Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John song) explained

Don't Stop Believin'
Cover:Don't_Stop_Believin'_-_Olivia_Newton-John.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Olivia Newton-John
Album:Don't Stop Believin'
B-Side:Greensleeves
Released:August 1976
Recorded:1976
Genre:Country pop
Length:3:33
Label:EMI
Producer:John Farrar
Prev Title:Jolene
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Every Face Tells a Story
Next Year:1976

"Don't Stop Believin" is the title track from the 1976 album by Olivia Newton-John. Written and composed specifically for Newton-John by John Farrar. It was released in August 1976 as the album's lead single. It peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100. It was her seventh number one on the Easy Listening chart, spending one week at the top of the chart in September 1976.[1] The single also went to number fourteen on the country chart.[2]

Newton-John re-recorded the track for her 2005 album Stronger Than Before. She also titled her 2019 memoir after the song.[3]

Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Stop Believin'" – 3:39
  2. "Greensleeves" – 3:42

Charts

Chart performance for "Don't Stop Believin'"!Chart (1976)!Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 93
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary5
Canadian RPM Top Singles22
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3
US Billboard Easy Listening[6] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 33
US Billboard Hot Country Singles[8] 14
US Cash Box Top Singles[9] 47

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 181.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 248.
  3. Web site: Newton-John . Olivia . Don't Stop Believin' . Penguin.com.au . Penguin . 24 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John. AllMusic. 23 April 2018.
  5. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 217.
  6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 181.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 248.
  9. Web site: Cash Box. PDF. Worldradiohistory.com. 1976-09-11. 2023-06-02.