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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A Rolling Stone reader poll has proclaimed "We Built This City" by Starship to be the worst song of the 1980s.
"The Final Countdown" by Europe came in second and Chris de Burgh placed third with the ballad "Lady in Red."
"We Built This City" wasn't the work of amateurs. Starship was born from the core members of Jefferson Airplane, one of the pioneering and most-popular bands of the 1960s. The song itself was co-written by Bernie Taupin, who penned many of Elton John's classics in the 70s.
But ABC said voters slammed it by a wide margin. Rolling Stone said it "could be the biggest blow-out victory in the history of the Rolling Stone Readers Poll."
Other hapless hits that apparently didn't sit well over the decade were the quirky "Safety Dance" by Men in Hats, "Wake Me Up" by Wham, and Bobby McFerrin's jazzy "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
The online poll was conducted a few weeks ago, but the number of voters and totals for each tune were not available.
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