{"id":29077,"date":"2024-03-21T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/steve-perry-left-emotionally-stunned-after-journeys-dont-stop-believin-named-biggest-song-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T21:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:02:59","slug":"steve-perry-left-emotionally-stunned-after-journeys-dont-stop-believin-named-biggest-song-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/steve-perry-left-emotionally-stunned-after-journeys-dont-stop-believin-named-biggest-song-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Perry left \u201cemotionally stunned&#8221; after Journey&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin'&#8221; named biggest song of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-21\/Getty_StevePerry_032124.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Dimitrios Kambouris\/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2024\/01\/31\/journeys-dont-stop-believin-is-officially-the-biggest-song-of-all-time\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Forbes<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> magazine recently reported that <strong>Journey<\/strong>\u2019s classic track \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d was \u201cofficially the biggest song of all time,\u201d and it\u2019s gotten the band\u2019s former frontman <strong>Steve Perry<\/strong> in a reflective mood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4wMZcHOhVe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, Perry, who left Journey in 1987, writes that the article left him \u201cemotionally stunned.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo be part of such a moment as this made me reflect on my parents,\u201d he shares. \u201cBy that I mean, though I lost them both years ago, I was so happy for them because they are truly the reason this is happening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds \u201cMy dad was a singer and both of them were very musical. So on behalf of my Mom and Dad, I thank every one of you for so many years of support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Forbes<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">&#8216; report claimed that \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d was the biggest song because it was recently certified 18-times Platinum by the RIAA. It shares the milestone with <strong>Post Malone<\/strong> and <strong>Swae Lee<\/strong>\u2019s &#8220;Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse),\u201d which earned the same certification in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitrios Kambouris\/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Forbes magazine recently reported that Journey\u2019s classic track \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d was \u201cofficially the biggest song of all time,\u201d and it\u2019s gotten the band\u2019s former frontman Steve Perry in a reflective mood. 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