Don't Stop Believin'

**Don't Stop Believin'** by *Journey* is featured in Pilot, the first episode of Season One. It is also the final performance of the first part of the series finale, in Season Six. It is sung by the New Directions with solos by Finn and Rachel.

The New Directions sing this song in the McKinley auditorium to show their unity as a group while Will watches them from afar with a gleeful smile on his face. Little do they know Puck, Sue, Quinn and Santana are also watching them.

It is one of the show's most prominent songs during Season One and has become the show's anthem. It has later on been reprised multiple times in the show.

## Lyrics

* Studio Version
* Glee Episode Version

**Finn:**

Just a small town girl

Livin' in a lonely world

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

**Rachel:**

Just a city boy

Born and raised in south Detroit

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

**Finn:**

A singer in a smoky room

**Rachel:**

A smell of wine and cheap perfume

**Finn and Rachel:**

For a smile they can share the night

It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows searching in the night

Streetlights people

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

**Rachel:**

Working hard to get my fill

Everybody wants a thrill

**Finn and Rachel:**

Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time

**Rachel:**

Some will win

**Finn and Rachel:**

Some will lose

Some were born to sing the blues

Oh, the movie never ends

It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows searching in the night

Streetlight people

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

**Finn and Rachel with New Directions:**

Don't stop believin'

(**Finn and Rachel:** Hold on to that feelin')

Streetlight people

Don't stop believin'

(**Finn and Rachel:** Hold on to that feelin')

Streetlight people

Don't stop!

**Finn**

Just a small town girl

Livin' in a lonely world

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

**Rachel**

Just a city boy

Born and raised in south Detroit

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

**Finn**

A singer in a smoky room

**Rachel**

A smell of wine and cheap perfume

**Finn and Rachel**

For a smile they can share the night

It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting

Up and down the boulevard

Their shadows searching in the night

Streetlights people

Living just to find emotion

Hiding somewhere in the night

**Rachel**

Working hard to get my fill

Everybody wants a thrill

**Finn and Rachel**

Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time

**Rachel**

Some will win

**Finn and Rachel**

Some will lose

Some were born to sing the blues

Oh, the movie never ends

It goes on and on and on and on

**Finn and Rachel with New Directions**

Don't stop believin'

(**Finn and Rachel:** Hold on to that feelin')

Streetlight people

Don't stop believin'

(**Finn and Rachel:** Hold on to that feelin')

Streetlight people

Don't stop!

## Trivia

* This song marks the first time Artie is seen playing guitar
* This is the first released song by the New Directions. It is also the first released duet of the series
	+ It is also Finn and Rachel's first duet, while the rest provide background vocals
* This song has been covered six times on the show. The first version in the Pilot episode, a version by Finn and Quinn in The Rhodes Not Taken, again in Sectionals by Haverbrook School for the Deaf, another in the Regionals competition in Journey to Regionals, again in Sweet Dreams as Rachel's audition song for *Funny Girl*, and again in New Directions to say a final goodbye to the glee club. A reprise of the Pilot version is featured in 2009.
	+ Coincidentally, Rachel is a soloist in each released version.
	+ This version is Rachel and Finn's first and last duet in the series.
* This version of the song was re-released for the digital EP, Glee: The Music, 2009.
* In the fourth season episode Dynamic Duets the New Directions used similar outfits in their performance of *Some Nights*.
* This version sold over 1 million downloads on iTunes, making it the most successful song of the series
* The original was used as background music in Journey to Regionals.
* The performance was filmed in a day and a half
* The gang, after shooting their coverage, were behaving so terribly that they got yelled at for the first time