Only the Wild Survive

Only the Wild Survive
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1979
GenreFunk, funk rock
Length38:57
LabelEpic
ProducerRick Hall
Wild Cherry chronology
I Love My Music
(1978)
Only the Wild Survive
(1979)
Play the Funk
(2000)

Only the Wild Survive is the fourth and final studio album by Wild Cherry, released in 1979. It contains the single "Keep On Playin' That Funky Music" a sequel to their 1976 hit "Play That Funky Music". It was also the first and only Wild Cherry album to feature Donnie Iris (formerly of the Jaggerz) as a performer. After Wild Cherry's breakup, Iris and bandmate Mark Avsec would launch Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.