WCSX Classic Cuts : Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
WCSX Classic Cuts
Journey: “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
The Hook: Based on the personal struggles of an unnamed band member.
Year: 1983
Album: Frontiers
Writers: Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry
Stats: Topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number-8 on the Hot 100.
The Background: Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain and singer Steve Perry co-wrote “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart).” Cain says they didn’t have to look very far to come up with the subject matter for it.
Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain on writing “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” with singer Steve Perry. OC:…it flow :24
“We often shared a lot of things – in a band it’s kind of like you have each other to lean on. And the friendship would sorta keep up strong. And so the time we wrote ‘Separate Ways’ there was a lot of conflict in certain members’ lives with relationships and Steven and I just felt we should write about it and let it flow.”
