After the Fall (song)

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"After the Fall"
Single by Journey
from the album Frontiers
B-side	"Only Solutions"
Released	June 1983 (1983-06) (US) [1]
Recorded	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	5:00 (Album version) 4:25 (Single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry
Journey singles chronology
"Faithfully" (1983) "After the Fall" (1983) "Send Her My Love" (1983)
Music video
"After the Fall" on YouTube

"After the Fall" is a song by the American rock band Journey. Written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry, it was the third single released from their 1983 album Frontiers.

Peaking at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it was the band's 11th top 40 and their ninth top 25 single. It spent 12 weeks on the chart overall.^[2] It also reached #30 on the Mainstream Rock chart.^[3]

The song appeared in the 1983 film Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay.^[4]

It was the first Journey track to feature bass guitarist Randy Jackson, who would join the band for their following album Raised on Radio and its tour and would rejoin the group in 2020.

Personnel[]

• Steve Perry–lead vocals
• Neal Schon–guitar, backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain–keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Smith–drums, percussion
• Ross Valory–backing vocals
• Randy Jackson-bass

Additional musicians[]

• Randy Jackson–bass guitar

References[]