More than a week after last Monday’s finale of the Sopranos, discussions, arguments and over-analysis in reaction to the controversial ending have calmed to a mild simmer. But with the spoofs and remix projects now coming fast and furious, a co-worker and I began to wonder about the impact of the usage of Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin” in that final scene.
I’ll confess, that despite my not-so-secret dislike of Journey, huge 80’s metal hair and tight leather-panted arena rock, I found myself listening to this song a few times last week.
Turns out, I was not alone… as the Kansas City music blog Back to Rockville finds, Billboard is reporting huge boosts for the single and for the Greatest Hits collections of Journey:
The track, Don’t Stop Believin’, has re-entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at No. 21 with 41,000 paid downloads — an increase of 371% in online sales from the previous week, and the song’s best digital sales week ever!
Journey’s “Greatest Hits” album sold nearly 11,000 units this week — a 111% gain for the in-store sales.
The song is admittedly, (and embarrassingly) catchy. So it comes as no surprise that the viewers are are rediscovering their love of the band after the huge media reaction last week. Guess it was a good thing after all for Steve Perry, that he allowed his song to be used for the show.
So what does this mean for the legacy of Journey? A reunion tour? A new remix album? Appearances at Sopranos fan conventions? More leather pants? Or at very least nice boost of of income to squander of the vices of rock and roll stardom. Much like the ambiguous ending of Tony Soprano, all of this remains is up to us to decide…
The viewer got whacked after suffering through the monotonous distraction of Meadow failing to park a self-parking car.
I’d like to hear a mashup of “Dont Stop Believin'” with Michael Jackson’s “Dont Stop Til You Get Enough”… aptly and un-creatively titled “Don’t Stop Believin’ Til You Get Enough.” Ahhh to dream.