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“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey

From the album Frontiers (1983)

“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey appears on 79 radio countdowns from 28 stations between 1983 and 2026. It was first released in 1983 on the album Frontiers. Its best result is #4 on the KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983.

79countdowns
28stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Official HD Video - 1983)

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"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" was Journey's calling card from Frontiers, released as a single in 1983, and it's all urgency: Jonathan Cain's pulsing keyboard riff, Neal Schon's guitar slashing across it, and Steve Perry wailing over the top. Cain and Perry wrote it in 1982 while the band was out on the Escape tour, Ross Valory plays bass and Steve Smith drums, and Cain, Schon and Valory back Perry up. Kevin Elson and Mike Stone produced and mixed it.

It sat at number 8 on the Hot 100 for six straight weeks and held the top of the Top Tracks chart for four. MTV got its first Journey concept video to go with it, filmed in New Orleans. Decades on, it found fresh ears through Yes Man, Tron: Legacy and the fourth season of Stranger Things.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 4 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 274 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 330 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2004 833 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 301 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 108 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 166 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 64 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 157 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 687 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 46 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 45 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 794 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 277 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 94 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 98 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 68 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 298 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 154 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 78 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 52 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 151 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 79 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 239 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 235 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 72 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 173 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 75 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 94 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 82 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 655 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 246 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 65 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 140 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 117 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 35 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 141 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 223 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 255 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 264 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 302 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 67 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 312 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 15 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 45 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 489 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 32 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 111 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 360 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 37 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 91 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2023 196 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 217 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 302 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 339 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 158 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 202 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 14 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 34 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 465 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 71 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 231 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 510 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 105 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 71 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 83 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 168 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 312 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 103 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 56 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 357 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 106 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 48 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 155 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 38 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2026 151 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 41 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 105 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 154 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Separate Ways; Separate Ways (World Apart); Separate Ways (World's Apart); Separate Ways ( Worlds Apart).

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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