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1.
Which hit song featured the following lyric:
"The love we share seems to go nowhere and I've lost my light"
a. Teardrops
b. Tainted Love
c. Love Action (I Believe In Love)
d. Superwoman
* B - Tainted Love - This song was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in
* 1965. It was the B-side of her single "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home", which
* was a commercial flop. Soft Cell recorded their version in 1981, which was
* drastically different from the original. Marilyn Manson then covered the
* song in 2001.
2.
Who sang the title track of the late 80s James Bond film Licence to Kill?
a. Tina Turner
b. Patti LaBelle
c. Gladys Knight
d. Shirley Bassey
* C - Gladys Knight - Gladys Knight released the song "Licence To Kill" in
* 1989. It was written and recorded for the James Bond movie. It was written
* by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffery Cohen and Walter Afanasieff. The song
* was a to 10 hit in the UK.
3.
The Magic Number was a 1989 hit for the band De La Soul. Which album of
theirs did it appear on?
a. 3 Feet High and Rising
b. Buhloone Mindstate
c. De La Soul Is Dead
d. The Grind State
* A - 3 Feet Hight and Rising - This was the debut studio album for De La
* Soul, which was released on March 14, 1989, by Tommy Boy Records and Warner
* Bros. Records.
4.
Which 80s Clash song, when re-released in 1991, went straight to number
one in the UK?
a. London Calling
b. Straight to Hell
c. Rock the Casbah
d. Should I Stay or Should I Go?
* D - Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Originally written in 1981 and featured
* Mick Jones on lead vocals. It bacame the band's only number-one single on
* the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was released. It was re-released
* again in 1982 with a different cover, again in 1983, and for a third time
* in 1991.
5.
Which Duran Duran song opened with a sample of laughter from the
keyboardist's girlfriend?
a. Is There Something I Should Know?
b. Hungry Like the Wolf
c. Girls on Film
d. The Wild Boys
* B - Hungry Like the Wolf - The song was written and recorded on a Saturday
* in the spring of 1982 at the basement studios of EMI's London headquarters
* The band had initally failed to break into the US market. MTV placed the
* video in a heavy rotation, and they gained exposure in the US. The song
* eventually peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of 1983.
6.
Complete the Kate Bush lyric, from her 1985 song Hounds of Love:
"Now the hounds of love are hunting. I've always been a coward,"
a. And I'm ashamed of running away
b. And feel your arms surround me
c. And of what was following me
d. And I don't know what's good for me
* D - And I don't know what's good for me - Hounds of Love was Kate's fifth
* studio album, released on 16 September 1985. The single was released on 24
* February 1986 and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was
* covered in 2005 by British band 'The Futureheads' and they scored a UK top
* 10 hit with it.
7.
Which New Wave band scored the mid-80s hit Somewhere in My Heart?
a. Aztec Camera
b. Blondie
c. Ultravox
d. Thompson Twins
* A - Aztec Camera - This Scottish pop/new wave band was formed by Roddy
* Frame, who was the groups singer and songwriter. The band released a
* total of six albums from 1980 to 1995.
8.
The work of Fritz Lang inspired which Madonna video?
a. Cherish
b. Express Yourself
c. Like a Prayer
d. Oh Father
* B - Express Yourself - The video was directed by David Fincher, and was
* inspired by Fritz Lang's classic film Metropolis (1927). The video had a
* total budget of $5 million, which made it the most expensive video made
* at the time, and currently the third most expensive video made. The single
* for the song was released on May 9, 1989.
9.
The pencil-sketch animation technique used in the A-ha video Take On Me
was known as what?
a. Onion skinning
b. Still motion
c. Pinscreen
d. Rotoscoping
* D - Rotoscoping - This is an animation technique used by animators when
* they trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, when realistic
* action is required. While the process has been taken over by computers,
* the name has remained in the visual effects industry.
10.
How many singles were released from the Prince album Lovesexy?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
* B - 3 - Lovesexy was the 10th studio album released by Prince, and came
* out on May 10, 1988. The album received mixed reviews. The singles released
* from this album were: "Alphabet St.", "Glam Slam", and "I Wish U Heaven".
11.
Which British band had the massive hit Fools Gold?
a. The Stone Roses
b. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
c. Pixies
d. Joy Division
* A - The Stone Roses - "Fools Gold" and "What the World Is Waiting For"
* was released as a non-album double A-side by the Stone Roses in 1989.
12.
Which one of these songs by The Police did not chart in the 80s?
a. Don't Stand So Close to Me
b. Every Breathe You Take
c. Walking on the Moon
d. Wrapped Around Your Finger
* C - Walking on the Moon - The song was written by Sting (while he was
* drunk after a concert in Munich) and released in 1979. While it did chart
* in many countries, its popularity fizzled by the start of 1980.
13.
Now known as a songwriter of hits like the Britney Spears song Toxic,
Cathy Dennis was once a solo artist. Which 80s song marked her debut?
a. Pump Up the Volume
b. C'mon and Get My Love
c. Theme from S'Express
d. It Doesn't Have To Be
* B - C'mon and Get My Love - This song reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart,
* and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989.
14.
Which Grace Jones video featured excerpts from the experimental
documentary film Koyaanisqatsi?
a. I Need a Man
b. Slave to the Rhythmn
c. Love on Top of Love
d. Pull Up to the Bumper
* D - Pull Up to the Bumper - Also known as "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of
* Balance", is an experimental film which contains slow motion and time-
* lapse footage of cities and natural landscapes across the United States.
* In the Hopi language, Koyaanisqatsi means "unbalanced life".
15.
Which Pet Shop Boys' song was about the lead singer's Catholic
upbringing?
a. It's a Sin
b. What Have I Done to Deserve This?
c. Always on my Mind
d. Heart
* A - It's a Sin - Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant. It is a
* descritption of Tennant's Catholic upbringing and education at St.
* Cuthbert's High School in Newcastle upon Tyne. The song implies that*
* everything that is perceived to be pleasureable in life is regarded as
* sinful.
16.
"Need You Tonight" was released by which rock band?
a. The Cure
b. Metallica
c. INXS
d. Aerosmith
* C - INXS - "Need You Tonight" is the fourth song on INXS's 1987 album Kick
* as well as the first single from the album released worldwide.
17.
Kylie Minogue began her music career in the late 80s. Which one of the
following has she not done a duet with?
a. Jimmy Plant
b. Nick Cave
c. Coldplay
d. Shakira
* D - Shakira - Kylie collaborated with Austrlian artist Nick Cave for the
* song 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'.
18.
Each song below featured heavily on the soundtrack of its respective 80s
movie. Can you match the right song to the right movie:
a. Danger Zone 1. Batman
b. The Heat is On 2. The Breakfast Club
c. Cruel Summer 3. Back to the Future
d. In the Air Tonight 4. Rocky III
e. Partyman 5. Transformers: The Movie
f. Up Where We Belong 6. The Karate Kid Part II
g. Power of Love 7. Mannequin
h. Eye of the Tiger 8. Beverly Hills Cop
i. Don't You (Forget About Me) 9. Risky Business
j. The Touch 10. An Officer and a Gentleman
k. The Glory of Love 11. The Karate Kid
l. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 12. Top Gun
* A-12 - Danger Zone - Top Gun (1986)
* B-8 - The Heat Is On - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
* C-11 - Cruel Summer - The Karate Kid (1984)
* D-9 - In the Air Tonight - Risky Business (1983)
* E-1 - Partyman - Batman (1989)
* F-10 - Up Where We Belong - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
* G-3 - Power of Love - Back to the Future (1985)
* H-4 - Eye of the Tiger - Rocky III (1982)
* I-2 - Don't You (Forget About Me) - The Breakfast Club (1985)
* J-5 - The Touch - Transformers: The Movie (1986)
* K-6 - The Glory of Love - The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
* L-7 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Mannequin (1987)
19.
Which Frankie Goes to Hollywood song was banned on UK radio play in 1984,
because of its lyrics?
a. Two Tribes
b. Relax
c. Welcome to the Pleasuredome
d. Rage Hard
* B - Relax - On 11 January 1984, BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Mike Read was
* playing the record on his show when he noticed the front cover design
* (by Yvonne Gilbert). Read apparently became outraged by the "overtly
* sexual" nature of both the record sleeve and the printed lyrics, which
* prompted him to remove the disc from the turntable live on air,
* branding it "obscene."
20.
Talking of lyrics, which Roxette song featured the line:
"I'm not afraid, a trembling flower, I'll feed your heart and blow the dust
from your eyes"
a. Listen to Your Heart
b. The Look
c. Dressed for Success
d. Dangerous
* C - Dressed for Success - This Swedish pop duo, consisting of Marie
* Fredriksson and Per Gessle, formed Roxette in 1986. The song 'Dressed
* for Success' peaked at number 14 on the Hot 100, and number 3 in
* Australia.
21.
Which Peter Gabriel song was not a gigantic hit in the 80s?
a. Red Rain
b. Games Without Frontiers
c. Don't Give Up
d. Sledgehammer
* A - Red Rain - 'Games Without Frontiers' hit #4 in the UK and #48 in the US.
* 'Don't Give Up' and 'Sledgehammer' were both UK top 20 in 1986. 'Red Rain'
* was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, but was released in
* 1995.
22.
Which female singer was responsible for the song "Could've Been"?
a. Debbie Gibson
b. Paula Abdul
c. Belinda Carlisle
d. Tiffany
* D - Tiffany - In 1988, Tiffany's ballad 'Could've Been' peaked at No 1 on
* the Billboard charts. At this point in her career, she was competing with
* other pop stars, such as Debbie Gibson for covers on the teen magazines.
23.
The French song "Joe le Taxi", by Vanessa Paradis, charted at what position
on the UK chart?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
* B - 3 - In 1987, 14 year old Vanessa Paradis made her internationally
* famous with the song 'Joe le Taxi'. The song was No 1 in France, No 3
* in the UK.
24.
Which Eurythmics song featured the lead singer entering a derelict
cottage in a nightgown?
a. Here Comes the Rain Again
b. Right by Your Side
c. Would I Lie to You
d. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
* A - Here Comes the Rain Again - The music video, featuring both Annie
* Lennox and Dave Stewart, was directed by Stewart, Jonathan Gershfield
* and Jon Roseman, and released in December 1983, a month before the
* single came out. The video opens with a passing aerial shot of The Old
* Man of Hoy on the Island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands before transitioning
* to Lennox walking along the rocky shore and cliff top. She later explores
* a derelict cottage while wearing a nightgown and holding a lantern.
* Stewart stalks her with a video camera. In many scenes the two are filmed
* separately, then superimposed into the same frame. The result is that the
* viewer may perceive one as being a ghost in the world of the other.
25.
Which movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1983?
a. Fame
b. Flashdance
c. La Cage Aux Folles
d. Xanadu
* B - Flashdance - The song 'Flashdance... What a Feeling' was performed by
* Irene Cara, who also performed 'Fame' in 1980. The song won an Academy
* Award for Best Original Song, as well as a Golden Globe and numerous
* other awards.
26.
Which movie soundtrack included tracks by Talking Heads, Lou Reed, and
the Ramones?
a. Valley Girl
b. Pretty in Pink
c. Times Square
d. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
* C - Times Square - This two-LP album was release in 1980, and contained
* mostly new wave and punk rock from the film of the same name. The only
* song not included on the soundtrack, was "Dangerous Type" by The Cars.
27.
Which three members of Duran Duran Formed the group Arcadia in 1985?
a. Nick, John and Simon
b. Andy Roger and Nick
c. Simon, Nick and Roger
d. John, Roger and Andy
* C - Simon, Nick and Roger - Arcadia were a new wave British group formed
* in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran as
* a side project during a break in that band's schedule.
28.
In which Heart song does Ann Wilson "hear the ticking of the clock"?
a. Alone
b. These Dreams
c. Magic Man
d. What About Love
* A - Alone - Heart released the song as the first single from their ninth
* studio album, Bad Animals, in May 1987. The song was later released by
* Celine Dion in 2007.
29.
Which Devo song is the futuristic band playing in the 'Taarna' section of
the movie 'Heavy Metal'?
a. Working In The Coal Mine
b. Freedom of Choice
c. Through Bein' Cool
d. Whip It
* C - Through Bein' Cool - "Through Being Cool" is a song by the American new
* wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, and Bob
* Mothersbaugh. It appears on the album New Traditionalists. The song was a
* direct attack on new fans who didn't understand Devo's message. The song
* was also featured in the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal as well as the 2005
* superhero comedy Sky High, with the latter version performed by They Might
* Be Giants.
30.
Depeche Mode did a cover of this artist's song for the 'Earth Girls Are
Easy' soundtrack in 1988.
a. Nat King Cole
b. Woody Guthrie
c. Elvis Presley
d. Perry Como
* A - Nat King Cole - "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular rhythm and
* blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The
* song uses a twelve-bar blues arrangement and the lyrics follow the path of
* U.S. Route 66 (US 66), which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S.
* from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
*
* Nat King Cole, as the King Cole Trio, first recorded the song the same year
* and it became a hit, appearing on Billboard magazine's R&B and pop charts.
*
* Another version to reach the Billboard charts was that recorded by Bing
* Crosby with the Andrews Sisters on May 11, 1946 and this reached the No.
* 14 position in 1946. The song was subsequently recorded by many artists
* including Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, Them, Dr. Feelgood, Asleep at
* the Wheel, the Manhattan Transfer, Depeche Mode, The Brian Setzer
* Orchestra, Pappo, The Cramps, John Mayer,[4], George Benson and Peter Tork
* & Blue Suede Shoes.
31.
Which 80's group was "Big In Japan" in 1984?
a. Visage
b. Ultravox
c. The Vapors
d. Alphaville
* D - Alphaville - Alphaville is a German synthpop/new wave band which gained
* popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were lead singer Marian Gold
* (real name: Hartwig Schierbaum, born 26 May 1954 in Herford), Bernhard
* Lloyd (real name: Bernhard Gössling, born 2 June 1960 in Enger), and Frank
* Mertens (real name: Frank Sorgatz, born 26 October 1961 in Enger). They
* achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan",
* "Sounds Like a Melody", "Jet Set", "Dance With Me", "Jerusalem", and
* "Romeos"
32.
Which 80's singer's real name is Hugh Anthony Cregg III?
a. Huey Lewis
b. Adam Ant
c. Boy George
d. Belinda Carlisle
* A - Huey Lewis - Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known
* professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
*
* Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News,
* in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is
* known for their third, and best-selling, album Sports, and their
* contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future.
* Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979.
33.
Which 80's band regained popularity in 1992 with their tribute EP to
Swedish pop group Abba?
a. Depeche Mode
b. Erasure
c. Pet Shop Boys
d. New Order
* B - Erasure - Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and
* songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They
* formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut was single
* "Who Needs Love Like That". With their fourth single, "Sometimes", the duo
* established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most
* successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s.
*
* Crackers International was bettered in 1992 by another EP, Abba-esque,
* covering four ABBA hits, which became Erasure's first (and to-date only)
* number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It featured a video of the duo dressed
* in ABBA outfits, and was one of the principal drivers of the ABBA revival
* scene in the 1990s
34.
Which 80's band helped you learn your vowels with their hit "AEIOU
Sometimes Y"?
a. New Order
b. Devo
c. EBN-OZN
d. The Smiths
* C - EBN-OZN - (pronounced EEBEN-OHZEN) was a 1980s New York based synth pop
* duo composed of Ned "Ebn" Liben (synthesizer) and Robert "Ozn" Rosen (organ,
* vocals). The duo is best known for the 1983 hit single and award-winning
* music video "AEIOU Sometimes Y."
35.
Which girl's name is also the name of a #1 hit on the Hot 100?
a. Amanda
b. Rosanna
c. Jane
d. Lindsey
* A - Amanda - "Amanda" is a power ballad by rock band Boston written by Tom
* Scholz. The song was released as the first single from the band's third
* album, Third Stage, in 1986, six years after it was recorded.
*
* Although the song did not have a promotional music video, "Amanda" became
* the band's highest charting single in the United States and Canada. In the
* United States, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in November, 1986,
* for two consecutive weeks (the band's only number 1 on the Hot 100), and
* topped for three consecutive weeks on the Mainstream Rock chart, in October
* of the same year, while in the latter the single topped RPM magazine's Top
* Singles and Adult Contemporary charts.
36.
Which of these singers had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 in 1980?
a. Elton John
b. Billy Joel
c. John Denver
d. Michael Jackson
* B - Billy Joel 'It's Still Rock And Roll To Me' - "It's Still Rock and Roll
* to Me" is a hit 1980 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album Glass
* Houses. The song was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks,
* from July 19 through August 1, 1980. The song spent 11 weeks in the top 10
* of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 7th biggest hit of 1980 according to
* American Top 40. The song is an examination of the themes of a musician's
* declining fame and changing public tastes that were expressed in his 1975
* hit "The Entertainer".
37.
What baseball legend is mentioned in a Madonna song?
a. Joe DiMaggio
b. Mickey Mantle
c. Willie Mays
d. Robin Yount
* A - Joe DiMaggio was mentioned in 'Vogue' - "Vogue" is a song by American
* singer Madonna from her second soundtrack album I'm Breathless (1990). It
* was released as the first single from the album on March 27, 1990, by Sire
* Records. Madonna was inspired by vogue dancers and choreographers Jose
* Gutierez Xtravaganza and Luis Xtravaganza from the Harlem "House Ball"
* community, the origin of the dance form, and they introduced "Vogueing" to
* her at the Sound Factory club in New York City. "Vogue" is an upbeat house
* song which set trends in dance music in the 1990s. However, it also has
* strong influences of 1970s disco within its composition. "Vogue" also
* contains a spoken section, in which the singer name-checks various golden-
* era Hollywood celebrities. Lyrically, the song is about enjoying oneself
* on the dance floor no matter who one is, and it contains a theme of escapism.
38.
Who performed an acoustic song at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards,
starting the "unplugged" trend?
a. Nirvana
b. Bruce Springsteen
c. Bon Jovi
d. Journey
* C - Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead Or Alive" - "Wanted Dead or Alive" is a song by
* American rock band Bon Jovi. It is from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet.
* The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in
* 1987 as the album's third single. During a February 20, 2008 encore
* performance in Detroit, Jon Bon Jovi told the crowd about running into Bob
* Seger at a Pistons game. As he introduced his song "Wanted Dead or Alive",
* he said it was inspired by Seger's "Turn the Page" hit and called the song
* the band's anthem. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and
* #13 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the third single from
* the album to reach the Top 10 of the Hot 100. As a result, Slippery When
* Wet was the first hard rock/glam metal album to have 3 top 10 hits on the
* Billboard Hot 100.
39.
Who sang the theme song for the TV show 'Growing Pains'?
a. Kenny Loggins
b. Boz Scaggs
c. B.J. Thomas
d. Jimmy Plant
* C - B.J. Thomas - The show's theme song is "As Long as We've Got Each
* Other", which was written and composed by John Bettis (lyrics) and Steve
* Dorff (music). It was performed by:
*
* B.J. Thomas (singing solo); season 1
* B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes; seasons 2, 3, 5, part of 7
* B.J. Thomas & Dusty Springfield; season 4
* Joe Chemay, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce and George Merrill (singing a capella);
* season 6, part of 7, series finale
*
* There were nine versions of the theme song used; others included a
* Halloween-themed version not sung by Thomas or Warnes used in a two-part
* Halloween episode in 1990. A shorter version of the Thomas/Warnes version
* was used starting in season five.
40.
What song's music video won the very first Video of the Year Award
given out by MTV?
a. "You Might Think" the Cars
b. "Thriller" Michael Jackson
c. "Rockit" Herbie Hancock
d. "Bark at the Moon" Ozzy Osborne
* A - "You Might Think" the Cars - "You Might Think" won the first MTV Video
* Music Award for Video of the Year and was nominated for five more awards
* (best special effects, best art direction, viewer's choice, best concept
* video, and most experimental video) at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards.
* The video also won five awards (best overall, best conceptual, most
* innovative, best editing, and best special effects) at Billboard's 1984
* Video Music Awards and four awards (best achievement in music video, best
* editor in music video, best engineer in music video, and best camera in
* music video) at the Videotape Production Association's 1985 Monitor Awards.
41.
Who performed under the name "Lieutenant Lush"?
a. Boy George
b. Adam Ant
c. Paul McCartney
d. Sting
* A - Boy George - Boy George's androgynous style of dressing caught the
* attention of music entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren (previously the manager of
* the Sex Pistols), who arranged for George to perform with the group Bow Wow
* Wow. Going by the stage name Lieutenant Lush, his tenure with Bow Wow Wow
* proved problematic with lead singer Annabella Lwin. George eventually left
* the group and started his own band with bassist Mikey Craig. They were
* joined by Jon Moss (who had drumming stints with the Damned and Adam and
* the Ants) and then guitarist Roy Hay. Realising they had a cross-dressing
* Irish singer (George), a black-Briton (Craig), a Jewish drummer (Moss) and
* an ethnic Englishman (Hay), they settled on the name Culture Club,
* referring to the various ethnic backgrounds of the members.
42.
Which of these singers is from Wales?
a. Alannah Myles
b. Nena
c. Bonnie Tyler
d. Cyndi Lauper
* C - Bonnie Tyler - Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins; 8 June 1951) is a
* Welsh singer, known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to
* prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and
* its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single
* "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number
* three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
43.
Which of these bands had two #1 Hot 100 hits in the '80s?
a. ZZ Top
b. Reo Speedwagon
c. Whitesnake
d. The Police
* B - REO Speedwagon ("Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling")
*
* "Keep On Loving You" is a soft rock power ballad written by Kevin Cronin
* and performed by American rock band REO Speedwagon. It features the lead
* guitar work of Gary Richrath. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's
* 1980 album Hi Infidelity. It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break
* the top 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching the number-one spot for
* one week in March 1981. The single was certified Platinum for U.S. sales of
* over one million copies. It peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart.
* "Keep On Loving You" has been described as "a mainstay on most '80s soft
* rock compilations" and has appeared on dozens of 'various artists'
* compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums.
*
* "Can't Fight This Feeling" first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album
* Wheels Are Turnin'. It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S.
* charts (the first being 1981's "Keep on Loving You", also written by Kevin
* Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK. "Can't Fight This Feeling"
* has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as well as
* several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums.
44.
Which of these songs won an Oscar?
a. "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III
b. "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
c. "Maniac" from Flashdance
* B - "Up Where We Belong" Performed by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
*
* "Up Where We Belong" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie
* and Will Jennings that was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for
* the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. It reached record stores in July
* of that year to coincide with the release of the film. The song is about
* the belief that love can withstand the struggles of a relationship and make
* it stronger.
*
* "Up Where We Belong" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the
* U.S. and topped the charts in several other countries. It also sold one
* million copies in the U.S. and was recognized by the Recording Industry
* Association of America as one of the Songs of the Century. Cocker and
* Warnes were awarded the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group
* with Vocals, and Nitzsche, Sainte-Marie, and Jennings won both the Academy
* Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
45.
Cyndi Lauper sang "Girls just wanna..."
a. Know this love is true
b. Dance
c. Find the one
d. Have fun
* D - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written by and first recorded
* in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard. It is better known as a single
* by American singer Cyndi Lauper, whose version was released in 1983. It was
* the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead
* single from her debut studio album She's So Unusual (1983). Lauper's
* version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a
* Grammy-winning music video. It has been covered, either as a studio
* recording or in a live performance, by over 30 other artists.
46.
Which of these songs did Weird Al Yankovic NOT parody?
a. Beat It("Eat It")
b. Hold Me Now("Hold My Cow")
c. Like a Virgin("Like a Surgeon")
d. Another One Bites The Dust("Another One Rides The Bus")
* B - Hold Me Now("Hold My Cow")
*
* Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American
* singer-songwriter, film/record producer, satirist, and author. He is known
* for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody
* specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style
* pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular
* songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.
47.
Which Michael Jackson video was later listed in Guiness World Records
as "Most Successful Music Video"?
a. Billie Jean
b. Beat It
c. The Way You Make Me Feeling
d. Thriller
* D - Thriller - Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 14-minute horror-themed
* music video for the song of the same name, released on December 2, 1983.
* Directed by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael
* Jackson, the song was released from Jackson's sixth studio album of the
* same name. It was MTV's first world premiere video. In the United Kingdom,
* the video was aired on Channel 4 late at night. Voted as the most
* influential pop music video of all time, Thriller proved to have a profound
* effect on popular culture, and was named "a watershed moment for the
* [music] industry" for its unprecedented merging of filmmaking and music.
* Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the "most successful music
* video", selling over nine million copies. In 2009, the video was inducted
* into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, the first music
* video to ever receive this honor, for being "culturally, historically or
* aesthetically" significant. The track was also listed at number one on
* "The Top 10 Halloween Songs" by Billboard.
48.
The video "Take On Me", which combined pencil-sketch animations and
live action, was performed by this Norwegian band:
a. A-ha
b. Falco
c. Spandau Ballet
d. ABC
* A - A-ha - "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha. The
* self-composed original version was produced by Tony Mansfield, and remixed
* by John Ratcliff. The second version was produced by Alan Tarney for the
* group's debut studio album Hunting High and Low (1985). The song combines
* synthpop with a varied instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars,
* keyboards and drums.
49.
Madonna sang "Just try to understand, I've given all I can, 'cause you
got the best of me" in which song/video?
a. Like a Virgin
b. Material Girl
c. Borderline
d. Lucky Star
* C - Borderline - "Borderline" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna
* for her eponymous debut album Madonna (1983). It was released on February
* 15, 1984 by Sire Records as the album's fifth single. Written and composed
* by its producer Reggie Lucas, the song was remixed by Madonna's then-
* boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez. The singer used refined and expressive
* vocals to deliver lyrics about an unfulfilled love.
50.
The song/video "Always Something There to Remind Me" was performed by:
a. The Go-Go's
b. Naked Eyes
c. Culture Club
d. Modern English
* B - Naked Eyes - Naked Eyes is a British new wave band[1] that rose to
* prominence in the early 1980s. Originally a duo, the band is known largely
* for its four US top 40 singles.
*
* The first was a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard "(There's)
* Always Something There to Remind Me". The band had subsequent hits with
* their own compositions, "Promises, Promises" (not to be confused with the
* Bacharach/David musical number), "When the Lights Go Out," and "(What) In
* the Name of Love."
51.
Who "dances on the sand" in the Duran Duran song of the same name?
a. Rio
b. Save a Prayer
c. Hungry Like A Wolf
d. View to a Kill
* A - Rio - "Rio" is the seventh single by Duran Duran. It was first released
* as a single in Australia, in August 1982, followed by a UK release on 1
* November 1982.
*
* The song was the fourth, final, and title single lifted from the band's
* album of the same name, and was edited for its release. It was issued
* worldwide in October 1982 and became a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart,
* peaking at #9 on 11 December 1982.
*
* "Rio" was released as the third single from the album in Australia, and
* debuted on the Kent Music Report top 100 singles chart dated 6 September
* 1982.
52.
Who "just called to say I love you?"
a. Billy Idol
b. Stevie Wonder
c. Elton John
d. Adam Ant
* B - Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written,
* produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder. It remains Wonder's best-selling
* single to date, having topped a record 19 charts.
*
* The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album The Woman in
* Red, along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the
* Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to October 27, 1984. It
* also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the
* adult contemporary chart; it spent three weeks atop both charts, and for
* the same weeks as on the Hot 100. The song also became Wonder's only solo
* UK number-one success, staying at the top for six weeks, in the process
* also becoming Motown Records' biggest-selling single in the UK, a
* distinction it still holds as of 2015. In addition, the song won both a
* Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also
* received three nominations at the 27th Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop
* Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
53.
Where did Madness sing that their house was located?
a. In the middle of their street
b. On the edge of a cliff
c. On the top of the block
d. At the front of the lot
* A - In the middle of their street - "Our House" is a song by English ska
* and pop band Madness. It was released as the lead single from their fourth
* studio album, The Rise & Fall, on 12 November 1982. The song charted within
* the top ten in multiple countries and won Best Pop Song at the May 1983
* Ivor Novello Awards.
54.
Whom did Bruce Springsteen bring on stage in the video "Dancing in the
Dark"?
a. Ally Sheedy
b. Courteney Cox
c. Molly Ringwald
d. Jennifer Aniston
* B - Courteney Cox - Directed by Brian De Palma, the video was shot at the
* Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on June 28 and 29, 1984.
* The first night was a pure video shot, the second was on the opening date
* of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
* performed the song twice during that show to allow Brian De Palma to get
* all the footage he needed. The video is a straight performance video, with
* Springsteen not playing a guitar, allowing him to invite a young woman from
* the audience, performed by Courteney Cox, to dance along with him on the
* stage at the end. Although De Palma had told him that it was she whom he
* was supposed to select, Springsteen thought she was just a pre-selected
* fan attending and did not know until afterward that she was a professional
* actress, brought in from New York City, who had already played in As the
* World Turns. In September 1985, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for
* Best Stage Performance and was nominated for Best Overall Performance.
55.
What was the first video ever shown on MTV?
a. I Love Rock N' Roll
b. We Got the Beat
c. Call Me
d. Video Killed the Radio Star
* D - Video Killed the Radio Star
56.
Which artist sang the Breakfast Club classic "Don't You Forget About Me"?
a. Modern English
b. David Bowie
c. Simple Minds
d. Elvis Costello
* C - Simple Minds
57.
"Once upon a time I was falling in love; now I'm only falling apart"
a. Annie Lennox
b. Bonnie Tyler
c. Stevie Nicks
d. Madonna
* B - Bonnie Tyler
58.
"Sweet Dreams" was performed by:
a. Eurythmics
b. Fleetwood Mac
c. Blondie
d. Pat Benatar
* A - Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" was the first ever single release by
* Eurythmics in the United States in May 1983. The single debuted at #90,
* and slowly rose up the chart. In August, the single reached number 2.
* It finally hit number 1 when The Police's "Every Breath You Take" finally
* dropped from number 1.
59.
Which video by The Police features black-and-white cinematography,
with Sting strumming the upright bass?
a. King of Pain
b. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
c. Wrapped Around Your Finger
d. Every Breath You Take
* D - Every Breath You Take
60.
Spandau Ballet is best known for which song/video:
a. Take on Me
b. True
c. Never Gonna Give You Up
d. Dance on Pointe
* B - True
61.
True or False: "Who Can It Be Now?" was performed by Men At Work.
a. True
b. False
* A - True
62.
What little red car did Prince sing about?
a. Fiero
b. Jaguar
c. Porsche
d. Corvette
* D - Corvette
63.
Who "blesses the rains down in Africa?"
a. Toto
b. Simple Minds