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
Genre Country pop
Length3:33
Label EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s) John Farrar
Producer(s) 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]

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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
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 34
US Billboard Easy Listening [7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 33
US Billboard Hot Country Singles [9] 14
US Cash Box Top Singles [10] 47

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