I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper
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| Single by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip |
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| B-side(s) | "Do, Do, Do" | |
| Released | 1978 | |
| Format | 7" single 12" single |
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| Recorded | 1978 | |
| Genre | Pop, Disco | |
| Length | 3:42 4:19 (long version) |
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| Label | Ariola Hansa | |
| Writer(s) | Calvert, Hughes | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Rowland | |
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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 single by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip. Some discographies credit it to Hot Gossip alone. It is notable as the debut of the then teenage Brightman as a singer.
The song is a lightweight disco track that cashed in on the media hype surrounding the original Star Wars film: the lyrics include the lines "An evil Darth Vader has me banished to Mars" and "Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion". Many of the lyrics are 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" (both Star Trek).
The song also samples music from Star Wars and Thus Spoke Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey).
