We Built This City is the debut single by American rock band Starship, from their 1985 debut album Knee Deep in the Hoopla.
5 Part Pops for Brass is part of a new collection of Pop inspired arrangements for Brass Quintet arranged by Chris Wilcox.
We hope this repertoire will prompt a growing inquisitiveness for young brass players, and was created with a brass club or gathering in mind.
All transposed parts are included.
We Built This City was written by English songwriters Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, who were both living in Los Angeles at the time, and was originally intended as a lament against the closure of many of that city's live music clubs. The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, it topped the charts in Australia and Canada, peaked inside the Top 10 of the charts in Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland,
Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Initially a continuation of Jefferson Starship, it underwent a change in musical direction, the subsequent loss of personnel, and a lawsuit settlement that led to a name change. Starship's 1985 album, Knee Deep in the Hoopla, went platinum and included two singles that went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart: We Built This City and Sara. Their follow up album, No Protection, released in 1987, featured the band's third number one single, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now. After a short hiatus in the early 1990s, the band reformed in 1992 as Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and resumed touring.
