We Built This City

"We Built This City" is the first single off of American rock band Starship's first studio album Knee Deep in the Hoopla. The song was released in August 1985.

The song is about music clubs in Los Angeles shutting down in the 1980s and asks corporations to remember that the city's popularity was built by rock and roll. Music critics really did not like the song, saying that it tried to be anti-commercial but sounded very commercial. 

Both GQ and Blender called it the worst song of all time. It was also ranked #1 on Rolling Stone'''s poll of worst songs of the 1980s.

Even though critics didn't like the song, it was still very popular. The song was able to make it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group'' at the 28th Grammy Awards but lost to Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing".

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