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 ...
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 ...
collider

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 ...
The Gazette

Starship continues to fly

Mickey Thomas remarkably still possesses a clarion call for a voice. The Starship frontman has crossed the three-quarter century mark but still belts out such hits as the infectious "Jane" and the ...