A band with just four previous Top 40 songs was suddenly reeling them off. The first four singles from 1981's Escape were smash hits. They released three straight Top 10 songs – including "Open Arms," ...

"Lights," found later on our list of Journey '70s Songs Ranked Worst to Best, was originally about Los Angeles, before Perry shifted its locale to his new home base in San Francisco.

From Journey‘s early fusion-driven days to modern-era LPs with long-standing frontman Arnel Pineda, the band clearly aimed to set a tone with album-opening songs. More often than not, these ...