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We Built This City

Lyrics

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
full lyrics
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
full lyrics

Features of This Track

pop rock qualities
electronica influences
major key tonality
an electric guitar solo
a smooth male lead vocalist
prominent use of synth
vocal harmonies

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

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Comments

To be sure, slightly corny--but I still love it. Seriously though, this is a really classic song, and I was so happy when they started playing it in the 2011 Muppet movie.
rachelwalker 2 2 7 6
love it!
...awful. Just God Awful!!
This is truly the worst song of all time, hands down.
cdanna1
I love this song!
spookcat3
I must be the only person in these comments that actually likes this song
greatness
dazz240
My favorite line "Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember"
alisonrharri s
I have to agree with Lauren - not a big fan of this song! But I do like Jefferson Starship - or whatever their called!
Catchy? Yes. Obnoxious? Yes. I don't have the strong reaction to it that the rest of you do, though, apparently. So much hate!
It was over played
I loved all of their different incarnations - Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship.
One of the best tunes from when I was a kid back in the 80s. We had a make-shift band and we rocked to this tune...80s all the way!
This band was pretty damn good two name changes previous. Almost as good as skate boarding behind the local pizza joint with a hot pink board while rockin this gem.
Hey, I know this band kinda sucks, and honestly, the song, too. But...it's so friggin catchy. And it has trumpets in it. ^.^;
It's a good song and I agree with Ghost Dog. It's catchy.
dustinkizz
I get chills everytime it says "Marconi plays the mamba." This song stays in my head and makes a dork of me. After 10 years of not hearing this song, it has become one of my favorites. Very ironic since i hated this song before.
where do u think Haities capital got built on, Phillip?
















sometimes you have no other choice than to build on rolling rocks, like in Haiti or California.



PhillipSenn
Did they really sing "Knee deep in the hoopla"?
We just lost the beat!
PhillipSenn
If a city were built using the Rock 'n Roll as the building code standards, it would crumble the first night.
PhillipSenn
I had the same thought.
But I guess it has something to do with all this technology being used by the average man.
"What hath God wrought" is now used by Ricky Ricardo.
mapmstr
Marconi plays the mamba...

What relation does the inventor of a radiotelegra p h have to a mamba, in any sense of the word?

Still, I love the song.
this song rocks.... It really means nothing but I always sing along.
bamagirl127
i may be young, but i love 80's rock.
Used to play this on a saturday afternoon skate and all the 8 & 9 years always wanted to hear this. Can't stand this song, overplayed by this roller rink dj. back in the 80's.
frazermint
Even thought it has been voted worst song ever many times it still has a special place in my heart. I LOVE IT!
kind of ironic they sing "built this city on Rock n Roll", but this song is anything but Rock n roll....in fact it's pretty freakin annoying.
It has all the elements of a great pop song, and yet I despise it. It grates on me like Celebrate by Kool & The Gang. Overexposure maybe.
This is most likely the most catchiest goddamned song in the history of Rock 'n Roll. That is why I love/hate it. I dare anybody to come up with a more catchy song than this.

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