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"Open Arms" is a song by American rock band Journey. It was released as a single from the Heavy Metal soundtrack and their 1981 album, Escape . Co-written by band members Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain , the song is a power ballad whose lyrics attempt to renew a drifting relationship.
Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour is a live DVD/CD package by the American rock band Journey, released on 15 November 2005. [1] [2] The content of the package was also released on 16 May 2006 [1] as a separate CD and separate DVD on the Columbia Records label.
The single "Open Arms" from Escape was their biggest hit single, charting at No. 2 for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. [ 18 ] During his Journey tenure, Perry also sang backing vocals on several Sammy Hagar songs, including the 1980 tracks "The Iceman" (a nickname Hagar had for Scott Mathews) and "Run For Your Life", and duetting with Kenny ...
Journey also made an appearance on July 2, 1982, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California with Blue Öyster Cult, Triumph and Aldo Nova. The 8 + 1 ⁄ 2-month tour took Journey through Japan and North America. Point Blank, Billy Squier, the Greg Kihn Band and Loverboy were the opening acts during the tour.
The chord progression, played by the piano in the introduction and continued throughout most of the song, is eight chords long, following a I–V–vi–IV–I–V–iii–IV progression. While the lyrics mention being "born and raised in south Detroit", there is no place in the Detroit, Michigan area commonly called "South Detroit".
Cash Box described "Still They Ride" as a "bluesy lament" with a "sad, almost mournful" vocal, "doleful acoustic piano work" and "crying guitar notes." [19] Billboard called "Still They Ride" a "soft, lyrical ballad" with similar "tone and style" to "Open Arms". [20] An Atari 2600 game based on the album, Journey Escape, was released in 1982.
Revelation is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Journey, and their first with lead singer Arnel Pineda. [5] It features 11 new songs ("Faith in the Heartland" was previously recorded with Steve Augeri), 11 re-recorded greatest hits (all featuring Pineda) and a DVD (North American version only) featuring the current lineup's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 8, 2008.
Greatest Hits Live is a live album released by the American rock band Journey in 1998, recorded in 1981 and 1983. It contains songs from the studio albums Infinity (1978) through Frontiers (1983). The album peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard 200 chart. [2]