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"Don't Stop Believin'"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Don't Stop Believin'
B-side	"Greensleeves"
Released	August 1976
Recorded	1976
Genre	Country pop
Length	3:33
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	John Farrar
Producer(s)	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Jolene" (1976) "Don't Stop Believin'" (1976) "Every Face Tells a Story" (1976)

"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 was released in August 1976 as the album's lead single. 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. The single also went to number fourteen on the country chart.

Record World praised John's double-tracked vocals and John Farrar's arrangement.

Newton-John re-recorded the track for her 2005 album Stronger Than Before. She also titled her 2019 memoir after the song.

Juliana Hatfield covered the song on her album Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John.

Track listing

1. "Don't Stop Believin'" – 3:39
2. "Greensleeves" – 3:42

Charts

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. "Hits of the Week". Record World. 7 August 1976. p. 1.
4. Newton-John, Olivia. "Don't Stop Believin'". Penguin.com.au. Penguin. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 217. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. "Olivia Newton-John – Don't Stop Believin'". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
10. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 248.
11. "Cash Box" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 11 September 1976. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Olivia Newton-John". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

External links

• Olivia Newton-John - Don't Stop Believin' on YouTube

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