Thanks to its pre-closing-credits appearance on The Sopranos, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” is racing up the charts: The song is currently No. 30 on the iTunes’ “Top Songs” list, right between Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony and T.I.; and the band’s Greatest Hits album is No. 54 on Amazon.com (make sure you buy the remastered version, so you can hear all the crisp snare on “Only The Young”!). Meanwhile, keyboardist Jonathan Cain tells the AP the band had no idea how the song was going to be employed:
Cain, who has a 13-year-old and twins aged 11, said the songwriters are careful about how they license the song, and have resisted several advertising campaigns. They debated its use in the film “Monster” with Charlize Theron but, in the end, “she’s too cute to say no to,” he said.
He was a little nervous Sunday when, as he watched with his children, the mob boss Phil was shot and viewers heard his head crunched as it was run over by an SUV. But he loved the final scene.
“It was very smart writing,” he said. “I always love movies where you don’t see the guy whacked. You wonder whether he’s going to get whacked.”
Cain then revealed to the reporter Chase’s intentions behind the scene, after which he and the reporter were found face down in a Dumpster behind a Strawberries outlet in Plainfield.
UPDATE: Steve Perry knew all along.
“I didn’t want to blow it,” he told The Associated Press on Monday. “Even my wife didn’t know. She looked at me and said, ‘You knew that and you didn’t tell me?’”
Dude must have a great poker face, that’s for sure.
Actually I still can’t believe it only went number nine on the charts on first release, I could have sworn it was number one straight up! Hearing it on top 40 AM constantly in 1981 must have skewed my perceptions.
HEY! How about a spoiler warning, guys? I realize I’m the only person in the country who didn’t see the finale, but geez…
i was walking down the street today and this young single guy was BLASTING it out of his muscle car today – i had to make sure i still had my kids with me and I hadnt been transported back to 1981.
Well, the band fired Jeff Scott Soto, so a reunion may be in the works now.
Thank heavens I had the CD before Sunday so I won’t need to deal with the worldwide shortages that’ll no doubt happen now.