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The song reached #8 on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s Mainstream Rock chart, and #9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart.
The song reached #8 on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s Mainstream Rock chart, and #9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart.


The song was originally released in the United Kingdom in February 1982 and only managed to peak at number 62. However, the song re-entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] in February 2009 at number 94, due to digital downloads, and has been floating around the middle regions of the chart, and has so far peaked at number nineteen in November 2009 (27 years after its initial release.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Chart Stats > Journey - Don't Stop Believin'|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9816|publisher=Chart Stats|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref>
The song was originally released in the United Kingdom in February 1982 and only managed to peak at number 62. However, the song re-entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] in February 2009 at number 94, due to digital downloads, and has been floating around the middle regions of the chart, and peaked at number nineteen in November 2009 (27 years after its initial release.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Chart Stats > Journey - Don't Stop Believin'|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9816|publisher=Chart Stats|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref>. However the song went on to achieve position #9 in the Christmas singles chart.


It topped downloads in the [[iTunes Music Store]] amongst songs not released in the 21st century,<ref>[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsGuid=357c33db-4e8b-42ae-bb74-e9bc298706a7 Journey's Timeless Power Ballad "Don't Stop Believin'" Becomes First Catalog Track Ever to Reach 2 Million Mark in Digital Sales]</ref> and was also the 72nd most downloaded song of 2008 in the store, over 27 years after its release.
It topped downloads in the [[iTunes Music Store]] amongst songs not released in the 21st century,<ref>[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsGuid=357c33db-4e8b-42ae-bb74-e9bc298706a7 Journey's Timeless Power Ballad "Don't Stop Believin'" Becomes First Catalog Track Ever to Reach 2 Million Mark in Digital Sales]</ref> and was also the 72nd most downloaded song of 2008 in the store, over 27 years after its release.

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This article is about the song by Journey. For the episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation, see Don't Stop Believin' (D:TNG episode).
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Song
B-side"Natural Thing"

"Don't Stop Believin'" is a song by the American rock band Journey, released as a single from their 1981 album Escape. Often considered the band's signature song, the power ballad is known for its lyrics and distinctive chorused piano introduction, described by Allmusic as "one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock."[1]

Popularity

The song reached #8 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The song was originally released in the United Kingdom in February 1982 and only managed to peak at number 62. However, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in February 2009 at number 94, due to digital downloads, and has been floating around the middle regions of the chart, and peaked at number nineteen in November 2009 (27 years after its initial release.[2]. However the song went on to achieve position #9 in the Christmas singles chart.

It topped downloads in the iTunes Music Store amongst songs not released in the 21st century,[3] and was also the 72nd most downloaded song of 2008 in the store, over 27 years after its release.

The song is one of the most popular rock tracks in Ireland and continues to remain in the top ten most downloaded songs.[4] On August 31, 2009 the song had topped the 3 million mark in paid downloads.[5]


In popular culture

The song has appeared in a number of film and television series, including The Wedding Singer, Family Guy, Monster, Shrek the Halls, Bedtime Stories, Yes Dear, King of the Hill, The Comebacks, View from the Top, South Park, Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, My Name Is Earl, Just Shoot Me, Laguna Beach, American Idol, Australian Idol, X Factor, Scrubs, The Sopranos, and Glee.

In 2007, the song gained national press for its use in the final scene of HBO's The Sopranos from the series finale "Made in America". Steve Perry was initially hesitant in allowing the song to be used in The Sopranos but later agreed.[6] The Sopranos ending was later parodied by The Daily Show, ESPN, WCBS-FM (when flipped from Jack FM back to Oldies), Celebrity Apprentice, a campaign video for Hillary Clinton[7][8] and for the final episode of Tony Martin's Get This radio show. The Pittsburgh Pirates parodied the Sopranos ending on their Jumbotron as "the final episode of 'The Parrot'", complete with the Journey hit.

The song was released as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band on March 31, 2009.[9] Unlike the album version which slowly fades to quiet, the Rock Band version ends with "Don't Stop", which is the same way it ended in the final episode of The Sopranos and in the pilot episode of Glee as well as how Journey ends the song live.

A cover of the song was made for the Fox musical-comedy, Glee, which debuted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold 177,000 downloads in its first week and charted higher than Journey's version, which peaked at number nine.[10] Meanwhile on the ARIA Charts it has reached number 5.

On the April 1, 2009, American Idol (season 8), the contestants sang this song as a group at the beginning of the results show.[11] The song is used as the closing group song for the American Idol (season 8) tour.[12]

The song is prominently featured as the finale in the Broadway musical, Rock of Ages.

Glee Cover

"Don't Stop Believin'" is a song recorded by the cast of American television series, Glee. It is the first single released from the soundtrack of the series, Glee: The Music, Volume 1 and was performed on the first episode of the season, Pilot.[13]

It is a cover of "Don't Stop Believin'", a 1981 power ballad by American rock band, Journey. Released as a digital download on June 2, 2009, the song managed to perform well in Australia and the United States where it charted within the top five on both of their national charts. The cast performance of "Don't Stop Believin' was certified gold in November 2009, achieving over 500,000 digital sales.[14]

Critical reception

Aly Semigan of Entertainment Weekly critically praised the song stating "Fox's Glee put the ultimate earworm back in its rightful place." She then continued saying "even if you aren’t one for show choirs (which, is quite frankly, shocking), it’s pretty damn hard to resist." Semigan also compared it to the original version stating "it sounds slightly different in this "Freaks and Geeks" meets "High School Musical" pilot, but it’s a good kind of different."[15]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[16] 5
Canadian Hot 100[17] 50
New Zealand Singles Chart[18] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[19] 4

Sports

In 2008, in a tight battle for first place with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers began to play "Don't Stop Believin'" in the middle of the 8th inning at all of their home games.[20] Subsequently, the song was played at Dodger home games throughout the 2009 season, much to the chagrin of Steve Perry, a self-proclaimed San Francisco Giants fan.[20] The song is also commonly played at Detroit Red Wings hockey games.[21]

Song structure and references

While most popular songs have a refrain or "chorus" that is repeated several times throughout the song, the true chorus to "Don't Stop Believin'" (as well as first mention of its title) isn't heard until the end of the song with only 0:50 left. The song's writers designated the musically similar sections before the chorus as the "pre-chorus."[22] The song's structure is:

  1. Introduction (instrumental) (0:00-0:17)
  2. Verse (0:17-0:49)
  3. Break (0:49-1:05)
  4. Verse (1:05-1:20)
  5. Pre-Chorus (1:20-2:01)
  6. Verse (2:01-2:33)
  7. Pre-Chorus (2:33-3:05)
  8. Solo (3:05-3:21)
  9. Chorus until fade (3:21-4:11)

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[23] 9
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart[24] 50
UK Singles Chart[25] 62
Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[25] 9

References

  1. ^ allmusic
  2. ^ "Chart Stats > Journey - Don't Stop Believin'". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  3. ^ Journey's Timeless Power Ballad "Don't Stop Believin'" Becomes First Catalog Track Ever to Reach 2 Million Mark in Digital Sales
  4. ^ iTunes 2008: Top Overall Songs
  5. ^ Week Ending Aug. 23, 2009: Over 50 And Still On Top
  6. ^ Journey Rocker Kept Sopranos Boss Waiting
  7. ^ Video Hillary Clinton reprend les Sopranos - Hillary, Clinton, Sopranos - Dailymotion Share Your Videos
  8. ^ Audiofile: Music Blog, Music Articles - Salon.com
  9. ^ Rock Band Gets 'Don't Stop Believin' as DLC
  10. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/idols-inundate-hot100-but-glee-gloats-with-1003977092.story
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6ALAt8hTs
  12. ^ American Idol Season 8 Tour Singers (Performers) (2009-07-12). AI Finale San Jose, CA (Music video). San Jose, California: bellaratamaltese.
  13. ^ "Episode Recaps: Glee - Pilot". 20th Century Fox. fox.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  14. ^ Serjeant, Jill (November 9, 2009). ""Glee" brings joy to beleaguered music industry". Reuters. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  15. ^ Semigan, Aly (May 21, 2009). "'Glee' propels Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" to go on and on and on and on". Entertainment Weekly. music-mix.ew.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  16. ^ "Australia Singes Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. acharts.us. September 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  17. ^ "Canada Singles Top 100". Billboard (Nielsen SoundScan). acharts.us. September 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  18. ^ "New Zealand Singles Chart: Chart #1694". RIANZ. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  19. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Week of June 06, 2009". Nielsen SoundScan. Billboard. June 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  20. ^ a b Henry Schulman (2009-09-15). "Perry's 8th-inning Journey". SFGate.com. Heart Communications. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  21. ^ Jeff Z. Klein (2009-06-01). "At the Joe, Detroiters Sing "Don't Stop Believin'"". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_journeys_dont_stop/
  23. ^ "Chart Performance: Journey". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  24. ^ "Journey - Don't Stop Believin'". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  25. ^ a b "Chart Stats: Journey - Don't Stop Believin'". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

External links

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