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2 unusual facts about We Built This City


Hitz939

Commencing broadcast on March 29, 1993 as a rock format station Hitz FM 93.9, the first song broadcast was We Built This City by Starship.

Martin Page

Page's partnership with Taupin yielded the hit singles "We Built This City" (Starship) and "These Dreams" (Heart).


These Dreams

In 1985 Martin Page (who co-wrote several other pop hits, including "We Built This City" and "King of Wishful Thinking") and Bernie Taupin (longtime collaborator of Elton John) wrote the music and lyrics to the song now known as "These Dreams".


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Stade Lamine Guèye

Stade Lamine Guèye was built in 1986 by the French-owned construction company We Built This City - named after the popular American rock song by the same name popularized by Starship.