Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals

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The season one finale of Glee first aired on Fox on June 8, 2010, in the US.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/glee/recaps/season-1/ |title=It's time for Regionals on the season finale of "Glee" |publisher=Fox Broadcasting Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022243/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z4&mo=6&d=6 |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }} The episode sees the fictional William McKinley High School glee club New Directions compete at the 2010 Midwest Regional Show Choir Championships.{{Cite episode|title=Journey|episode-link=Journey (Glee)|series=Glee|series-link=Glee (TV series)|credits=Brad Falchuk (director, writer)|network=Fox Broadcasting Company|airdate=June 8, 2010|season=1|number=22}} Director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) decides to have New Directions pay tribute to American rock band Journey. This was not only as homage to the cast's cover of "Don't Stop Believin'{{-"}} in the season one premiere that led to his decision to remain at the school, but as a representation of the path undertaken to arrive at the Regionals level of competition. They perform a medley of Journey songs: the love ballad "Faithfully", with Lea Michele and Cory Monteith on lead vocals as Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson, respectively, transitions into a mashup of "Any Way You Want It" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}". This ends with a reprise of "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}", where each cast member sings a portion of the song.{{Cite magazine|url=http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/glee-recap-season1-episode22/3/|title='Glee' recap: Journey to the Center of the Birth|date=June 9, 2010|first=Darren|last=Franich|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 2, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/frontiers-r10638|title=Frontiers – Journey|publisher=allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=December 15, 2010}} Rival choir Vocal Adrenaline performs a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" thereafter, with Jesse (Jonathan Groff) on lead vocals.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/06/09/glee-season-one-finale-journey-tv-recap/|title='Glee' Season One Finale, 'Journey': TV Recap|date=June 9, 2010|first=Raymund|last=Flandez|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=December 2, 2010}} At the end of the episode, New Directions decides to show appreciation for Schuester with a rendition of Lulu's "To Sir With Love", the theme of the 1967 film of the same name. He returns the honor, performing Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's reinvention of "Over the Rainbow" along with glee club member Puck (Mark Salling).{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957857/glee-sings-journey-medley-to-sir-with-love-on-season-finale|title={{-'}}Glee' Sings Journey Medley, 'To Sir with Love' on Season Finale|date=June 9, 2010|first=Monica|last=Herrera|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2010}}

The EP, along with its track listing, was announced in an official press release on May 26, 2010.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/glee-is-1-again-94934639.html|title=Glee is #1 Again|date=May 26, 2010|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=December 2, 2010}} It was released on June 8, 2010 in the US, and on June 14, 2010, in the UK. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}" was previously covered in the series' pilot episode.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/05/glee-wants-to-make-sure-you-dont-stop-believing-nor-smiling-until-fall.html|title='Glee' wants to make sure you don't stop believing (nor smiling) until Fall|date=May 19, 2009|first=Ryan|last=McGee|publisher=Zap2it. Tribune Media Services|access-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928222310/http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/05/glee-wants-to-make-sure-you-dont-stop-believing-nor-smiling-until-fall.html|archive-date=September 28, 2012}} The 1981 single "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" was also previously performed in the pilot, as well as in the season one episode "The Rhodes Not Taken". The songs in the EP all fall under the genres of pop and rock.

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The Denver Post{{'s}} Ricardo Baca enjoyed the familiar nature of the songs on the EP, and liked "Faithfully" best of the Journey covers. He felt, however, that the music of "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" outshone the vocals of the cast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/cdreviews/ci_15246734|title=New CDs in Review, 6/8/10|date=June 8, 2010|first=Ricardo|last=Baca|author-link=Ricardo Baca|work=The Denver Post|access-date=December 2, 2010}} Andrew Leahey of AllMusic gave the album a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five.{{Cite web|first=Andrew |last=Leahey |title=Review: Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1814419|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=December 2, 2010}} A writer for Reuters called the Journey medley "heartfelt and uplifting" and Jessica Derschowitz of CBS News found it "fantastic".{{cite news|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/06/09/glees-new-directions-journey-to-regionals/ |title=Glee's New Directions Journey to regionals |date=June 9, 2010 |work=Reuters |access-date=December 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102204319/http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/06/09/glees-new-directions-journey-to-regionals/ |archive-date=November 2, 2011 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/to-sir-with-love-glee-ends-first-season-on-a-high-note/|title={{-"}}To Sir With Love:" "Glee" Ends First Season on a High Note|date=June 9, 2010|first=Jessica|last=Derschowitz|publisher=CBS News. CBS Corporation|access-date=December 15, 2010}} Gerrick Kennedy also enjoyed it, highlighting its emotional nature and complimenting the entire cast's vocals.{{Cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/06/showstoppers.html|title=Showstoppers: Ranking our favorite 'Glee' musical numbers|date=June 10, 2010|first=Gerrick D.|last=Kennedy|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 3, 2010}} IGN's Eric Goldman thought the reprise of "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" worked well, and liked not only the connection to the pilot, but also its musical rearrangement.{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/109/1095949p1.html|title=Glee: "Journey" Review|date=June 9, 2010|first=Eric|last=Goldman|website=IGN|access-date=December 3, 2010}} Bobby Hankinson of The Houston Chronicle enjoyed "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" best of the performances but Vanity Fair's Brett Berk deemed it unnecessary in the medley, and felt the cast would have done better to showcase more of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin{{'-}}".{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.chron.com/tubular/archives/2010/06/glee_the_journe.html|title=Glee Finale: The journey to Regionals gets serious|date=June 9, 2010|first=Bobby|last=Hankinson|work=The Houston Chronicle|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=June 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612163502/http://blogs.chron.com/tubular/archives/2010/06/glee_the_journe.html|url-status=dead}} Berk enjoyed "Bohemian Rhapsody" best, giving it a rating of four stars out of a possible five, though he thought it was too predictable a song choice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/06/the-gay-guide-to-glee-episode-22-journey.html|title=The Gay Guide to Glee: Episode 22, "Journey|date=June 9, 2010|first=Brett|last=Berk|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010051601/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/06/the-gay-guide-to-glee-episode-22-journey|url-status=dead}} Time{{'s}} James Poniewozik opined the song was one of Glee{{'s}} best, but was contemplative of which choir's performance was the better.{{Cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2010/06/09/glee-watch-hold-on-to-the-feeling/|title=Glee Watch: Hold On to the Feelin{{'-}}|date=June 9, 2010|first=James|last=Poniewozik|magazine=Time|access-date=December 15, 2010}} Berk felt the lyrical context of "To Sir With Love" was trite and Hankinson was impressed by the song, calling it "sweet". "Over the Rainbow" was called "lovely" by the former and Derschowitz decided it was a "perfect" closing song.

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry gave an interview to American magazine RadarOnline, as co-writer of several Journey tracks, and praised the use of his songs on the show: "Glee has opened up {{sic|a international|hide=yes}} catalog of songwriting and introduced those songs to a whole new generation that would have otherwise never heard them."{{Cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/heard/7731/dont-stop-believin-a-songs-journey-back-to-the-top/|title={{-"}}Don't Stop Believin'": A Song's Journey Back To The Top|date=August 5, 2010|first=Rebecca|last=LaPole|work=As Heard On...|publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-date=September 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916054950/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/heard/7731/dont-stop-believin-a-songs-journey-back-to-the-top|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/06/glee-scores-third-consecutive-1-no-surprise|title=Glee Scores Third Consecutive #1 : No Surprise|date=June 16, 2010|work=RadarOnline|publisher=American Media, Inc|access-date=December 2, 2010}} The Regionals version of "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the ceremonies in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/files/53rdpresslist113010.pdf |title=Final Nominations List: 53rd Grammy Awards |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |year=2010 |access-date=December 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214033514/http://www.grammy.com/files/53rdpresslist113010.pdf |archive-date=December 14, 2010 }} Following this nomination, the song was included on the compilation album 2011 Grammy Nominees.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-recording-academy-and-jive-records-team-up-to-release-2011-grammy-nominees-album-112998284.html|title=The Recording Academy and Jive Records Team Up to Release 2011 GRAMMY Nominees Album|date=January 6, 2011|publisher=PR Newswire|location=Santa Monica, California|access-date=January 6, 2011}}

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The EP debuted at number one on both the US Billboard 200 and Soundtracks charts, selling 154,000 copies there.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957749/glee-rises-past-twilight-to-top-billboard-200|title='Glee' Rises Past 'Twilight' To Top Billboard 200|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|date=June 18, 2010|access-date=December 2, 2010}} The album became the cast's third number-one album on the Billboard 200. Reaching the top of the chart on June 26, 2010, it did so three weeks after Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers. This beat the cast's own record for the shortest span between number-one debuts with different releases, previously held with Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Volume 3 Showstoppers. It entered at number two in Canada and the United Kingdom, selling 14,000 copies in the former.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2010/06/16/14413921.html|title=Johnson's 'Sea' sails to No. 1|first=John|last=Williams|date=June 16, 2010|newspaper=Toronto Sun|publisher=Sun Media|access-date=June 17, 2010}} On the Irish Albums Chart, Journey to Regionals entered the week of June 10, 2010 at number 14 and ascended to the top position the next week, taking the spot from Volume 3 Showstoppers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=23|title=Irish Music Charts Archive: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 10 June 2010|publisher=Chart Track. GfK|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000237/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=23|archive-date=4 June 2012|url-status=dead}} The EP entered at number seven in Australia on July 4, 2010, climbing four places to its peak three weeks later, and in Mexico, a peak of fifty-nine was reached. Second-week sales in the US amounted to 39,000 copies as the EP dropped to the tenth position on the Billboard 200.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/charts/chart_alert/e3if26e38ae1dcae0578bfa58916d105373|title=Drake's 'Thank Me Later' Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 With 447,000|date=June 23, 2010|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|access-date=December 15, 2010}} The EP has spent a total of 39 weeks on the Soundtracks chart.{{Cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundtrack|chart=all}}|title=Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals – Glee|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 12, 2011}}

Although none of the tracks were released as singles, all of the tracks managed to chart in several countries (with the new version of "Don't Stop Believin'" charting under the original entry). On the Billboard Hot 100, "Faithfully" debuted highest the week of June 26, 2010, at number 37.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-06-26/hot-100?order=gainer|title=Hot 100: Week of June 26, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|date=June 26, 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2010}} The same week on the Canadian Hot 100, "Over the Rainbow" led the Glee debuts at number 31.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-06-26/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week of June 26, 2010 (Biggest Jump)|date=June 26, 2010|magazine=Billboard, Inc|access-date=December 2, 2010}} The song was also highest on the Australian and UK Singles Chart, at numbers 42 and 30, respectively.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1064.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100810140100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100811-0001/Issue1064.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-08-10|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing July 12, 2010|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1064|date=July 12, 2010|access-date=December 2, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20100620/7501/|title=Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive: 26th June 2010|date=June 26, 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=December 2, 2010}} In Ireland, "Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin{{'-}}" charted as highest of the Glee entries at number twenty on June 17, 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=24|title=Irish Music Charts Archive: Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 17 June 2010|publisher=Chart Track. GfK|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329040826/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=24|archive-date=29 March 2012|url-status=dead}} "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}" was regarded as a re-entry of the group's debut single by most chart companies; in addition to the debut of the new tracks, it climbed from 71 to 33 in the UK and from 49 to 24 in Ireland. It re-entered the single charts of the US at 59 and Canada at 37, setting a new peak for the song in the latter. Only the Australian Recording Industry Association regarded it as a separate song, who placed it at number 67 the week of July 12, 2010.

With sales figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, a list of the twenty most successful Glee songs was released by Yahoo! Music on October 22, 2010. The best-selling song, with 1,005,000 copies sold, was "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}"—84,000 of those came from sales of the Regionals reprise. "Faithfully" was also on the list, at number eighteen with 159,000 copies.{{Cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/68169/chart-watch-extra-a-milestone-for-glee/|title=Chart Watch Extra: A Milestone For 'Glee{{'-}}|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=October 22, 2010|work=Chart Watch|publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=November 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104203552/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/68169/chart-watch-extra-a-milestone-for-glee/|url-status=dead}} The EP's five new Billboard Hot 100 entries brought the cast's total appearances on the chart to 64, an accomplishment that placed them seventh among all artists, between Elton John (67) and Stevie Wonder (63).{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957723/chart-beat-thursday-justin-bieber-glee-shakira|title=Chart Beat Thursday: Justin Bieber, 'Glee,' Shakira|date=June 17, 2010|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard, Inc|access-date=December 3, 2010}} Billboard noted an increase in sales of the original seven songs rising in percentages ranging from 23% ("Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}") to 557% ("To Sir With Love"). Additionally, Journey's compilation Greatest Hits (1988) saw a 62% increase in sales, rising from 104 to 57 on the Billboard 200.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957692/ask-billboard-jewel-ciara-ricky-martin|title=Ask Billboard: Jewel, Ciara, Ricky Martin|date=June 18, 2010|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard, Inc|access-date=December 3, 2010}}

The cast embarked on an American concert tour, Glee Live! In Concert! starting in May 2010 in promotion of their first season. From the EP, "Faithfully" and "Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin{{-'}}" were included on the set list. Morrison appeared on dates in New York City to sing "Over the Rainbow" whilst playing the ukulele.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/arts/music/29glee.html|title=Live 'Glee' Favors Exuberance Over Plot|date=May 29, 2010|first=Jon|last=Pareles|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 3, 2010}} He was accompanied by Salling when he again sang the number at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/glee-at-the-white-house-somebody-to-love-sweet-caroline-true-colors.html|title={{-'}}Glee' at the White House: 'Somebody to Love,' 'Sweet Caroline,' 'True Colors{{'-}}|date=April 5, 2010|first=Hanh|last=Nguyen|publisher=Zap2it. Tribune Media Services|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511060706/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/glee-at-the-white-house-somebody-to-love-sweet-caroline-true-colors.html|archive-date=May 11, 2010|url-status=dead}} In addition, he also performed the song at The O₂ Arena in London with Leona Lewis on June 16, 2010, as part of Lewis' tour, The Labyrinth.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/06/glees-matthew-morrison-leona-lewis-sing-over-the-rainbow.html|title={{-'}}Glee's' Matthew Morrison, Leona Lewis sing 'Over the Rainbow{{'-}}|date=June 17, 2010|first=Hanh|last=Nguyen|publisher=Zap2it. Tribune Media Services|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619065506/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/06/glees-matthew-morrison-leona-lewis-sing-over-the-rainbow.html|archive-date=June 19, 2010|url-status=dead}} On December 5, 2010, the cast appeared on the seventh season of UK reality TV series The X Factor to perform "Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}".{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/849443-glee-accused-of-miming-on-x-factor-as-viewers-express-anger-on-twitter|title=Glee accused of miming on X Factor as viewers express anger on Twitter|date=December 5, 2010|first=Richard|last=James|work=Metro|publisher=Associated Newspapers|access-date=December 15, 2010}}

{{track listing

| headline =

| extra_column = Version covered

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| title1 = Faithfully

| extra1 = Journey

| writer1 = Jonathan Cain

| length1 = 4:35

| title2 = Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin{{'-}}

| extra2 = Journey

| writer2 = Steve Perry, Neal Schon

| length2 = 3:09

| title3 = Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}

| note3 = Regionals version

| extra3 = Journey

| writer3 = Cain, Perry, Schon

| length3 = 3:43

| title4 = Bohemian Rhapsody

| note4 = featuring Jonathan Groff

| extra4 = Queen

| writer4 = Freddie Mercury

| length4 = 5:57

| title5 = To Sir With Love

| extra5 = Lulu

| writer5 = Don Black, Mark London

| length5 = 2:43

| title6 = Over The Rainbow

| extra6 = Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

| writer6 = Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg

| length6 = 2:31

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• Mark London – composer
• Jane Lynch – vocals (credit only)
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• Kevin McHale – vocals, featured vocals
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• Lea Michele – vocals, featured vocals
• Cory Monteith – vocals, featured vocals
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• Steve Perry – composer
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• Naya Rivera – vocals, featured vocals
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• Tim Davis – vocal arrangement, vocal contractor
• Dante Di Loreto – soundtrack executive producer
• Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer

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• Robin Koehler – coordination
• Meaghan Lyons – coordination
• Dominick Maita – mastering
• Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction, design
• Ryan Murphy – producer, soundtrack producer
• Ryan Peterson – engineer
• Miranda Penn Turin – photography

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