“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” – Single by Starship from the album No Protection. B-side “Layin’ It on the Line”. Released December 19, 1986.
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is a song co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. It is a power ballad duet featuring vocalists Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas and is the theme to the romantic-comedy film Mannequin. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1987. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became the UK’s second-best-selling song of 1987 behind “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley.
The music video for “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” was released in 1987. It features Kim Cattrall and shows Mickey Thomas pursuing a mannequin who comes to life, played by Grace Slick, and is intercut with scenes from the film Mannequin. Meshach Taylor makes a cameo playing his role in the film as window dresser Hollywood Montrose, as does Narada Michael Walden, the producer of the song, who appears with the band.
Towards the end of the video, viewers are shown that the band’s members are also mannequins.
Members
Mickey Thomas – vocals
Grace Slick – vocals
Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals
Craig Chaquico – guitar (lead/solo only)
Pete Sears – bass
Additional personnel
Walter “Baby Love” Afanasieff – keyboards, synth bass
Narada Michael Walden – drums
Corrado Rustici – Charvel MIDI guitar
Robert “Bongo Bob” Smith – drum sampling and percussion
Karen “Kitty Beethoven” Brewington, Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
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