You really have to love it when an obscure song from the past suddenly becomes a pop culture phenomenon. Remember when we kids who had never even listened to Queen before, fell in love with “Bohemian Rhapsody” because of “Wayne’s World”? Cool, right? And it introduced a new generation to a pretty cool band. But what happened to “Bohemian Rhapsody”? Right. You got unbearably sick of it.

This same thing is happening to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” – or already has happened. I don’t think I ever gave Journey more than a cursory thought past the age of eight until, suddenly, about a year-and-a-half ago, that song started popping up everywhere. It was on “Laguna Beach” (don’t you dare ask how I know that), “The Sopranos” finale, and soon every bar in the City north of Sutter Street had it in constant rotation while 20-somethings who weren’t even born when the song came out, sang their hearts out. I heard the song twice in a half-block walk in the Financial District earlier this week.

It’s time for “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” to end. First, it’s kind of become the de facto anthem for the self-important Silicon Valley cool kid set, which isn’t cool. Second, D.J. AM put out a club version of the song – the musical kiss of death. (Though, this is pretty cool.)

Sorry for the rant, but it’s got to be time to put this to bed. Please stop this song from disturbing my mental health. Stop believin’.