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Why has Don't Stop Believing become so popular?
I can't turn the radio on without hearing Journey's Don't Stop Believing being played these past couple of months. I'm not complaining really, it's a decent song, but what has triggered it's sudden popularity some twenty-odd years after it was first released? Is it all to do with Joe McElderry singing it in X-Factor or the fact that Glee has done an (awful) cover version of it, a bit of both, or something different altogether?
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Family Guy done a version a while back as well.
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I think it's because of Glee.
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mostly because of Glee's brilliant cover.
Iain
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I blame reality TV shows that foster the (mainly) fantasy idea that you can become anything, or achieve anything, just by "beliving" in it.
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Its Glee's fault!
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Journey probably can't thank Glee enough for that, then. The royalties they must be getting for the airplay will be like nothing they've ever seen before! I suppose it's similar to Peter Kay reviving Tony Christie's career, is it not?
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It also features in the excellent stage musical Rock of Ages which will be coming to Britain this year, I understand.
I saw the show on Broadway last year and it was excellent. "Don't stop believin'" is their big finale number. I think Rock of Ages will go down a storm here so expect to hear the song lots more!!!
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It's been my favorite song for years, long before it gained it's recent popularity!
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I don't know but I wish it would stop. Suddenly, some people are claiming it's a work of genius. I guess it must be, since it's so popular.
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Is it all to do with Joe McElderry singing it in X-Factor or the fact that Glee has done an (awful) cover version of it, a bit of both, or something different altogether?
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I'm sure it's the influence of Glee, and maybe a bit of the x factor appearance too, but I think mainly Glee. Love both versions!
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I don't know, it's shit.
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I thought it was just a popular song, its always played at student nights when I go to them.
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It's been one of my favourite songs for years, but now it's becoming too popular with the masses. I know, it's music snobbery, but it still irritates me when the herd suddenly start liking a song purely based on a reality show/musical show. Grr.
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It's been played in clubs and pubs here for years. Sadly though the recent surge in popularity over the past few months has meant it's constantly played everywhere you go and people are now sick of it. You'd probably hear at least once on a night out, now you're likely to hear it 3 or 4 times!
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Don't Stop Believing features prominently in the notorious final scene of The Sopranos.
That's the root of the song's resurgence. It's hard to overstate how influential The Sopranos is to many professionals working in the arts. That scene really brought the song to those people's attention, and I guess some of them had a platform to appropriate it for their own commercial purposes. And people liked it. It's a great song. It hasn't suddenly come from nowhere. It's always been good. |
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I was asking this exact same question a few years back, before Glee.
The song just seemed to come out of nowhere and everyone loved it. I was fairly into 80s music when I was a teenager (in the late 90s ) and I'd never heard it before.It was in a few TV shows, Family Guy, Scrubs and it just seems to have popularity with the young people who feel ways about stuff! I do like the song, and saw Journey perform it live last year, although most of the audience didn't seem to know many of their other songs |
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I thought it was just a popular song, its always played at student nights when I go to them.
I am pretty sure I have heard it and Summer of '69 on every night out for the last 10+ years. |
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Simon chose Joe to sing it on the show due to the success of Glee's version in the US. Everyone downloaded the original because of Joe, then Glee came to the UK, and everyone bought their version.
I'm sure Joe will pop up with his own version, then Mr. Blobby, then the knitted characters from the K Factor on TV Burp.
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It was probably kind of high in the charts because of the X Factor and around Christmas I did notice some Facebook groups wanting it to be number one instead of Rage Against the Machine so that may have lead to a surge in downloads. Then Glee's [Ifantastic[/i] cover is released and even more people downloaded.
It's supposedly been in the charts since early 2009 though - not sure why that is. |
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Well I grew up in the 80s and followed music closely and had a fairly wide musical taste but I swear I had never heard this song before X Factor Joe did it on the show last year
![]() It is the most overrated soft-rock song ever IMO. Give me a bit of John Farnham anyday .
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I love Glee and Journey but I want both versions to piss off out of the charts.
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Actually didn't it all really start with the Sopranos finale in 2007, where it featured at the end?
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Definitely Glee - Joe sang it on X Factor after the trailers for Glee with the song on had been on for weeks.
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