Songoftheday 4/1/15 - I've been thinking 'bout the time you walked out on me, there were moments I believed you were there...

"I'll Be Alright Without You" - Journey
from the album Raised On Radio (1986)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 9

Today's Song of the Day is by the arena rock band Journey, who shed a couple members for their Raised On Radio album, and scored a top-10 hit with "Be Good To Yourself", and two top-20 follow-ups with "Suzanne" and "Girl Can't Help It". For the fourth single the band released "I'll Be Alright Without You", a more adult-contemporary midtempo number written by the band's core of singer Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon, and keyboardist Jonathan Cain...

"I'll Be Alright Without You" became the fourth top-20 pop hit from Raised On Radio in February of 1987. The track also crossed over to #7 on the adult contemporary chart (their first top-10 since "Open Arms" in 1982) and #26 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock radio list. The single was only a minor hit in Canada (#57) internationally...

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...and here's the album version of the song...

Up tomorrow: a trio of bratty New Yorkers assert their privilege to frolic.