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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Craig Chaquico
Craig Chaquico
Rhythm Guitar
Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Lead Vocals
Mickey Thomas
Mickey Thomas
Background Vocals
Pete Sears
Pete Sears
Bass Guitar
Donny Baldwin
Donny Baldwin
Background Vocals
Les Garland
Les Garland
Background Vocals
Les Garland
Les Garland
Spoken Word
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
Dennis Lambert
Dennis Lambert
Songwriter
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf
Arranger
Martin Page
Martin Page
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith
Producer
Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell
Mixing Engineer
Dana Jon Chappelle
Dana Jon Chappelle
Assistant Engineer
David Luke
David Luke
Assistant Engineer
Maureen Droney
Maureen Droney
Assistant Engineer
Paul Erickson
Paul Erickson
Assistant Engineer
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf
Producer
Tom Size
Tom Size
Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Verse 1]
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
[PreChorus]
Marconi plays the mamba
Listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Verse 2]
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
[PreChorus]
Marconi plays the mamba
Listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
It's just another Sunday
In a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
And we just lost the beat
[Verse 3]
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
[Bridge]
I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge
On another gorgeous sunny Saturday
And I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic
Don't you remember? ('Member, 'member)
It's your favorite radio station
In your favorite radio city
The city by the bay, the city that rocks
The city that never sleeps
[PreChorus]
Marconi plays the mamba
Listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
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 (Woo-hoo)
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
We built, we built this city, yeah
Built this city (We built, we built this city)
We built, we built this city, yeah
Built this city (We built, we built this city)
We built, we built this city, yeah
Built this city (We built, we built this city)
We built, we built this city, yeah
Built this city (We built, we built this city)
Written by: Bernard Taupin, Dennis Lambert, George Page, Peter Wolf

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