"It's heavy, very heavy," said Journey's founding guitarist, Neal Schon, who is a fan of the show but had not yet seen the finale. "It's one of those feel-good songs that's not going to go away."
As to why he thinks Chase picked it, Schon chalks it up to the song's moral core. "I think it's just the basic message," he said. "Don't stop believin' in yourself, don't stop believin' in the world, don't stop believin' in anything. It's a positive message and a feel-good song with a great melody and I kind of like the guitar solo, which is one of the easiest solos ever to emulate because there's not much to it."