… . . . the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps . . . …
Some people don’t know that’s my voice on Starship’s number one song We Built This City. It was totally impromptu. I stopped by to say “Hi” to the band when they were in the studio. Their producer, Peter Wolf, had this on-the-spot idea to add a jock v/o. He asked me to demo it, I said “hit the button, let’s go”. It was the first and only take. Two months later, RCA lawyers phoned to get my permission to use it.
I’ll not forget walking down the street in Geneva, Switzerland a few months later, and hearing it blare from a car full of teens. It was a “moment.” Then, lo and behold, it goes to number one! I faxed the band and thanked them for backing me up on my number one record. It was funny at the time.