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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 (robot)|droid]], devoid of emotion". The song also samples music from ''Star Wars'' and ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)| Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]'' (from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'').
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 (robot)|droid]], devoid of emotion". The song also samples music from ''Star Wars'' and ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)| Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]'' (from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'').
Many of the lyrics contain mild sexual innuendo; for example, "Take me, make me feel [[The Force (Star Wars)|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 Encounters of the Third Kind|close encounter three]]", and "Fighting for the Federation" and "Static on the comm - it's [[Starfleet Command]]" (both ''[[Star Trek]]'', or the Federation from [[Blake's 7]]; alternatively, "the Federation" and "Starfleet Command" are evident references to ''[[Starship Troopers]]'').
Many of the lyrics contain mild sexual innuendo; for example, "Take me, make me feel [[The Force (Star Wars)|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 Encounters of the Third Kind|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.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3536240/Sarah-Brightmans-hot-gossip-days-are-over.html |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |title=Sarah Brightman's hot gossip days are over | location=London | first=Olga | last=Craig | date=2008-11-29 | accessdate=2010-05-04}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3536240/Sarah-Brightmans-hot-gossip-days-are-over.html |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |title=Sarah Brightman's hot gossip days are over | location=London | first=Olga | last=Craig | date=2008-11-29 | accessdate=2010-05-04}}</ref>

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"I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"
Song
B-side"Do, Do, Do"

"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[1] 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.[2]

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 and Thus Spoke Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey). 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Typically Tropical". Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ^ "Sarah's Early Years: 1960 - 1981". Sarah Brightman Official Website. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  3. ^ Craig, Olga (2008-11-29), Sarah Brightman's hot gossip days are over, London: The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 2010-05-04


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