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Song: Don\u2019t Stop Believin
Song by: Journey
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Introduction: Billy Dees
Intro music and vocals: Gail Nobles

The rock song ranked #133 on Rolling Stone\u2019s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It became a number nine hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was released in 1981.

Steve Perry was lead vocalist of the song. The lyric \u201cstreetlight people living just to find emotion\u201d came from Perry watching people walking in the streets of Detroit at night after a show.

The words \u201cDon\u2019t stop Believin\u2019\u201d always ring out loud to my ears the most. Sometimes things seem really bad, but I am always reminded by the song \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u201d to keep believing.

The songwriters Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, and Neal Schon wrote a very good song. A song like the one they wrote helps to keep your head up in a time of trouble. It helps you to find strength to go on fighting. Music has power. Words have power. We need great songwriters and musicians. We are lucky to have a band like Journey.

The title of the song came from something keyboardist Jonathan Cain's father frequently told him when he was a struggling musician living on Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard ready to give up because he was not having success in the music industry. Each time he would call home in despair, his father would tell him, "Don't stop believing or you're done, dude.

Yes, we\u2019ve got to keep on Believing. I\u2019m Gail Nobles, and you\u2019re listening to the Cat Bear. Todays topic: Journey - Don\u2019t Stop Believin.