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We Built This City (ver. 1) by Bernie Taupin - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"We Built This City" is a song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by the group Starship and released as its debut single on November 10, 1985. The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin, best known for his longtime collaboration with Elton John. The song features Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick on lead vocals, and the single version reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 16, 1985, and also number one on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart and number twelve in the United Kingdom. The song was engineered by Grammy-winning producer Bill Bottrell and arranged by Bottrell and Jasun Martz. In April 2004, the song was listed as "the #1 Worst Song Ever" by Blender magazine.[1] According to Slick, the song was written about early-1970s Los Angeles.[1] The radio station in a late interlude references "The City By the Bay", "The City.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Bernie Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist, singer, songwriter and poet, most famous for his collaboration with Elton John. Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin was born at Flatters, a farm house, between the village of Anwick and the town of Sleaford in the southern part of Lincolnshire, England.[1] His father was employed as a stockman by a large farm estate, near the town of Market Rasen. Taupin and his older brother Tony attended Catholic school in Sleaford, continuing there after the family was relocated to the nearby village of Rowston, where they lived in Rowston Manor, a significant step up after a home with no electricity.[2][3] While Taupin was still a boy, his father decided to try his hand at independent farming, and the family relocated again, this time to a run-down property called Maltkiln Farm.[4] in the north-Lincolnshire village of Owmby-by-Spital. Here a third brother, Kit, was born 11 years junior to Bernie.[2][3] The family attended Holy Rood Catholic Church in the town of Market Rasen, where Bernie and Tony served as altar boys.[5] Bernie attended school at Market Rasen Secondary Modern. Unlike his older brother, he was.
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