The and Albert Hammond penned “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” also appeared in the 1987 romantic comedy film Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall, and picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.The song followed Starhip’s 1985 No. 1s “We Built This City” and “Sara,” and was featured on the last album Slick would record with the band No Protection. The song also marked the first No. 1 for Warren, who had already written hits for DeBarge (“Rhythm of the Night”) and Laura Branigan (“Solitaire”).The MeaningThe song was first inspired by Hammond’s real-life love life. Commissioned along with Diane Warren to write a song for the film Mannequin, Hammond was inspired by his new relationship, following a divorce, and started writing “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us” as a wedding song for his new bride. Sung as a duet by Slick and Jefferson Starship bandmate Mickey Thomas, “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” was a pure anadultered anthem of love.Lookin’ in your eyesI see a paradiseThis world that I’ve found is too good to be trueStandin’ here beside youWant so much to give youThis love in my heart that I’m feeling for youLet ’em say we’re crazyI don’t care about thatPut your hand in my handBaby, don’t ever look backLet the world around usJust fall apartBaby, we can make itIf we’re heart-to-heartAnd we can build this dream togetherStanding strong foreverNothing’s gonna stop us nowAnd if this world runs out of loversWe’ll still have each otherNothing’s gonna stop usNothing’s gonna stop us nowThe song went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in several other countries and became the Starship’s best-selling single. Slick, who was 47 at the time, also became the oldest woman to earn a No. 1 single in the U.S.The End of StarshipThough Starship was at the height of their career in the ’80s after “Nothing’s Gonne Stop Us Now,” Slick, who was at least a decade older than her bandmates, parted ways with them. Slick also admitted that she never liked “Nothing’s Gonne Stop Us Now,” because she didn’t believe its lyrics. “I don’t like to sing songs where I don’t believe the lyrics,” . “Diane Warren is an amazing pop songwriter, and she, I’m assuming, believes in that state where you’re in love, you get kind of crazy. But I’m older now. I am damn near 50, and I’m singing, ‘Nothing’s gonna stop us now.’”Slick added, “I know goddamn well how fast a relationship can come apart. So I’m getting up onstage and I’m thinking, ‘Yeah, right.’ It’s distracting and disconcerting to me.”Chick-fil-AIn 2017, “Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now” resurfaced in a Chick-fil-A ad that ran during the Grammy Awards. Slick allowed the song to be used, then donated the profits to Lambda Legal, which supports the LBGTQ community, in response to the Chick-fil-A CEO’s anti-LBGTQ comments. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, You're watching the official music video remastered in HD for Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from the 1987 album 'No Protection'. more, The music video for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was released in 1987. It features clips from the film Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall, intercut with a parallel narrative of Mickey Thomas falling in love with a mannequin who comes to life, played by Grace Slick..