Journey et al: Top 100 Songs

Journey et al Top 100 Songs left to right: Jonathan Cain, Ross Vallory, Neal Schon, Steve Perry, and Steve Smith

Rock group formed in San Francisco, California (1973-86, 1996, 2001-). Members: Neal Schon (g: 73-86, 96-), Gregg Rolie (v/k: 73-81), Ross Valory (b: 73-83, 96, 08-), Aynsley Dunbar (d: 73-79), George Tickner (g: 73-75), Steve Perry (v: 78-86, 96), Steve Smith (d: 79-83, 96), Jonathan Cain (k: 81-86, 96-), Randy Jackson (b: 86), Michael Baird (d: 86), Steve Augeri (v: 98-06), Deen Castronovo (d: 98-15), Jeff Scott Soto (v: 06-07), Arnel Pineda (v: 07-). Schon and Rolie had been in Santana together. Schon, Cain, and Castronovo later formed Bad English 87-91). Rolie, Valory, and Smith were in The Storm (91-92). Schon and Castronovo worked in Hardline (92) together. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast The Best of the Journey, 1978-2022 based on this list. Debut: July 12, 2022, at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

Awards:

Top 100 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. This list includes Journey-related acts such as Bad English, Steve Perry’s solo work, and The Storm. DMDB Top 1%: 1. Don’t Stop Believin’ (1981) 2. Open Arms (1981) DMDB Top 2%: 3. Faithfully (1983) DMDB Top 5%: 4. When I See You Smile (Bad English, 1989) 5. Who’s Crying Now? (1981) 6. Any Way You Want It (1980) 7. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (1983) 8. Lights (1978) 9. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ (1979) DMDB Top 10%: 10. Wheel in the Sky (1978) 11. Oh Sherrie (Steve Perry, 1984) 12. Anytime (1978) 13. You Better Wait (Steve Perry, 1994) 14. Feeling That Way (1978) 15. Be Good to Yourself (1986) 16. Still They Ride (1981) DMDB Top 20%: 17. Only the Young (1985) 18. I’ll Be Alright without You (1986) 19. The Party’s Over (Hopelessly in Love) (1981) 20. When You Love a Woman (1996) 21. Girl Can’t Help It (1986) 22. Send Her My Love (1983) 23. Don’t Fight It (Steve Perry with Kenny Loggins, 1982) 24. After the Fall (1983) 25. Strung Out (Steve Perry, 1984) 26. Foolish Heart (Steve Perry, 1984) 27. She’s Mine (Steve Perry, 1984) 28. Ask the Lonely (1983) 29. Suzanne (1986) 30. Just the Same Way (1979) 31. Walks Like a Lady (1980) 32. The Price of Love (Bad English, 1989) 33. Stay Awhile (1980) 34. I’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Love (The Storm, 1991) 35. Good Morning Girl (1980) 36. Too Late (1979) 37. Forget Me Not (Bad English, 1989) 38. Possession (Bad English, 1989) 39. Why Can’t This Night Go on Forever (1986) 40. Stone in Love (1981) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 41. Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word (Bad English, 1989) 42. Straight to Your Heart (Bad English, 1991) 43. Message of Love (1996) 44. If He Should Break Your Heart (1996) 45. Only Solutions (1982) 46. Dixie Highway (live, 1981) 47. Natural Thing (1981) 48. Raised on Radio (1986) 49. Mother, Father (1981) 50. No Erasin’ (Steve Perry, 2018) 51. Best of What I Got (Bad English, 1989) 52. All the Way (2001) 53. City of the Angels (1979) 54. Missing You (Steve Perry, 1994) 55. The Eyes of a Woman (1986) 56. Good Times (live, 1978) 57. I Believe (Steve Perry, 1984) 58. After All These Years (2008) 59. Little Girl (1980) 60. Patiently (1978) 61. Chain Reaction (1983) 62. Never Walk Away (2008) 63. Where Were You (1980) 64. Line of Fire (1980) 65. City of Hope (2011) 66. Remember Me (1998) 67. Takin’ Me Down (Hardline, 1992) 68. Higher Place (2001) 69. Escape (1981) 70. Baby, I Believe in You (1996) 71. To Play Some Music (1975) 72. On a Saturday Nite (1976) 73. She Makes Me Feel Alright (1976) 74. Hot Cherie (Hardline, 1992) 75. Liberty (1981) 76. Show Me the Way (The Storm, 1992) 77. Forever in Blue (1996) 78. Someday Soon (1980) 79. Young Hearts Forever (Steve Perry, 1994) 80. If Only for the Moment, Girl (Steve Perry, 1985) 81. We’re Still Here (Steve Perry, 2018) 82. If You Need Me, Call Me (Steve Perry with Alien Project, 1977) 83. Frontiers (1983) 84. Troubled Child (1983) 85. Rubicon (1983) 86. Spaceman (1977) 87. Can’t Tame the Lion (1996) 88. Where Did I Lose Your Love (2008) 89. The Way We Used to Be (2021) 90. The Time Alone with You (Bad English, 1992) 91. You Got the Best of Me (2022) 92. Anything Is Possible (2011) 93. Let It Rain (2022) 94. Of a Lifetime (1975) 95. Positive Touch (1986) 96. Happy to Give (1986) 97. Captured by the Moment (Steve Perry, 1984) 98. It’s Only Love (Steve Perry, 1984) 99. La Raza del Sol (1982) 100. When You’re in Love for the First Time (Steve Perry, 1988) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Journey DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Steve Perry DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Bad English Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 1/22/2013; updated 7/13/2022.

Journey, Pat Benatar, and Loverboy live: August 31, 2012

Loverboy's Mike Reno, Pat Benatar, and Journey's Arnel Pineda;
image from rollingstone.com

Rain, rain, go away...

That would be the general proclamation at an outdoor concert. However, for my brother and I, it worked in our favor. Having grown up on a steady diet of arena rock in the 1980s, my brother and I were well acquainted with the music of Loverboy, Pat Benatar, and Journey. It seemed a more than worthwhile bill, but being cheap, we still only shelled out the minimum amount of bucks to get ourselves general admission seating.

Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS

Those seats proved to be as far from the stage as possible, but at least they were covered. Sure, while we watched Loverboy perform the first set, it could have been anyone on the stage and we wouldn't have known the difference, but at least we were dry.

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Loverboy, image from classicrockmagazine.com

Loverboy's Set List

1. Queen of the Broken Hearts
2. Lovin' Every Minute of It
3. The Kid Is Hot Tonite
4. When It's Over
5. Hot Girls in Love
6. Turn Me Loose
7. Working for the Weekend

Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose" live in Vancouver in 2012

Screw being dry. By the end of the Loverboy set, we'd rethought our plan. When we first arrived, we had to pick up our GA tickets and were asked if we wanted to trade them in for floor seats. We were a bit thrown by this, but ultimately opted for dry seats. After Loverboy's set, though, my brother went back to check to see if we could still get ground seats. Sure enough, we were able to trade in our dry seats for wet ones. Now we could actually see what was going on.

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Pat Benatar, image from myq105.cbslocal.com

Pat Benatar's Set List

1. All Fired Up
2. Invincible
3. Promises in the Dark
4. We Belong
5. You Better Run
6. Hit Me with Your Best Shot
7. Love Is a Battlefield
8. Heartbreaker/Ring of Fire

Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker/Ring of Fire" live in 2012

It rained all through Benatar's set. We headed for the restrooms during the break and loaded up on paper towels to dry our seats and, as best as possible, ourselves. Surely the rain would let up.

It didn't. But it didn't matter. We had good seats (well, visibility wise) and it was our first time seeing Journey in concert. Sure, it wasn't Steve Perry on vocals, but vocalist Arnel Pineda handled himself admirably.

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Journey, image from arnelpineda.ning.com

Journey's Set List

1. Faith in the Heartland
2. Anyway You Want It
3. Ask the Lonely
4. Only the Young
5. Who's Crying Now
6. Faithfully
7. The Star Spangled Banner
8. Stone in Love
9. Lights
10. Neal Schon solo
11. Wheel in the Sky
12. Escape
13. Jonathan Cain solo
14. Open Arms
15. La Do Da
16. Anytime
17. Be Good to Yourself
18. Don't Stop Believin'
19. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
20. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

In the end, we were wet, but happy. We'd paid for the cheap seats, but got some of the best seats in the house.

Here's Journey performing "Faithfully." The sound quality is terrible, but it is actually video from the KC show!

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