Single from Journey’s eighth album, “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” was shown to the public even before it was recorded by the members
One of the best known songs Journey,“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”, appeared in less than 48 hours and in the midst of a crisis in the band, the members decided to show it to the public even though it had not yet been recorded, much less released. Fortunately, the response to the track was electric.
Released on January 5, 1983, the song was written on the road while the Journeystill riding high on the success of their 1981 album, Exhaust, played to thousands of passionate fans every night. However, despite the heavy instrumentals, the song was made under the best of circumstances.
Two of the members of Journeyhimself Schon and the bassist Ross Valorywere going through messy divorces at the time. Steve Perry It is jonathan cain realized how the splits were affecting their bandmates, so they looked to get creative inspiration from the situation, working with what they’ve always known how to do – music.
“Normally, we don’t write songs that far in advance of an album, let alone on tour,” he admitted. cain to the hit parader in 1983. “But at that time, Steve and I were just working on an idea behind the scenes and it all came together.”
Neal Schonguitarist of Journeyrecalled the public’s reaction right from the beginning with the song that was not even recorded and was already placed in the band’s setlist “to see how the public’s reaction would be” (via Guitar World).
It doesn’t matter where we put this song [no set]because she always had a strong effect on the public […], even without knowing what it was. Much of the influence of Journey it comes from Motown mixed with R&B and blues, it has a heavier guitar than an R&B song, but I think that’s what makes it sound like Journey.”
The band officially released “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” as the lead single from frontiers (1983) on January 5, 1983. The song quickly climbed the charts, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 within the year of release.
In 2022, the melody gained notoriety again when it was used on the soundtrack in the 5th season of Stranger Things (2016), resonating with a new generation of fans once again. Check out the new version of “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” made exclusively for the hit series Netflix here:
Source: Rollingstone
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