Starship
Starship is the name of more than one artist: 1) an American pop/rock band 2) trance act 3) UK powerpop 4) tech house group 5) 70s rock band with Micky Dolenz 1) Starship is an American pop/rock band best known for their hits Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now and We Built This City that operated from 1985 to 1989, reforming in 1992 although featuring just vocalist Mickey Thomas. In 1984, singer-songwriter Paul Kantner left the San Francisco, California group Jefferson Starship. His former bandmates wanted to continue with that name, but Kantner, as the last founding member of Jefferson Airplane, took legal action over the Jefferson name. Kantner settled out of court and signed an agreement that neither party would use the names Jefferson or Airplane unless all members of Jefferson Airplane, Inc. (made up of Bill Thompson, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, and Jack Casady) agreed. The band then took the name Starship. Keyboard player David Freiberg, who had been increasingly marginalized, left as well. In contrast to Paul Kantner's more experimental and progressive rock direction, Starship moved towards a sleek arena rock direction reminiscent of contemporaries Foreigner and Journey. In 1985, the band, based primarily around dual vocalists Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick, released 'Knee Deep in the Hoopla' and immediately scored two #1 hits. The first was We Built This City, written by the team of Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf (producer), which...
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We Built This City
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Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
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Sara
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It's Not Over ('til It's Over)
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It's Not Enough
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Jane
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Wild Again
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Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight
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Don’t Stop Believin’
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Set the Night to Music
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Nothing’S Gonna Stop Us Now
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No Way Out
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I Didn't Mean To Stay All Night
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Find Your Way Back
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Love Rusts
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Carry On My Wayward Son
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Beat Patrol
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Good Heart
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Desperate Heart
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Transatlantic
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Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now
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I'll Be There
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Stranger
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We Built This City [November 1985]
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It's Not Over ('till It's Over)
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Don't Stop Believin'
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It's Not Enough (remix)
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Rock Myself To Sleep
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It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) (Rock Mix)
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Don't Stop Believing
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Wild Again (O.S.T.) (LP Version)
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Before I Go (Remixed)
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We Build This City
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Hearts Of The World (Will Understand)
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Fooled Around and Fell in Love
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Before I Go
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Nothing Is Gonna Stop Us Now
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Babylon
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Don't Lose Any Sleep
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Layin' It On The Line
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Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now
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Nothings Going to Stop Us Now
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Sara (Remastered at BMG Recording Studios, New York, March 1993.)
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Laying It On the Line
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Private Room
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Love Among The Cannibals
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We Built This City On Rock And Roll
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Girls Like You
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We Built This City (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
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Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now
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