“We Built This City” is a song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by the American rock group Starship and released as its debut single on August 1, 1985. The lyrics describe a city built on rock n’ roll music. The lyrics explicitly mention the Golden Gate Bridge and refer to “the City by the Bay”, a common moniker for Starship’s hometown of San Francisco, California. However, the lyrics also refer to “the City That Never Sleeps”, a reference to New York City, and “The City That Rocks”, a reference to Cleveland, Ohio. Furthering this creative ambiguity as to which city the group hails, several radio stations added descriptions of their own local areas when they broadcasted the song.
Tag: Rock
Jefferson Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is a No. 1 hit song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, recorded by the American rock band Starship. Featured as the theme to the romantic comedy film Mannequin, it hit No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1987 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks the following month and became the UK’s 2nd biggest selling single of 1987. At the time, it made Grace Slick the oldest female artist to have a number one single in the United States though the record was later broken by Cher’s “Believe” in 1999. The song also received an Oscar nomination for “Best Original Song” at the 60th Academy Awards. In addition to appearing on the Mannequin soundtrack, the song was also released on Starship’s album No Protection in 1987.
Awolnation – Sail
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Awolnation is an American electronic rock band, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants, Hometown Hero and Insurgence. The band is signed to Red Bull Records and their first EP, Back from Earth, was released on iTunes on May 18, 2010. “Sail” is a song by American electronic rock band Awolnation, taken from the band’s debut EP Back from Earth and later featured on their debut album Megalithic Symphony.
Evanescence – My Immortal
“My Immortal” is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album Fallen (2003). The song was entirely written by guitarist Ben Moody, with the exception of the bridge, which was later written by lead singer Amy Lee, and it was produced by Dave Fortman. The single version of the song was called “band version” because of the additional band performing the bridge and final chorus of the song. “My Immortal” is a piano rock song written in slow and free tempo. Moody was inspired to write it after the death of his grandfather. Lyrically, it talks about “a spirit staying with you after its death and haunting you until you actually wish that the spirit were gone because it won’t leave you alone.
Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
“Dancing with Myself” is a punk rock song written by singer Billy Idol and bassist Tony James, and first recorded by their band Generation X. The song was first released as a single and a 12″ in 1980 and, a few weeks after the single release, was included on the band’s last album—1981’s Kiss Me Deadly. It would become one of the group’s most well-known songs, but had limited success in its initial release.