AV Club

"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 ...
Yahoo

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 Starship's debut album shot all the way to No. 1, even though in the years since ...
The Boston Globe

Worst song ever? Starship’s ‘We Built This City’ remains pop’s most loathed tune.

This month marks 40 years since a song that became one of the most despised hits of the 1980s was unleashed upon the world. It’s often called the worst song ever recorded. But is it really that ...
American Songwriter

This Week in 1973, Jefferson Airplane Was Banned From Performing in San Francisco, Leading To Divisive Hit “We Built This City”

Long before Starship would release “We Built This City,” Jefferson Airplane had plans to perform a free concert at Golden Gate Park in their native San Francisco when the city informed them of a ban ...