"We Built This City" is a 1985 song written by
Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally
recorded by US rock group Starship and released as their debut single on their
album Knee Deep in the Hoopla.
The single version reached number one on the US Billboard
Hot 100 on 16 November 1985, and also number one on the US Top Rock Tracks
chart and number twelve in the UK. Despite the song's commercial success, it
has appeared on several "worst song" lists, topping a 2011 Rolling
Stone poll of worst songs of the 1980s by a wide margin.
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