Starship Trooper
~ Song
Annotation
a) by Jon Anderson
b) by Chris Squire
c) by Steve Howe
all rights administered by WB Music Corp.
Annotation last modified on 2012-08-11 14:31 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) Chris Squire (Yes bassist) |
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| composer: | Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) Steve Howe Chris Squire (Yes bassist) |
| publisher: | Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI) Rondor Music (London) Ltd. Topographic Music, Ltd. Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Yessongs Ltd. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Yes-starship-trooper-lyrics [info] |
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| parts: | 1. Life Seeker 2. Disillusion 3. Würm |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1970-10 – 1970-11 | Starship Trooper: Life Seeker / Disillusion / Würm | Yes | 9:28 | |
| 1970 | Starship Trooper: Life Seeker / Disillusion / Würm | Yes | 9:33 | |
| 1971-04-01 | Starship Trooper (live, 1971‐04‐01: Top of the Pops, BBC) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1972-12-15 – 1972-12-16 | Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (live, 1972-12-15/16: London, UK) | live | Yes | 10:17 |
| 1972 | Starship Trooper | live | Yes | 10:18 |
| 1972 | Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm | live | Yes | 10:13 |
| 1972 | Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm | live | Yes | 9:24 |
| 1973-03-21 | Starship Trooper (live, 1973‐03‐21: Apollo Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia) | live | Yes | 10:00 |
| 1977-08-28 | Starship Trooper (live, 1977-08-28: Freedom Hall Coliseum, Louisville, KY, USA) | live | Yes | 13:16 |
| 1977-09-18 | Starship Trooper (live 1977-09-18: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1977-09-26 | Starship Trooper (live, 1977‐09‐26: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1978-09-19 | Starship Trooper (live, 1978‐09‐19: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1978-10-28 | Starship Trooper (live, 1978‐10‐28: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | live | Yes | 7:21 |
| 1979-04-18 | Starship Trooper (live, 1979-04-18: Le Colisée, Quebec City, QC, Canada) | live | Yes | 11:56 |
| 1979-05-05 | Starship Trooper (live, 1979‐05‐05: Vancouver Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | Yes | 10:52 |
| 1979-06-09 | Starship Trooper (live, 1979‐06‐09: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Yes | 12:04 |
| 1979 | Starship Trooper: a. Lifeseeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (live, 1979: Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Yes | 11:47 |
| 1983-08-27 | Starship Trooper | live | Yes | 11:24 |
| 1984-05-11 | Starship Trooper (live, 1984‐05‐11: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Yes | 13:20 |
| 1984-06-24 | Starship Trooper (live, 1984-06-24: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Yes | 13:01 |
| 1984-06-24 | Starship Trooper (live, 1984-06-24: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Yes | 12:55 |
| 1984-06-24 | Starship Trooper (live, 1984-06-24: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany) | live | Yes | 13:31 |
| 1984-09-01 | Starship Trooper (live, 1984‐09‐01: Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA, USA) | live | Yes | 16:28 |
| 1989-10-24 | Starship Trooper | live | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 9:38 |
| 1991-04-09 | Starship Trooper (live, 1991‐04‐09: Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA) | live | Yes | 14:59 |
| 1991-04-09 | Starship Trooper (live, 1991‐04‐09: Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA) | live | Yes | 13:13 |
| 1991-04-14 | Starship Trooper | Yes | 12:44 | |
| 1991-04-17 | Starship Trooper (live, 1991‐04‐17: Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | live | Yes | 13:33 |
| 1991-04-17 | Starship Trooper (live, 1991‐04‐17: Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA) | live | Yes | 14:20 |
| 1993-03 – 1993-05 | Starship Trooper (reinterpretation of Yes original by Wakeman) | instrumental | Rick Wakeman | 12:22 |
| 1995-01-31 | Yes Medley: Machine Messiah / Heart of the Sunrise / Close to the Edge / Siberian Khatru / Starship Trooper (live, 1995‐01‐31: Ronnie’s Jazz Club, London, UK) | live and medley | Dream Theater | 14:12 |
| 1996-03-04 – 1996-03-06 | Starship Trooper: a. Lifeseeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (live, 1996-03: Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA) | live | Yes | 13:08 |
| 1996-11-27 | Starship Trooper (live, 1996‐11‐27: Tower Records, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1996 | Starship Trooper: a. Lifeseeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (live, 1996-03: Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA) | live | Yes | 12:59 |
| 1997-07 | Starship Trooper / Wurm | live | Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble | 12:21 |
| 1998-03-05 | Starship Trooper (live, 1998-03-05: Hammersmith Odeon Theatre, London, UK) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 1998-05-21 | Starship Trooper (live, 1998-05-21: Radio Futuro, Teatro Monumental, Santiago, Chile) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2000-06-20 | Starship Trooper (live, 2000-06-20: Reno Hilton Outdoor Amphitheater, Reno, NV, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2000-06-21 | Starship Trooper (live, 2000-06-21: Chronicle Pavilion, Concord, CA, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2000-06-23 | Starship Trooper (live, 2000‐06‐23: Universal Ampitheater, Universal City, CA, USA) | live | Yes | 11:23 |
| 2000-07-06 | Starship Trooper (live, 2000‐07‐06: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2000-07-19 | Starship Trooper (live, 2000‐07‐19: PNC Banks Art Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA) | live | Yes | 12:25 |
| 2001-04-21 | Starship Trooper / Wurm | live | Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble | 16:32 |
| 2001-11-17 | Starship Trooper (live, 2001‐11‐17: Palavobis, Milano, Italy) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2001-11-22 | Starship Trooper (live, 2001‐11‐22: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Yes | 12:21 |
| 2001-11-22 | Starship Trooper: I. Life Seeker / II. Disillusion / III. Würm (live, 2001‐11‐22: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Yes | 13:28 |
| 2002-10-24 | Starship Trooper (live, 2002‐10‐24: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL, USA) | live | Yes | 12:35 |
| 2004-05-15 | Starship Trooper (live, 2004‐05‐15: Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA, USA) | live | Yes | 12:37 |
| 2004-06-12 | Starship Trooper (live, 2004‐06‐13: Arrow Rock Festival, Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands) | live | Yes | ?:?? |
| 2004-07-08 | Starship Trooper (live, 2004‐07‐08: Piazza Della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland) | live | Yes | 13:55 |
| 2009-10-09 | Starship Trooper (Live, 2009-10-09: Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands) | cover and live | Damian Wilson Band | 6:51 |
| 2009-12-01 | Starship Trooper (live, 2009-12-01: La Bourse du Travail, Lyon, France) | live | Yes | 13:08 |
| 2012-04-01 | Starship Trooper (live, 2012‐04‐01: Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand) | live | Yes | 15:38 |
| 2014-05-11 | Starship Trooper (live, 2014-05-11: Hippodrome, Bristol, UK) | live | Yes | 11:19 |
| 2014-05-11 | Starship Trooper (live, 2014-05-11: Hippodrome, Bristol, UK) | live | Yes | 11:15 |
| 2017-02 | Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm | live | Yes | 11:46 |
| 2018-07-20 – 2018-07-21 | Starship Trooper: i. Life Seeker / ii. Disillusion / iii. Wurm | live | Yes | 11:41 |
| 2018 | Starship Trooper | cover | Francis Dunnery | 8:24 |
| 2019-07-26 | Starship Trooper (live, 2019-07-26: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | Yes | 11:42 |
| 2023-02-23 | Starship Trooper / Wurm (live, The London Palladium, 22 February 2023) | live | Rick Wakeman | 17:11 |
| A New Day Yesterday / Starship Trooper / Wurm (live) | medley | Joe Bonamassa | 7:51 | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 12:58 | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 12:52 | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 12:48 | |
| Starship Trooper | cover | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 7:16 | |
| Starship Trooper | cover | The Samurai of Prog | 10:28 | |
| Starship Trooper | Rick Wakeman | 12:20 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Rick Wakeman | 8:34 | ||
| Starship Trooper (1989-11-08: Stockholm, Sweden; FM broadcast) | live | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | 13:13 | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Joe Bonamassa | 2:52 | |
| Starship Trooper | Rick Wakeman | 14:04 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:29 | ||
| Starship Trooper | live | Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 7:34 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:57 | ||
| Starship Trooper (live, 1980‐09‐06: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Yes and Buggles as one | 11:34 | |
| Starship Trooper (live, 2001‐11‐14: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany) | live | Yes | 13:27 | |
| Starship Trooper (live, 1973‐03‐08: Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Yes | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper (live, 1973‐03‐12: Kouseinennkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan) | live | Yes | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper (live, 1973‐03‐10: Kanda Kyoritsu Koudou, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Yes | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:36 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:18 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:29 | ||
| Starship Trooper | live | Yes | 13:33 | |
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:54 | ||
| Starship Trooper | Yes | 9:27 | ||
| Starship Trooper | live | Yes | 9:57 | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Yes | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper (live, 1979‐06‐19: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Yes | ?:?? | |
| Starship Trooper | live | Yes | 13:04 | |
| Starship Trooper | cover | The Samurai of Prog | 10:27 | |
| Starship Trooper | cover | Rick Wakeman | 12:22 | |
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (2014 stereo mix) | Yes | 9:31 | ||
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm | Yes | 9:26 | ||
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (2014 stereo mix) | Yes | 9:33 | ||
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (5.1 mix) | Yes | 9:33 | ||
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (2014 instrumental mix) | instrumental | Yes | 9:33 | |
| Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker / b. Disillusion / c. Würm (archival master) | Yes | 9:26 | ||
| Starship Trooper/Würm | Rick Wakeman | 12:18 | ||