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Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Initially a continuation of Jefferson Starship, it underwent a change in musical direction, the subsequent loss of personnel, and a lawsuit settlement that led to a name change. Starship’s 1985 album, Knee Deep in the Hoopla, was certified platinum by the RIAA, and included two singles that went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart: “We Built This City” and “Sara”.

Grace Slick is an American singer-songwriter, musician, artist, and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in San Francisco’s burgeoning psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. Her music career spanned four decades. She performed with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship. She also had a sporadic solo career. Slick provided vocals on a number of iconic songs, including “Somebody to Love”, “White Rabbit”, “We Built This City”, and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”.

“We Built This City” is a 1985 song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by US rock group Starship and released as their debut single on their album Knee Deep in the Hoopla.

Commercially, the single reached number one in Australia, Canada and the United States; the top 10 in Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland; the top 20 in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom; and number 21 in Austria and the Netherlands. It has appeared on several “worst song” lists, topping a 2011 Rolling Stone poll of worst songs of the 1980s by a wide margin.

The song was engineered by producer Bill Bottrell and arranged by Bottrell and Jasun Martz.

The song features Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick sharing lead vocals. MTV executive and former DJ Les Garland provided the DJ voice-over during the song’s bridge. Additionally, some radio stations, with the help of jingle company JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, Texas, would insert their own opening line to promote their stations.

I’ve had the privilege of spending the day with Grace Slick shooting an MTV Video, visited back stage with Carlos Santana (he bogart’s, ha-ha), and even randomly ran into Ozzy Ozbourne here in town (he was 1/2 brain dead, ha-ha). Or I should say that he ran into me. Literally. It was at a Mexican restaurant, he was eating then heading straight to rehab. And of course it has been awesome to play in a band that is finally getting some well-deserved recognition.

Jim Barraza

: Starship – We Built This City (26 Aug 1985) single

: Starship – Knee Deep In The Hoopla (12 Sep 1985) album

: Starship – Video Hoopla (VHS)

: Grace Slick at San Francisco Studios, 19 Aug 1985

: Starship (post Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship)

: Blue Springs, Mo. 25 Monday, November 11, 1985
Jim Barraza of Lake Tapawingo fit the image needed for a video made by rock group Starship.
On MTV
Lake Tapawingo man’s vacation film isn’t home movie
By Brent Hoskins Of The Examiner

The tour of Universal Studios. the sightseeing, the days at the beach. the role in an MTV viden. If it hadn’t been for one special day. Jim Barraza’s late- suminer vacation in California would have been pret ty average. After visiting his father in Los Angeles. Barraza, 18. of Lake Tapawingo, made his way up the coast to San Francisco. He just happened to hear something on the radio that led to an unforgettable experience. “They were needing people who looked like rockers to make this videa.” Long-haired, earringed and tal tooed. Barraza fit the description. He answered the call. “We had to take a number, and then they asked us our favorite bands,” Barraza said. “I told them San- tana and Starship.” He had to stand before a camera for a few seconds so the video makers could see how he would look. At 2:30 the next morning. Barraza’s telephone rang “They told me to be at San Francisen Studios at 10:30 am.” For nearly 12 hours. Barraza, members of the rock group Starship and several extras made one segment of a video seen frequently on cable television’s MTV Starship’s “We built this city on rock and roll.” It’s a scene in which lead singer Grace Slick per- forms in a casino.. “It’s probably about 30 seconds,” said Barraza of the total length of time he can be seen in the video. which has been televised for about a month “There’s a still shot of my face,” he said. “It’s in the bottom left corner.” Barraza is in a second scene where a group of people are running. He is closest to the carnera and can be seen more clearly than the others, he said. In addition to a catered lunch, Bar- raza also was given Starship’s latest album. “Knee deep in the hoopla,” for his part in the video. He wasn’t paid. But getting to be a part of the video, meeting Grace Slick and get ting her autograph definitely made it worthwhile, he said. The 1984 graduate of Blue Springs High School told friends to watch for him on the video. Barraza, who lives with his grand- mother, Ruella Bouffard. doesn’t have cable television. He had a friend tape the video for him. He has watch ed it repeatedly. “My grandma said she saw me on Entertainment Tonight. They show- ed that part of the video,” he said, joking that now if she wants to see him she can just watch him on TV. “I don’t have to come home anymore.” Music is not at all unfamiliar to Barraza. A large amplifier, two elec- tric guitars and two acoustic guitars sit in his living room. “I’ve had a band in here practic- ing, but I’ve got to move the birds.” he explained, pointing to several small birds in a cage across the room. “They don’t like it.” Barraza used to be a member of a country-rock band. Now he practices alone and anticipates a move to California after the first of the year. (Google Lens)

Starship – Knee Deep In The Hoopla (1985)

Side one

We Built This City – Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf – 4:53
Sara – Ina Wolf, P. Wolf – 4:48
Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter Tonight – Steven Cristol, Robin Randall – 3:41
Rock Myself to Sleep – Kimberley Rew, Vince De la Cruz – 3:24
Desperate Heart – Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton – 4:04

Side two

Private Room – Craig Chaquico, Mickey Thomas – 4:51
Before I Go – David Roberts – 5:30
Hearts of the World (Will Understand) – Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead – 4:21
Love Rusts – Taupin, Page – 4:57

Additional tracks

Casualty (P. Wolf, Jeremy Smith) – 4:34
We Built This City (Special Club Mix) – 4:49
Private Room (Instrumental) – 4:54
Sara (Edited) – 4:18
Before I Go (Remixed) – 4:25

Video Hoopla (VHS)

We Built This City
Sara
Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter Tonight

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