How THAT song became #1 in 1985 is a head scratcher. "Sara" is far more appealing.
There were 27 Billboard No. 1s in 1985. Only seven were ballads (two by Whitney Houston, one by Phil Collins, one by Lionel Richie, one by Paul Young, one by Bryan Adams, and "We Are The World.") Many of the rest had the same punchy pop sound as "We Built This City," and just about all of them would sound great at the top of an hour in any year. I can't find a "head scratcher" in the bunch, all the way from "Like a Virgin" to "Say You, Say Me." I thought "We Built This City" sounded like a huge hit the first time I heard it.