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Journey Live - The Eclipse Tour
- Montreal, November 5, 2012, The Bell Center.

Tuneage: OPEN ARMS
Released as a single from their 1981 album, Escape. Co-written by band members Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain (The Babys, Journey and Bad English), the song is a power ballad whose lyrics are an empowering plea to a lover to forgive past wrongdoings and agree to start anew. It is one of the band's most recognizable radio hits and their biggest US Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching number two in February 1982 and holding that position for six weeks.

Journey recorded "Open Arms" for their seventh studio album, Escape, which was produced by Kevin Elson and Mike Stone. Jonathan Cain had begun writing the song while he was still a member of The Babys, but Babys’ vocalist John Waite turned down the melody as "sentimental rubbish." Cain eventually finished the song with Steve Perry during the writing sessions for Escape, changing the key from A to D and changing the melody slightly, but it was almost left off the album; Journey's guitarist Neal Schon reportedly disliked the song because "it was so far removed from anything [Journey] had ever attempted to record before".

Neal Schon -- lead guitar, vocals (1973--present)
Ross Valory -- bass, vocals (1973--1985, 1995--present)
Jonathan Cain -- keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals (1980--present)
Deen Castronovo -- drums, percussion, vocals (1998--present)
Arnel Pineda -- lead vocals (2007--present)

Journey headlined a triple bill with Canadian rockers "Loverboy" and the most totally awesome "Pat Benatar" (and her band).

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