Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Don't Stop Believin

Journey

Entered Oct 31, 1981 · peaked at #9 on Dec 19, 1981 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 18, 2026

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UK Singles Chart · #6, 120 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #9, 17 wk
Record Power
26.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
October 1981 – July 2026

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Journeyprimary100%26.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 19, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1PhysicalOlivia Newton-John
  2. #2Waiting For A Girl Like YouForeigner
  3. #3Let's GrooveEarth, Wind & Fire
  4. #4Oh NoCommodores
  5. #5Young TurksRod Stewart
  6. #6I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)Daryl Hall John Oates
  7. #7Why Do Fools Fall In LoveDiana Ross
  8. #8Harden My HeartQuarterflash
  9. #9Don't Stop BelievinJourney
  10. #10Leather And LaceStevie Nicks & Don Henley

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Don't Stop Believin — Journey · ChartReign