Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip – (I Lost My Heart To A) Starship Trooper (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on February 23rd, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979
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“I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”, sometimes cited as “(I Lost My Heart to A) Starship Trooper”, is a 1978 single written by Jeff Calvert and Max West of Typically Tropical and performed by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip. It is notable as the debut of the then teenage Brightman as a singer, and reached number six in the UK Singles Chart.
The song is a lightweight space disco track that cashed in on the media hype surrounding the original Star Wars film: the lyrics include the lines “And evil Darth Vader has been banished to Mars” and “Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion”. The song also samples music from Star Wars, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey), and the “spaceship communication” melody from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Many of the lyrics contain mild sexual innuendo; for example, “Take me, make me feel the force”. Other television and film science fiction references are “Flash Gordon’s left me, he’s gone to the stars”, “What my body needs is close encounter three”, and “Fighting for the Federation” and “Static on the comm – it’s Starfleet Command”.
The song was performed on The Kenny Everett Video Show by its regular dance troupe Hot Gossip. Its lead, Sarah Brightman, was dressed in a silver catsuit and platform shoes.
SIDE A:
(I Lost My Heart To A) Starship Trooper (Long Version) 4:20
Written-By – Hughes* , Calvert*
SIDE B:
Do Do Do 2:30
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (company sleeve)
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | (I Lost My Heart To A) Starship Trooper | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | Did Not Chart |
| 1979 | (I Lost My Heart To A) Starship Trooper | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | Did Not Chart |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Ariola Records America
Catalog#: PRO 7738
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Producer – Steve Rowland
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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February 23rd, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Thanks Paul! I have always loved this song, just wish they could have made a longer version.
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February 23rd, 2011 at 10:08 pm
DJ Paul,
WHO KNEW?
I had never heard of this song, but have ended up having great FUN with it.
Besides
seeing that everyone starts their “career’ somewhere– this was particularly FUN.
I “Googled” the title and got a plethora of campy and fun graphics to play with
and
extensive research showed that the original title was
“I Lost my Heart to a 12”-er Starship Trooper”… complete with a G-rated pic of Patrick Muldoon.
From the Google graphics this was the precursor to Casper Van Dien’s movie– and, both have
a crazy cult following.
Thanks for the great fun.
You are always coming up with something surprising.
~ Leelawadee ~
and
The OraiGOdai Team
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DjPaulT Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 8:12 am
Leelawadee you are very welcome I LOVE this song and was so happy when it was requested. I’m glad that I was able to turn you on to something new and fun!
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February 24th, 2011 at 12:54 am
Excellent upload! I’ve got a bunch of Sarah Brightman 7″ and 12″ singles from the late ’70s and early ’80s, but most of mine aren’t in such great condition, so it’s really great to hear such a nice copy of these songs!
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April 1st, 2012 at 6:00 am
Please, reload this wonderful song !!!
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