Journey? Really? Them?

Who's crying now? Not these guys.

According to The Guardian, the 1981 Journey song Don't Stop Believin' is the most downloaded track, and the first digital download to hit 2 million purchases on iTunes.

Journey? iTunes sold $2 million worth of Don't Stop Believin'? Really?

The Guardian article indicates that a spike in downloads occurred after the song was featured in the last episode of The Sopranos. I'm not sure I buy this-- I would guess that most people watching The Sopranos would have heard this song before-- I don't know, maybe like 4,249,394 times before?

Of course, we'll never know the song that was truly downloaded the most; Don't Stop Beleivin' is simply the song most downloaded and paid for. Back in the Napster-era lawlessness of the early 2000's (when you could have had it any way you want it), I'm sure there were songs that far surpassed 2 million downloads (though we probably don't want to know or remember what they were).

Congrats Journey, but I'll be alright without you.