We Built This City Lyrics
Starship
Lyrics
We built this city
we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
we built this city on rock and roll
Say you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the night
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing corporation names
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
It's just another Sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat
Who counts the money underneath the bar?
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?
Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools
(I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and
I'm seein' that bumper to bumper traffic)
Don't you remember? (remember)
(Here's your favorite radio station,
in your favorite radio city, the city by the
bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps)
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
(We built, we built this city) built this city
(we built, we built this city)
(We built, we built this city) built this city
(we built, we built this city)
(We built, we built this city) built this city
(we built, we built this city)
(We built, we built this city) built this city
(we built, we built this city)
Song & Lyrics Facts
"We Built This City" is a 1985 hit single by the rock band Starship. It was featured on their album Knee Deep in the Hoopla and written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf.
The song features lead vocals from Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas. The lyrics of the song tell the story of how people have destroyed a city through greed and commercialism. The song peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in November 1985. It has become an iconic song from the 1980s and remains popular today. Band members included Grace Slick (vocals), Mickey Thomas (vocals), Craig Chaquico (guitar/keyboards), Pete Sears (bass/keyboards), Donny Baldwin (drums/percussion), David Freiberg (keyboards/vocals) and Paul Kantner (guitar/vocals). The lyrics to "We Built This City" are about the destruction of a city due to corporate greed and consumer culture. The song has been covered by numerous artists since its release, including Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw.