Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

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“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now”
Single by Starship from the album No Protection
B-side	"Layin' It on the Line"
Released	1987
Format	7" single
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	4:29
Label	Grunt
Writer(s)	Albert Hammond/Diane Warren
Producer	Narada Michael Walden
Starship singles chronology
"Before I Go" (1986) "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (1987) "It's Not Over Til It's Over" (1987)

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, recorded by Starship. Featured as the theme to the romantic comedy film Mannequin, it hit #1 in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1987 and reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks the following month. At the time, it made Grace Slick the oldest female artist to have a number one single in the United States (though the record was later broken by Cher's "Believe" in 1999). The song also received an Oscar nomination for "Best Original Song" at the 60th Academy Awards. It was released in the album No Protection in 1987. It is also the main theme for the Bath and District Scout and Guide Gang Show in England.

Contents 1 Cover versions 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 References

[edit] Cover versions

• This song has been covered by American pop punk band The Starting Line on their 2001 EP With Hopes of Starting Over on the Drive-Thru Records label.
• Pop duo Mandy and Randy covered the song with a music video featuring a small cartoonish CG couple at the beach.
• The song was performed by Anthony Kavanagh and Alison Crawford during the UK talent-search show Grease is the Word. ^[1]

[edit] Track listing

7" single

1. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (4:29)
2. "Layin' It on the Line" (live at Stopher Gym, Louisiana State University) (4:15)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1987)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	16
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	1
Austrian Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	16
German Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
Swedish Singles Chart	2
Swiss Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	1
United World Chart	2

Preceded by "Lean on Me" by Club Nouveau	ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single April 4, 1987- April 11, 1987	Succeeded by "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" by George Michael and Aretha Franklin
	Billboard Hot 100 number one single April 4, 1987- April 18, 1987
Preceded by "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna	UK number one single May 3, 1987	Succeeded by "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston

[edit] References