How old is dont stop believing

It may have started as solely Journey's song - but it belongs to all of us now. The most covered, karaoked, and parodied song in modern music history. From baseball to Broadway, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" has become a national anthem of sorts - and with digital sales at almost four and a half million, it is officially the most downloaded song ever recorded in the 20th century. You know, we hit a chord. It began as the brainchild of keyboard player Jonathan Cain, who had been laboring in obscurity in with a band called the Babys, when he got the chance to join Journey.

It was a dream shot nobody could have predicted. Well, almost nobody. I didn't know where the next pay check was gonna come. I sold stereos. I quit the business. I was so lost, you know? And I was borrowing money from my father, who wouldn't let me come back to Chicago. He said, 'You stay there. Something good is gonna happen. Don't stop believing. Armed with his father's advice and the seeds of a song, Cain sat down with guitarist Neal Schon and then-lead-singer Steve Perry.

Within an afternoon, Cain's catchy chorus was transformed into a rock'n'roll classic. So the way we put it together was While it barely broke the billboard top ten in as a single, "Don't Stop Believin'" anchored Journey's monster album "Escape" - which went straight to No. Still, when the band broke up six years later, it looked like "DSB" would slide off into the realm of rock'n'roll nostalgia, rarely to be heard from again.

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For a smile they can share the night. With our conversation about Sunset Boulevard still fresh, Steve and I went on to see the movie we were creating in our minds. Everybody wants a thrill. Those lines summed up the two of us, sacrificing it all to gamble on a dream. The song became a huge hit, and helped propel Escape to multi-platinum sales worldwide. The song was co-produced by former Lynyrd Skynyrd soundman Kevin Elson and onetime Queen engineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.

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