Label: | Scotti Brothers |
| Producer: | Ron Nevison |
| Prev Title: | High on You |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | First Night |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"The Search Is Over" is a 1985 power ballad[1] by the American rock band Survivor. It was the band's third single and second top-ten hit from their 1984 album Vital Signs.
Former keyboardist/guitarist for the band and co-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."[2]
It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 13, 1985,[3] and finished at No. 48 on the year-end Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1985. The song also spent four weeks atop the Adult Contemporary chart, Survivor's only chart-topper on this tally.[4]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 4 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 1 | |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 60 | |
| Canadian Top Singles (RPM) | 21 |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 301.