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No. 1 on iTunes (Bada-bing)

By Paul McNamara on Wed, 11/12/08 - 1:56pm.
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Personally, I hated this song when it was first released and was never much of a Journey fan (with all due respect to Steve Perry's amazing voice). However, with the final scene of the final episode of The Sopranos having permanently hard-wired the tune into my brain, I've come around enough to call it catchy.

I am not alone, apparently.  

From the Guardian News Web site:

California stadium rockers Journey have reached an unlikely milestone in popular song: their power ballad Don't Stop Believin' has become the biggest-ever catalogue song on digital platforms.

First made available through Apple's service in April 2003, it is the first catalogue song - meaning a song released in the pre-digital era, but later re-released through the iTunes store - to exceed sales of 2 (million downloads), according to statistical powerhouse SoundScan.

I still don't care much for the way the Sopranos ended.

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