YOUR TUESDAY K-101.7 SONG OF THE DAY!

They built this city/On Rock And Roll/And load and loads of Illegal drugs/And monster trucks/And really cool pants...

Yeah, so yesterday we featured a song so funky it scared away all the pale people and left us standing knee deep in crickets on the air. So, let's over correct today and steer in the direction of CandyTown, population these guys. Let's ride the wrecking ball into their guitars, cos we're the simple fools, calling through your schools. Or, you know, whatever.

In 1984/85, Jefferson Star had become plain old Starship, band members sailing into the sunset, middle aged remnants of the sixties and seventies, glory a distant memory. So whaddaya do? YOU SELL OUT AS HARD AS YOU CAN. You doll yourself up in goonball embarrassing mom and dad trying to be hip clothing, you hire the guy who wrote Elton John's hits and the future leader of Mister Mister/writer of the Growing Pains theme song, you throw your past to the wind and you tell the world proudly that MARCONI PLAYED THE MAMBA...whatever that means...

And by golly, you hit number one and thirty years later, everybody is still singing your song. Hot damn. It's a lesson for one and all, kids. An especially eighties lesson. When in doubt, SELL OUT. And all the kids say yeah. And that's why we are crowning this, once listed as the worst pop song ever, as your-

 -K-101.7 SONG OF THE DAY!

P.S: Here's a disaster of singing show audition, where a group takes a running go at our song of the day and not only misses the mark, but takes all the hurdles down with them. CHECK THIS OUT!