The Song That Won't Die

Usually songs, no matter how popular, have their initial popularity, then fade away to be enjoyed with the occassional radio airplay or when you dig up that old CD or on a TV show or movie to evoke a certain time period.

But "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey seems to be the one song that refuses to go away. I admit it's a pretty good song, but I wouldn't consider it an all-time great. In fact that highest it got on the Billboard chart when it was released in 1981 was #9. But for some reason the song keeps making a comeback

The 2005 Chicago White Sox adopted it as their theme song after singing it at a karaoke bar, and even had Steve Perry sing it with them at their championship parade.



And most famously the song was used for the controversial but memorable final scene of "The Sopranos." After which I made it the Song of the Week and the video I used (one of the few SOTW that hasn't been taken down) has gotten more than 10 million views on youtube.



Now a dance artist named George Lamond has remixed the song with a cool beat, giving it life for a few more years.