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

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"Don't Stop Believin'"
Don't Stop Believin' - Olivia Newton-John.jpg
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Don't Stop Believin'
B-side "Greensleeves"
ReleasedAugust 1976
Recorded1976
Genre Country pop
Length3:33
Label EMI
Songwriter John Farrar
Producer John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Jolene"
(1976)		"Don't Stop Believin'"
(1976)		"Every Face Tells a Story"
(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]

Contents

Record World praised John's double-tracked vocals and John Farrar's arrangement. [3]

Newton-John re-recorded the track for her 2005 album Stronger Than Before . She also titled her 2019 memoir after the song. [4]

Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John . [5]

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) [6] 93
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary5
Canadian RPM Top Singles22
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 34
US Billboard Easy Listening [8] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 33
US Billboard Hot Country Singles [10] 14
US Cash Box Top Singles [11] 47
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 17

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 248.
  3. ↑ "Hits of the Week". Record World. 7 August 1976. p. 1.
  4. ↑ Newton-John, Olivia. "Don't Stop Believin'". Penguin.com.au. Penguin. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 217. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Olivia Newton-John – Don't Stop Believin'". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
  9. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 248.
  11. ↑ "Cash Box" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 11 September 1976. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Olivia Newton-John". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 March 2024.


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