Don't Stop Believin '

Don't Stop Believin '
Journey
publication	October 6, 1981
length	4:11
Genre (s)	Hard rock , arena rock
Author (s)	Jonathan Cain , Steve Perry , Neal Schon
Label	Columbia Records
album	Escape
Cover version
2009	Glee Cast

Don't Stop Believin ' is a rock song by the American music band Journey , which was first released in 1981.

History and reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Don't Stop Believin ' (Journey)   UK 6th 02/27/1982 (91 weeks)   US 9 December 19, 1981 (16 weeks) Don't Stop Believin ' (Glee Cast)   DE 50 02/21/2011 (4 weeks)   AT 68 28/01/2011 (1 week)   CH 74 01/30/2011 (1 week)   UK 2 December 26, 2009 (37 weeks)   US 4th 07/06/2009 (7 weeks)

Don't Stop Believin ' became one of Journeys ' greatest commercial successes and is also her best-known song. In the US, the track reached number 8 on mainstream rock tracks and number 9 on the regular single chart , the Billboard Hot 100 . In Great Britain, the track, released in 1981, became a hit the following year after a less good entry at number 62 and reached the charts as the band's second song and the top 10. The title is still considered an evergreen and regularly hits the download charts . In January 2009 the song was awarded the platinum record .

The song was also a success from the critics' side. Kara Wright described it as a "feel-good song with a positive message and an unforgettable melody". Mike DeGagne from Allmusic described the keyboard riff at the beginning as one of the best in rock history and the song itself as the "perfect rock song".

The still great popularity of the piece is in part due to its use in numerous television series such as Laguna Beach , Family Guy , Scrubs - The Beginners , CSI: On the Trail of the Criminals , Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten or The Sopranos . The number of downloads on iTunes more than quadrupled when the song was heard in the 2007 series finale The Sopranos Strike Back . The song made another comeback in 2009 when it was re-set to music for the pilot episode in the musical series Glee . The cover version was even able to surpass the success of Journeys in terms of chart positions and made it to number 4 in the USA and number 2 in the single charts in Great Britain. In Europe, too, the version hit the charts in numerous countries. At the 2011 Grammy Awards , the song was nominated for “Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,” but it was won by the band Train . In the months of September and October 2016, the original made it to the top position of the 1980s chart edition in the German Most Wanted Charts , so the song still celebrates great success in Germany in the 2010s , although it missed the official single charts at the time .

Other new editions come from Martina McBride , Kevin Chalfant , Hanson , John Mayer , Kanye West , Fall Out Boy , Steel Panther and Mashup-Germany , among others . As a sports song, it has also become popular in recent years, including games by the Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers, and Minnesota Twins ; After winning home games by the Detroit Red Wings , the audience regularly sings along with the line born and raised in south Detroit .

The song is featured on various compilation albums , including best-of albums by Journey. Among other things, Journey changed the line born and raised in South Detroit at a concert in Houston to born and raised right here in Houston .

Contributors

• Steve Perry : vocals
• Ross Valory: electric bass , backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain: piano , keyboard , backing vocals
• Neal Schon : guitar , backing vocals
• Steve Smith : drums

Awards for music sales

Journey

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × Platinum (Digital) + Platinum (Ringtone) + Gold (Physical)	6,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	1,800,000
All in all	3 × gold 10 × platinum	8,425,000

Glee Cast

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	3 × platinum	1,670,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
3. ^ RIAA Awards , Accessed March 11, 2013
4. ↑ Escape at Allmusic (English)
5. ^ Glee Cast Nominated For Two Grammy Awards , Retrieved March 11, 2013
6. ↑ gfk Entertainmen: Most Wanted Charts: GfK Entertainment starts investigating cult songs. officialcharts.de, October 11, 2016, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
7. ↑ gfk Entertainmen: Most Wanted Charts: October 2016. officialcharts.de, November 7, 2016, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Detroit Red Wings fans sing Journeys "Don't Stop Believing," Retrieved October 24, 2016
9. ^ Award in Denmark
10. ↑ Award in Italy
11. ^ Award in Mexico
12. ↑ Award in the United States (Journey)
13. ↑ ^{a b} Award in the United Kingdom
14. ↑ Award in Australia
15. ↑ Award in the United States (Glee Cast)

Web links

• The story of Don't Stop Believin '- the song that wouldn't die ( Memento from July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from page 19 of Classic Rock Magazine January 2011
• Don't Stop Believin ' . In: Song Lexicon