You may be a small town girl, living in a lonely world, and I may just be a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit suburban Boston, but we apparently have at least one thing in common: We don’t stop believin’.
And, according to SoundScan, we’re not alone. The classic ’80s power ballad by Journey (iTunes link) is the most downloaded catalog track—that is, songs that were released in the pre-digital download era—in history. Since iTunes opened on April 28, 2003 (which, as you avid MacUser readers know, also happens to be my birthday), the track has has gone double platinum, hitting 2 million downloads. Not bad for a 27 year old song.
Much of the song’s recent popularity has been attributed to its use in the final scene of The Sopranos—SoundScan says downloads rocketed 482% in the days around the episodes broadcast. Indeed, I fired up the song on my own iPod as I put this piece together, and I have to admit I found myself tearing up a bit. I mean, streetlights? People? Living just to find emotion? The movie never ends, it just goes on and on.
That song came out 27 years ago? Oh gods I'm old.
Don't Stop Believin' will never stop being one of the favorite songs for generations to come. Brings back so many memories...