We Built This City

Written by: Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf
Artist: Starship
From the album: Knee Deep In The Hoopla
Originally released: 1985

Notes: DJ's voice: Les Garland. DJ/Programmer Les Garland was at KFRC San
Francisco for a while. He recalls his voice over: It was totally
impromptu. I stopped by to say "Hi" to the band when they were in the
studio. Their producer, Peter Wolf, had this on-the-spot idea to add a jock
v/o. He asked me to demo it, I said 'hit the button, let's go'.
It was the first and only take.'

We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' 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 an' roll

[CHORUS]

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 an' roll

[CHORUS]

It's just another Sunday, in a tired old street
police have got the chokehold, and we just lost the beat!
Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wreaking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cause we're just simple fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools

[DJ Voice over] I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and I'm seeing bumper to bumper
traffic.

Don't you remember (remember)
[DJ Voice over] 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 an' roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll
(We built, we built this city) built this city (we built, we built this
city) (repeats out)