We Built This City

"We Built This City" is a song originally recorded by the group Starship in 1984. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1985, and also number one on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart.

The song is played in the 2011 film The Muppets during a montage of the Muppets cleaning the Muppet Theater.

A music video of the song was released internationally by Walt Disney Studios to promote the release in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Lyrics
We 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

Marconi plays the Mamba, Listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll! We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

Someone 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

Marconi plays the Mamba, Listen to the radio Don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll! We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

It's just another Sunday in a tired old street Police have got the choke hold, and 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, crawling through your schools

Don't you remember ...

Marconi plays the Mamba, Listen to the radio - Don't you remember? We built this city, We built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

We built, we built this city yeah We built this city We built, we built this city (Repeat - fades Out)