Don't Stop Believin'
By: Marissa Schroder & Kate Freakley
Don't Stop Believing Glee cast ''Rachel & Finn'' by Noran M. Abd Elmonsef
Original GLEE arrangement by ADAM ANDERS and TIM DAVIS
Words and music by JOURNEY
Time Signature
- Common Time
Background Information
Journey's most enduring song, this track has a unique structure, which helps it stick in your mind. Where most songs have a chorus that's repeated several times, "Don't Stop Believin'" brings in its chorus only at the end. The structure goes: instrumental, first verse, instrumental, second verse, first pre-chorus, instrumental, third verse, second pre-chorus, instrumental, and then finally the chorus until fade-out.
Interesting Facts!
Over 27 years after it was released, it's iTunes' most-downloaded 20th-century song. VH1's Greatest Songs of the '80s ranked it #11. It charted in the US at #9 and the UK at #62, Billboard Hot 100 chart at #9, and Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart at #8.