" faithfully " is a song by the band Journey, and the second single from their album Frontiers . The song was written by keyboardist Jonathan Cain. It peaked at number 12 on Billboard Hot 100, giving their band twenty-two consecutive hits from Frontiers . Although it does not feature a choir, it has become one of the band's best known hits and has enjoyed a lasting popularity.
Video Faithfully (song)
Lyrics and composition
The song was written by keyboardist Journey Jonathan Cain. He started writing songs with only the lyrics of "highway running into the midnight sun" on paper napkins while on a tour bus heading to Saratoga Springs, New York. The next day, he completed the full song in just half an hour. Cloth connects the song's rapid genesis with his Christian faith: "I have never had a song so soon coming to me... [...] anointed, supernatural." Neal Schon also commented on the beginning of the song: "[Kain] told me that he got the melody from the dream, I hope something like that will happen to me." Cain finished composing songs on the grand piano behind the scenes at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, where the band performed for the first time. According to liner notes in Journey's Time3 compilation Cain rewarded street manager Pat Morrow and stage manager Benny Collins when he wrote "we all need clowns to make us smile." He characterized the song as "road song", remarking, "You know I'm a good dog here - do not worry."
"Faithful" is written in key B major with a tempo of 65 beats per minute at the same time. The song follows chord progressions B - G ? m - E-B, and vocal range from G ? 4 to B 5 . This song describes the relationship of a "musical man" with his lover. Difficulty raising and nurturing family and staying faithful while touring was raised. However, he shows that he gets "the joy to rediscover" himself, and insists "I am forever yours... Faithful." Kain wrote this song about the difficulty of becoming a married man as well as a tour musician. As soon as the song was released, he and his wife divorced. Like "Rosanna" by Toto, "Faithful" contains the lyrics delivered by the lead singer but written by other members of the band, which led to many fans believing that Steve Perry wrote a song about a certain girl.
Maps Faithfully (song)
Music video
This music video features a unique "life on tour" theme at that moment that is parallel to the lyrics of the song, showing the band's performances in various places and their travels in the United States. Steve Perry can be seen shaving his short, but talkative mustache in the video. This video utilizes a recording of the documentary Journey: Frontiers and Beyond narrated by John Facenda, the voice of NFL Films, shortly before his death in 1984. The concept of "road video" was then used by several people. other bands & amp; artists, including Bon Jovi, Guns N 'Roses, Genesis, MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ'¼e, Poison, and Richard Marx.
Legacy
Bryan Adams opened for Travel on their 1983 Frontiers Tour, and during that time wrote the song "Heaven", which was heavily influenced by "Faithful". The recording of "Heaven" features the drummer Journey Steve Smith.
After recording the song "Purple Rain", Prince called Cain and, worried it might be too similar to "Faithful", asking him to listen. Kain assured the Prince by telling him that the songs only share the same four chords.
Diagram
Appearance in other media
- The sample is used for Elec Man stage in Mega Man (video game)
- This song is used when the bar scene in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby .
- The song is used in season 1 "Glee" (Episode 22, "Journey to Regional"), where Finn and Rachel sing this song to each other in their competition before singing two Journey songs with their singing group./li>
- This song was sampled at the end of Girl Talk's Feed the Animals album.
- The song is used in the episode "Dance Party USA" (season 2, episode 22) on ABC's The Goldbergs , where Barry, Erica and Lainey appear in "Dance Party USA".
- This is featured in the movie Here Comes the Boom (2012).
cover version
- In 1987 and 1991, Hong Kong singers Anita Mui and Eddie Ng sang this song in Cantonese.
- In 2017, Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto and American multi-instrumentalist, Daniel Ho, covered the song in their collaborative album Electric Island, Acoustic Sea.
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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