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I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper
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Wikipedia article
"'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 Geraint Hughes of Typically Tropical and performed by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip. It was the debut of the 18-year-old singer, and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart.
Background
The song is a 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 he's been banished to Mars" and "Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion". Other science fiction references include: "I lost my heart to a starship trooper", "Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars", "What my body needs is close encounter three", "Static on the comm it's Starfleet Command" and "Fighting for the Federation"
The song uses musical themes from 'Star Wars', 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' (from '2001: A Space Odyssey'), and the "spaceship communication" melody from 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.
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 black thigh-high boots.
In 1997, Brightman rerecorded the song, with producer Frank Peterson, and released it as a single to coincide with the film 'Starship Troopers'. Although the single carried artwork from the film, the song itself was not in the film.
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