Sara (Starship song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Sara

| cover = Sara single.jpg

| alt = A black-and-white photo of the band over a background of four colored squares separated by a white gradient cross.

| caption = Japanese single cover

| type = single

| artist = Starship

| album = Knee Deep in the Hoopla

| B-side = Hearts of the World (Will Understand)

| released = December 1985

| recorded = 1985

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|soft rock}}

| length = 4:52 (album version)
4:18 (edited version)

| label = {{hlist|Grunt|RCA}}

| composer = {{hlist|Peter Wolf|Ina Wolf}}

| lyricist = Ina Wolf

| producer = {{hlist|Peter Wolf|Jeremy Smith}}

| prev_title = We Built This City

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|32ScTb6_KHg|"Sara"}}}}

}}

"Sara" is a song recorded by the American rock band Starship which reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986. It was sung by Mickey Thomas, of the newly renamed band Starship, from their first album Knee Deep in the Hoopla, and Grace Slick provided the backing vocals.{{cite book |url=https://epdf.pub/a-to-z-of-american-women-in-the-performing-arts-facts-on-file-library-of-america.html| quote=Slick sang supporting vocals on the band's mid-decade top 40 hits "We Built This City"(1985), "Sara"(1986), and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"(1987) before quitting again in 1988|title=A to Z of American Women in the Performing Arts |author1=Sonneborn, Liz|date=2002|page=195| publisher=Facts on File, Incorporated|format=SLICK, GRACE (Grace Wing)|isbn=0-8160-4398-1 }}

The recording became one of the best-selling singles of 1986 in North America. It was the band's second number-one hit after the song "We Built This City" hit that mark a few months earlier in 1985. It also became the band's first number-one song on the adult contemporary chart, where it remained for three weeks.{{cite book|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=126 |isbn= 0898201497}} Although written by Peter and Ina Wolf, the song was named for Sara (née Kendrick), Thomas's wife at the time.