Home / Music / What inspired Journey's song '99'?Music linernotes album music journeyWhat inspired Journey's song '99'?Journey’s song ‘99’ was inspired by George Lucas’s first film, THX 1138, a 1971 science fiction movie. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.Related NotesExploreExploreExplorePrevious What inspired the cover of Duran Duran's Rio?Next What do Autechre's Tri Repetae liner notes say about vinyl versus CD playback?