Escape (stylized as
E5C4P3 on the album cover) is the seventh
studio album by American rock band
Journey, released on July 31, 1981. It topped the American
Billboard 200 chart and features four hit
Billboard Hot 100 singles – "
Don't Stop Believin'" (#9), "
Who's Crying Now" (#4), "Still They Ride" (#19) and "
Open Arms" (#2) – plus rock radio staple "Stone in Love." It was certified 9x platinum by the
RIAA and sold over twelve million copies worldwide, making it the band's most successful studio album and second most successful album overall behind
Greatest Hits.