Perry Leads Journey Anthems At Giants Games

Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin‘ has become an in-game anthem for plenty of pro sports teams, including the San Francisco Giants. During Game 5 of the NLCS at AT&T Park, Journey frontman Steve Perry was seen in the stands leading the crowd in a rousing rendition of the tune.

Steve Perry sings at AT&T Park Don't Stop Believin' and Lights

But last night during Game 2 of the World Series, most likely because Perry already celebrated the song with the 2005 World Series Champion Chicago White Sox, the Giants switched things up.

During the 8th inning at AT&T Park, Perry was seen leading the crowd in the singing of the Journey tune most associated with San Francisco, Lights.

Here’s some video of Perry joining in on both songs.


Nice moment for Giants fans.

Be even nicer if the song wasn’t originally written about Los Angeles.

Steve Perry to longtime L.A. DJ (and my buddy) Joe Benson in an interview in 2000:

I had the song written .. this is kind of a funny story. But I had the song written in Los Angeles almost completely except for the bridge and it was written about Los Angeles. It was “when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on LA”.

I didn’t like the way it sounded (laughs) at the time. And so I just had it sitting back in the corner. Then when this whole thing changed, life changed my plans once again, and now facing joining Journey.

I love San Francisco, the bay and the whole thing. “The bay” fit so nice, “When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the bay”, ya know. It was one of those early morning going across the bridge things when the sun was coming up and the lights were going down. It was perfect.

That sound you just heard was Randy Newman exhaling.

6 comments

  1. GravatarDooly
    1:35 pm on October 29th, 2010

    Wow Brooks! Way to build us up and break us down all in the same post.

  2. GravatarMerz
    2:04 pm on October 29th, 2010

    Since it first came out, I always heard that song with “the bay.” and never with ” L.A.”. And since the band was formed in NoCal, I’m pretty sure the song is about San Francisco.

    Here are 3 lyric sites all saying “the bay”.

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Journey%20Lyrics/Lights%20Lyrics.html

    http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/journey-lyrics/lights-lyrics.html

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Journey%20Lyrics/Lights%20Lyrics.html

    Maybe you should check with Journey or Steve Perry?

  3. GravatarVince
    2:17 pm on October 29th, 2010

    Correct me if I’m wrong (and I’m not, so you can’t), but the White Sox were the 2005 World Series Champions. The Red Sox were the 2007 Champions.

  4. GravatarMerz
    2:18 pm on October 29th, 2010

    OK I need to read better. Pls disregard previous post.

  5. GravatarTheOtherMrsPerry
    2:55 pm on October 29th, 2010

    Steve Perry and the SF Giants are on FIRE!!
    Good luck to them to win the World Series!!

    I love you, Stevie!

    ……Valery
    TheOtherMrsPerry

  6. GravatarAnonymous
    11:05 pm on October 29th, 2010

    Every song sounds exactly the same and it got even worse when he scored those stupid movies. He even got AWARDS but so have the Toyota cars