- Writers: Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain
- Producer: Mike Stone and Kevin Elson
- Recorded: Late 1980 and early 1981
- Released: August 1981
- Players:
Steve Perry — vocals
Neal Schon — guitar, vocals
Jonathan Cain — keyboards, vocals
Ross Valory — bass
Steve Smith — drums - Album: Escape (Columbia, 1981)
- Also On:
Time 3 (boxed set) (Columbia, 1992)
Greatest Hits Live (Columbia, 1998)
The Essential Journey (Sony, 2001)
Live In Houston 1981: The Escape Tour (Columbia/Legacy, 2006) - “Stone In Love” started life at a party in Journey guitarist Neal Schon‘s house in San Rafael, California. He came up with the song’s signature riff and structure, titling it “Stoned In Love.” It changed after singer Steve Perry and keyboardist-guitarist Jonathan Cain finished the lyrics.
- Although never a commercial single, “Stone In Love” was a popular rock radio track for the San Francisco Bay Area band, as well as a staple of their live sets.
- The Escape album marked the debut of former Babys member Cain on keyboards, who joined Journey in April 1981 to replace founding member Gregg Rolie. Perry said his impact on the band was immediate — “Jonathan Cain is such a great lyricist, he helped me go to another place as a writer.”
- Escape was Journey’s most successful studio album, hitting Number One on the Billboard 200 and staying on the chart for 146 weeks. It’s sold well over nine million copies.
- During the Escape tour, Journey left their own headlining dates to open the first show of the Rolling Stones‘ 1981 North American tour on September 25 in Philadelphia. Another memorable show on the tour was at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, where the entire roster of the 49ers football team — who were en route to their first Super Bowl title — joined Journey onstage.
FAST FORWARD:
- Journey broke up in 1987. The group reunited for a new album in 1996, but Perry’s health problems kept them from touring in support of it.
- Eventually Schon, Cain, and bassist Ross Valory put the group back together, with new singer Steve Augeri and new drummer Deen Castronovo. The new band’s first album, Arrival, came out in 2001. Augeri has since left for health reasons and has been replaced by Jeff Scott Soto.
Recently their hit single “Don’t Stop Believin'” appeared during the controversial ending moments of the final Sopranos episode, on June 10th, 2007.