1985 No. 1 Starship Hit, Ranked Worst Song Ever, Is Making an Unexpected Comeback 41 Years Later

On the one hand, it's not uncommon for a #1 song to experience a steep decline in popularity after topping the charts...but ...

How Starship's 'We Built This City' Went from No. 1 Hit to 'Worst Song Ever'

Throughout music history, there have been numerous songs to chart as hits despite being mediocre. In 1985, a song from ...
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"We Built This City" is a good song, actually

40 years ago this week, Starship’s debut single bagged the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 when “We Built This City” usurped Jan Hammer’s “Miami Vice Theme,” because it was 1985 and popular TV show ...
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1985 Classic Hit Became a Massive Success Despite Being Voted the Worst Song of the 1980s by Rolling Stone

Erielle Sudario is a Collider News and Feature Author from Australia and has worked in the journalism industry since 2018. She has a passion for entertainment and pop culture news and has interviewed ...

How the hell did Jefferson Airplane get to Starship?

In a fantastic transformation across 20 years, we look at how West Coast titans Jefferson Airplane evolved to the 1980s soft ...