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Wheel in the Sky

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Chart performance
Structure
In popular culture
Personnel
References

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| type = single
| artist = Journey
| album = Infinity
| B-side = Can Do
| released = April 8, 1978
| format = 7" single
| recorded = 1977
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| genre = Hard rock
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| label = Columbia
| writer = Robert Fleischman, Neal Schon, Diane Valory
| producer = Roy Thomas Baker
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"Wheel in the Sky" is a song by the American rock band Journey, recorded in 1977 and included on their fourth studio album, Infinity. It was written and composed by Robert Fleischman, Neal Schon and Diane Valory.

At the time of the song's composition, the band had decided to follow a new direction into an edgier sound and began recording simple hard rock pieces with new lead vocalist Fleischman, who was replaced by Steve Perry by the time work on Infinity began in earnest. The song had started out as a poem called "Wheels In My Mind" by Diane Valory, the wife of Journey bassist Ross Valory.^[1]

"Wheel In The Sky" reached #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, becoming Journey's first song to chart on the Hot 100, and also reached #45 on the Canadian RPM 100.

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canadian RPM 100	45
South Africa (Springbok)^[2]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	57
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[4]	52

Structure

The song opens with a short instrumental that lasts for 28 seconds. Perry then sings the first verse, which is followed by the chorus, and the second verse with the chorus repeated once again. Neal Schon joins the song with a guitar solo which is filled with Perry's vocals, which can be briefly heard in the background. Finally, the chorus is repeated four times before the short outro that closes the song.

In popular culture

The song can be heard blaring in the background of the closing scene of HBO's The Sopranos season 2, episode 23 "Bust Out."
It also plays in the third episode of the second season of Supernatural.
Klaus sings the song on a mix tape in "Stan's Best Friend," an episode of American Dad!
The song was mentioned in the Glee episode "The Hurt Locker, Part One," but it was never actually sung in that episode by any of the show's cast members.

Personnel

Steve Perry–lead vocals
Neal Schon–guitars, backing vocals
Gregg Rolie–piano, backing vocals
Ross Valory–bass guitar, backing vocals
Aynsley Dunbar–drums

References

1. ^https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-perry-remembers-journey-s-first-single
2. ^{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}
3. ^[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=journey|chart=all}} Wheel In The Sky Billboard #57]
4. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 27, 1978

5 : 1977 songs|1978 singles|Journey (band) songs|Songs written by Neal Schon|Columbia Records singles

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