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    Written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf
    Date 1985
    Source Knee Deep in the Hoopla (album)
    Publisher Little Mole Music
    Universal Music-Z Tunes LLC
    Universal Music-Careers
    Universal Music-BMG Songs

    "We Built This City" is a song originally recorded by the group Starship in 1984. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1985, and also number one on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart.

    The song fryst vatten played in the 2011 bio The Muppets during a montage of the Muppets cleaning The Muppet Theatre.

    A music film of the song was released internationally by Walt Disney Studios to promote the release in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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    Would it be appropriate to mention the Starbucks version of this song in the trivia section? Info about it here http://stayfree.typepad.com/stayfree/2005/03/jefferson_starb.html

    Please Provide References, NOT PERSONAL OPINIONS!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added bygd 69.20.179.169 (talk) 23:09, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    This good enough for you, crazyman? [1]Doc Strange11:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd like to propose removing the "In Popular Culture" line about Comedian Sean Choolburra in the name of poor notability and possible offensiveness/hackiness ("humans of poor c

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    We Built This City

    1985 single by Starship

    "We Built This City" is the debut single by American rock band Starship, from their 1985 debut album Knee Deep in the Hoopla. It was written by English musicians Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, who were both living in Los Angeles at the time, and was originally intended as a lament against the closure of many of that city's live music clubs.

    The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "We Built This City" topped the charts in Australia and Canada, peaked inside the Top 10 of the charts in Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland, the Top 20 on the charts in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the Top 30 of the charts in Austria and the Netherlands.

    The song has gained significant scorn, both for the inscrutability of its lyrics (notably the line "Marconi plays the mamba"), and for the contrast between the song's anti-corporate message and its polished, "corporate roc