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

"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 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]

Not to be confused with Don't Stop Believin'.

"Don't Stop Believin'"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Don't Stop Believin'
B-side"Greensleeves"
ReleasedAugust 1976
GenreCountry pop
Length3:33
LabelEMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)John Farrar
Producer(s)John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Come on Over"
(1976)		 "Don't Stop Believin'"
(1976)		 "Every Face Tells a Story"
(1976)

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]

Chart performance
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 93
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 5
Canadian RPM Top Singles 22
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 34
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [6] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] 33
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [8] 14

See also
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

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. Newton-John, Olivia. "Don't Stop Believin'". Penguin.com.au. Penguin. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "Charts.nz – Olivia Newton-John – Don't Stop Believin'". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
  7. [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  8. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 248.



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