We Built This City

"We Built This City" by Starship is a licensed song that appears in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy via the Huddle mechanic. It originally is from the album Knee Deep in the Hoopla, released in 1985.

Lyrics[]

We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

Say you don't know me or recognize my face

Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place

Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight

Too many runaways eating up the night

[Chorus]

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?

We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

Someone's always playing corporation games

Who cares, they're always changing corporation names

We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage

They call us irresponsible, write us off the page

Chorus

It's just another Sunday in a tired old street

Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat

Who counts the money underneath the bar?

Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?

Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools

Looking for America, coming through your schools

Don't you remember? (Remember)

Chorus

Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll [x2]

We built, we built this city, yeah (Built this city)

We built, we built this city

(Built this city)

Original songs
"Zero to Hero" • "Bit of Good (Bit of Bad)" • "Space Riders (With No Names)" • "Ghost" • "Watch Me Shine" • "We're Here" • "All for One" • "No Guts No Glory" • "Solar Skies" • "The Darkness Inside"
Licensed songs
"I Ran (So Far Away)" • "Take On Me" • "Turn Up the Radio" • "White Wedding" • "Call Me" • "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" • "Don't Worry Be Happy" • "Holding Out for a Hero" • "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" • "Rock Rock (Till You Drop)" • "The Final Countdown" • "Relax" • "Cars" • "Every 1's A Winner" • "Where Eagles Dare" • "Bad Reputation" • "I Love It Loud" • "Turn Me Loose" • "Kickstart My Heart" • "Hangin' Tough" • "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" • "Since You Been Gone" • "Never Gonna Give You Up" • "The Warrior" • "Love Song" • "Tainted Love" • "We Built This City" • "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" • "We're Not Gonna Take It" • "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" • "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
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