Jefferson Starship "We Built This City"

Ok, let's see for once what was n°1 in the US charts...while Feargal Sharkey was entertaining the UK...

In November 1985...yes that's 20 years ago! ;-)... the number one song was "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship, also known as Starship alone... Starship is a band formed by Paul Kantner who previously built the band Jefferson Airplane. So for his second band, he kept the name Jefferson, but today we talk about them sometimes as Jefferson Starship, sometimes as just Starship... whatever! :-))

Was "We Built This City" a big hit ? Is there any reason for it to be "famous"?

Actually there's a very "funny" reason for it to be "famous" but probably a reason that Paul Kantner doesn't like much...

In April 2004, Blender, a US music Magazine, listed the "The 50 Worst Songs Ever" and guess who hit the first place: "We Built This City" ! Not really the kind of first place singers are looking for, is it? :-)

According to editor Craig Marks "It purports to be anti-commercial but reeks of '80s corporate-rock commercialism. It's a real reflection of what practically killed rock music in the '80s."
Also sealing the song's fate were Starship's steep fall from grace as the admired Jefferson Airplane and "the sheer dumbness of the lyrics," Marks says...

Note for all of you 80's music fans, 6 songs from the eigthies are in the top 10 of 50 worst songs EVER!!! Here they are:

• Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" at n°3
• Huey Lewis & The News' "The Heart of Rock & Roll" at n°6
• Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" at n°7
• Eddy Murphy's "Party All the Time" at n°8
• Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "Ebony and Ivory" at n°10

Note that I almost forgot that Eddy Murphy pretended to be a singer! :-))

Find more information about Starship on their official website: Jefferson Starship