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Song of the Day: The Journey single that became The Biggest Song of All Time. “They said, ‘Play something dumb!’”
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“Don’t Stop Believin’” reached the top 10 in 1981, when it was released as a single from Journey’s seventh studio album, Escape.
Today, “Don’t Stop Believin’” is in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Official Video RCF) - YouTube Watch OnAnd perhaps that all comes back to that request from producers Kevin Elson and Mike Stone: Play something dumb.
“Jon had the ‘Don’t stop believin’’ chorus, so we moved on trying to create the rest of the song,” he says.
After all, no less than Forbes magazine named “Don’t Stop Believin’” the Biggest Song of All Time in its March 2024 issue.