"No Way Out" by Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship evolved from the ashes of psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Under this new moniker, the band took a markedly more radio-friendly approach to their songwriting. They didn't score any enduring classic hits like "White Rabbit," but they graced the airwaves of the 70s and early 80s with cuts like "Miracles" (#3), "Count On Me" (#8), "Jane" (#14), and "Find Your Way Back" (#29).

In 1979, lead singer and founding member Marty Balin left and was replaced by Mickey Thomas, who was in the spotlight for taking Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" to #3 in 1976. At this point, founding member Grace Slick was kicked out of the band partly due to her drunken antics and rants on stage. She would rejoin the band by the 1981 record, "Nuclear Furniture."

"No Way Out" comes from that same record, the last recorded before the group had to abandon the Jefferson Starship name for legal reasons after Paul Katner, another founding member, left the group. Thomas and Slick continued under the simplified name, Starship, until Slick left in 1988 to join a newly reformed Jefferson Airplane. "No Way Out" also marked the last top 40 hit for this version of the band, landing at #23 in 1984. 

As Starship, Thomas and Slick went on to become one of the biggest acts of the 80s. Stay tuned...