When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going ( song ) - wikipedia When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going ( song ) `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' Standard artwork Single by Billy Ocean from the album The Jewel of the Nile Soundtrack and Love Zone Released 15 November 1985 ( US ) January 1986 ( UK ) Format 7 ``, 12 '' single Recorded 1985 Genre R&B, funk Length 5 : 44 ( album version ) 4 : 08 ( radio edit ) Label Jive Songwriter ( s ) Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy Ocean Producer ( s ) Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite Billy Ocean singles chronology `` Suddenly '' ( 1985 ) `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( 1985 ) `` There 'll Be Sad Songs ( To Make You Cry ) '' ( 1986 ) `` Suddenly '' ( 1985 ) `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( 1986 ) `` There 'll Be Sad Songs ( To Make You Cry ) '' ( 1986 ) Audio sample file help `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' is a song co-written and originally recorded by English singer Billy Ocean in 1985. Written by Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, Mutt Lange and Billy Ocean, the song was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to the hit blockbuster film, Romancing the Stone. The saxophone solo is by Vernon Jeffrey Smith. Aided by a video featuring Michael Douglas and co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip - synching backup singers, the song became a major international hit reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, stalling behind `` How Will I Know '' by Whitney Houston. Contents 1 12 '' track listing 2 Chart performance 3 Boyzone version 3.1 Track listing 3.2 Charts 3.2. 1 Year - end charts 3.3 Certifications 4 Usage in media 5 References 6 External links 12 '' track listing A1 `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( extended version ) -- 5 : 43 A2 `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( 7 '' version ) -- 4 : 08 B1 `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( club mix ) -- 7 : 35 B2 `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' ( instrumental ) -- 5 : 12 Other Versions 7th Heaven Club Mix - 6 : 44 7th Heaven Radio Edit - 4 : 22 Chart performance Chart ( 1986 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austrian Singles Chart 8 Belgian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart Dutch Singles Chart French Singles Chart 6 German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Spain ( AFYVE ) Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 6 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 31 Boyzone version `` When the Going Gets Tough '' Single by Boyzone from the album By Request Released 1 March 1999 Recorded March 1996 Genre Pop Length 5 : 44 ( album version ) 4 : 08 ( UK radio edit ) ) 2 : 59 ( US radio edit ) Label Universal Songwriter ( s ) Billy Ocean Producer ( s ) Mike Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson Boyzone singles chronology `` I Love the Way You Love Me '' ( 1998 ) `` When the Going Gets Tough '' ( 1999 ) `` You Needed Me '' ( 1999 ) `` I Love the Way You Love Me '' ( 1998 ) `` When the Going Gets Tough '' ( 1999 ) `` You Needed Me '' ( 1999 ) The Irish boyband Boyzone recorded a cover version for the 1999 Comic Relief telethon, shortening the title to `` When The Going Gets Tough ''. Their version reached number # 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The song received a platinum certification in the UK. The video included Graham Norton, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Mel Smith, Davina McCall, Harry Hill, Steve Collins, John McCririck, Jimmy White, Mystic Meg, Will Mellor, James Dreyfus, the cast of Emmerdale, Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, and Ulrika Jonsson and Saracen from Gladiators. Track listing CD1 `` When the Going Gets Tough '' - 3 : 35 `` What a Wonderful World '' ( Featuring Alison Moyet ) - 4 : 00 `` Love Can Build a Bridge '' - 3 : 59 CD2 ( Limited Edition Pop Up Red Nose Digipak ) `` When the Going Gets Tough '' - 3 : 35 `` I 'll Never Not Need You '' - 4 : 07 Charts Chart ( 1999 ) Peak position Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) 7 French Singles Chart 71 Irish Singles Chart Japanese Singles Chart 91 Scottish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart Year - end charts Chart ( 1999 ) Position UK Singles Chart 10 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 600,000 shipments figures based on certification alone Usage in Media In 1994, the song was used for a clip of the 1986 edition of the BBC documentary The Rock ' n ' Roll Years featuring coverage of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Three years later, it was also used as a background song in the 1985 - 86 football season edition of Match of the 80s, during coverage of the challenge Kenny Dalglish faced on his appointment as player - manager of Liverpool F.C.. In the 2008 film Easy Virtue a cover version, in 1920s faux - jazz style, featured in the closing credits performed by Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel, and Andy Caine. The song was used in the film Keith Lemon : The Film ( 2012 ), as an ongoing theme, highlighting the claim that Billy Ocean was Lemon 's father. Ocean himself appears in a cameo role. In 1986, during the shows Championship Wrestling, Superstars of Wrestling ( and occasionally Prime Time Wrestling ), the WWE ( then called the WWF - World Wrestling Federation ) would sometimes play the introduction part of the song while it would show a replay of a finishing move during a wrestling match. The song that is featured in the teaser trailer of 2005 's Chicken Little. References Jump up ^ `` V. JEFFREY SMITH ( TORS - Producer / Sound Engineer )... - The Outlet Radio Show ''. Theoutletradioshow.tumblr.com. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 458 -- 9. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( Illustrated ed. ). St. Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. p. 221. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. Jump up ^ Salaverri, Fernando ( September 2005 ). Sólo éxitos : año a año, 1959 -- 2002 ( 1st ed. ). Spain : Fundación Autor - SGAE. ISBN 84 - 8048 - 639 - 2. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 631. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` British certifications -- When the Going Gets Tough ''. British Phonographic Industry. Enter When the Going Gets Tough in the search field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ `` Boyzone When The Going Gets Tough - Pop Up France CD single ( CD5 / 5 '' ) ( 142509 ) ``. Eil.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 04. Jump up ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc ( 1999 - 03 - 20 ). `` Billboard ''. Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough ''. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 04. Jump up ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131018042138/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=2. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2012. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Boyzone... By Request ''. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100 : 07 March 1999 - 13 March 1999 ''. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` ChartArchive - The Chart Archive ''. Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Boyzone -- When the going gets tough ''. British Phonographic Industry. Enter When the going gets tough in the search field and then press Enter. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` The Sun Always Shines on T.V. '' by a-ha UK number - one single ( Billy Ocean version ) 8 February 1986 - 8 March 1986 Succeeded by `` Chain Reaction '' by Diana Ross Preceded by ``... Baby One More Time '' by Britney Spears Scottish Singles Chart ( Boyzone version ) 7 March 1999 - 28 March 1999 Succeeded by `` Flat Beat '' by Mr. Oizo Preceded by ``... Baby One More Time '' by Britney Spears UK number - one single ( Boyzone version ) 7 March 1999 - 14 March 1999 Succeeded by `` Blame It on the Weatherman '' by B * Witched Billy Ocean Studio albums Billy Ocean Suddenly Love Zone Tear Down These Walls Time to Move On Singles `` Love Really Hurts Without You '' `` Stay the Night '' `` Caribbean Queen ( No More Love on the Run ) '' `` Loverboy '' `` Suddenly '' `` When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going '' `` There 'll Be Sad Songs ( To Make You Cry ) '' `` Love Zone '' `` Love Is Forever '' `` Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car '' `` Calypso Crazy '' Related topics Discography Book : Billy Ocean Boyzone Keith Duffy Mikey Graham Ronan Keating Shane Lynch Stephen Gately Studio albums Said and Done A Different Beat Where We Belong Brother BZ20 Dublin to Detroit Compilation albums By Request Ballads -- The Love Song Collection Key to My Life : Collection Back Again... No Matter What B - Sides & Rarities Love Me for a Reason -- The Collection Singles `` Working My Way Back to You '' `` Love Me for a Reason '' `` Key to My Life '' `` So Good '' `` Father and Son '' `` Coming Home Now '' `` Words '' `` A Different Beat '' `` Is n't It a Wonder '' `` Picture of You '' `` Mystical Experience '' `` Picture of You '' `` Baby Can I Hold You '' `` All That I Need '' `` No Matter What '' `` I Love the Way You Love Me '' `` When the Going Gets Tough '' `` You Needed Me '' `` Every Day I Love You '' `` Love You Anyway '' `` Better '' `` Gave It All Away '' `` Love Is a Hurricane '' `` Love Will Save the Day '' `` Light Up the Night '' Books The Tree of Seasons Discographies Boyzone Ronan Keating Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=When_the_Going_Gets_Tough,_the_Tough_Get_Going_(song)&oldid=812078053 '' Categories : 1986 songs 1986 singles 1996 singles 1999 singles Billy Ocean songs Boyzone songs Comic Relief singles Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in Belgium RPM Top Singles number - one singles Dutch Top 40 number - one singles European Hot 100 Singles number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in Norway UK Singles Chart number - one singles Song recordings produced by Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Songs written by Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange Songs written by Billy Ocean Songs written by Barry Eastmond Jive Records singles Funk songs Hidden categories : Pages with citations lacking titles Pages with citations having bare URLs Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2011 Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 25 November 2017, at 21 : 41. 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Question: billy ocean when the going gets tough movie
Answer: The Jewel of the Nile; the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to the hit blockbuster film, Romancing the Stone