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

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{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Stop Believin'

| cover = Don't_Stop_Believin'_-_Olivia_Newton-John.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Olivia Newton-John

| album = Don't Stop Believin'

| B-side = Greensleeves

| released = August 1976

| recorded = 1976

| studio =

| genre = Country pop

| length = 3:33

| label = EMI

| writer = John Farrar

| 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.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=181}} The single also went to number fourteen on the country chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=248}}

Record World praised John's double-tracked vocals and John Farrar's arrangement.{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|page=1|title=Hits of the Week|date=August 7, 1976}}

Newton-John re-recorded the track for her 2005 album Stronger Than Before. She also titled her 2019 memoir after the song.{{cite web |last1=Newton-John |first1=Olivia |title=Don't Stop Believin' |url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/dont-stop-believin-9781760890278 |website=Penguin.com.au |publisher=Penguin |access-date=24 December 2020}}

Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John.{{cite web|last1=Erlewine|first1=Stephen Thomas|title=Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/juliana-hatfield-sings-olivia-newton-john-mw0003140945|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=23 April 2018}}

Track listing

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

Charts

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|+Chart performance for "Don't Stop Believin'"

!Chart (1976)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=217}}

|align="center"|93

scope="row"|Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary

|align="center"|5

scope="row"|Canadian RPM Top Singles

|align="center"|22

scope="row"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|3

{{single chart|New Zealand|34|artist=Olivia Newton-John|song=Don't Stop Believin'|rowheader=true|access-date=3 April 2018}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Easy Listening{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=181}}

|align="center"|1

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002

|align="center"|33

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot Country Singles{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=248}}

|align="center"|14

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-09-11.pdf|format=PDF|title=Cash Box|website=Worldradiohistory.com|date=1976-09-11|access-date=2023-06-02}}

|align="center"|47

{{single chart|Ireland2|17|artist=Olivia Newton-John|rowheader=true|access-date=25 March 2024}}

See also

References

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