"Sara" is a #1 hit song by the band Starship. It was sung by
Mickey Thomas, of the newly renamed band Starship, from their
first album
Knee Deep in the Hoopla. The song hit #1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986 staying at that
position for one week. It was the band's second #1 hit after
the song "We Built This City" hit the 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.
Although written by Peter and Ina Wolf, the song was named for
Thomas's wife at the time, Sara (née Kendrick).
The music video for "Sara" prominently features actor
Rebecca De Mornay and Thomas in a storyline about a
relationship ending, with frequent flashbacks to what is
presumably Thomas's character's childhood and the tornado that
wrecked his home.