Journey's 'South Detroit' Lyric Wasn't for Trenton

Like a lot of people, you've probably belted out the "South Detroit" line while listening to Journey's 1981 hit, Don’t Stop Believin'.

But if you've ever wondered just where is South Detroit where the city boy was born and raised, you can stop trying to figure it out.

The line was made up, in reference to nothing in particular.

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry said the words merely sounded good when he was writing the song.

“I ran the phonetics of east, west, and north, but nothing sounded as good or emotionally true to me as South Detroit,” Perry said in an interview published Tuesday in New York Magazine. “The syntax just sounded right. I fell in love with the line. It’s only been in the last few years that I’ve learned that there is no South Detroit. But it doesn’t matter.”

Ashley Woods, an entertainment producer at Mlive.com Detroit, said she could have been the "small-town girl, living in a lonely world," but wondered if her city boy was from Wyandotte or Trenton.

Neither, Ashley. Sorry to disappoint.

With nearly 4.5 million digital copies sold, the tune is the most downloaded track in the 20th century. The latest revelation isn't expected to stop that midnight train anytime soon.