MUSIC QUIZ NO. 69 OPENING LINES

[magpie in the 80's]

Identify the 50 number one hits from the opening lines of their lyrics

1 I guess now its time for me to give up.
BACK FOR GOOD
2 I feel it in my fingers
LOVE IS ALL AROUND
3 Risin’ up back on the street
EYE OF THE TIGER
4 Ground control to Major Tom
SPACE ODDITY
5 I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when
MAMMA MIA
6 I went to a party at the local county jail
RUBBER BULLETS
7 We skipped the light fandango
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
8 Baby look at me and tell me what you see
FAME
9 Slip inside the eye of your mind
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
10 Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
DAY TRPPER
11 I blame you for the moonlit sky
SLEEPING SATELLITE
12 Is this the real life?
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
13 When you’re weary feeling small
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS
14 Its been seven hours and fifteen days
NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU
15 What about sunshine what about rain
EARTH SONG
16 Well you’re dirty and sweet
GET IT ON
17 In my imagination there is no complication
I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
18 A ray of hope flitters in the sky
WHEN A CHILD IS BORN
19 I feel so unsure as I take your hand
CARELESS WHISPER
20 If I should stay I would only be in your way
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
21 Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman
STAND BY YOUR MAN
22 Close your eyes, give me your hand
ETERNAL FLAME
23 Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
I KNOW HIM SO WELL
24 They asked me how I knew
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
25 Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away
TAINTED LOVE
26 You took the mystery and made me want it
CHAIN REACTION
27 First I was afraid I was petrified
I WILL SURVIVE
28 Oh don’t it hurt deep inside
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
29 Girl when you hold me how you control me
LOVE ME FOR A REASON
30 When the night has come and the land is dark
STAND BY ME
31 Poor old Johnny Ray
COME ON EILEEN
32 I’d say love was a magical thing
A DIFFERENT CORNER
33 Desert loving in your eyes all the way
KARMA CHAMELEON
34 When I die and they lay me to rest
SPIRIT IN THE SKY
35 Oh, the shark babe has such teeth
MACK THE KNIDE
36 Got myself a cryin’ talkin’
LIVING DOLL
37 The marching band came down along main street
BILLY DONT BE A HERO
38 It was a theme she had on a scheme he had
CHINA IN YOUR HAND
39 You better beware, you better take care
BLOCKBUSTER
40 Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
TRAGEDY
41 Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
A TOWN LIKE MALICE
42 Sometimes you’re better off dead
WEST END GIRLS
43 She ain’t got no money
LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES
44 You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
45 Friday night and the lights are low
DANCING QUEEN
46 I hear a lot of stories I suppose they could be true
A GOOD HEART
47 In a bar in Toledo across from the depot
LUCILLE
48 Don’t want your love anymore
CATHY'S CLOWN
49 Once upon a time there was a tavern
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
50 I wondered should I go or should I stay?
THE LAST WALTZ

[godoubleblues]

Q2 - Love is all around
Q3 - Eye of the tiger
Q7 - whiter shade of pale
Q14 - nothing compares to you
Q27 - I will survive
Q31 - come on Eileen
Q35 - Mack the knife
Q36 - Living doll
Q37 - Billy dont be a hero

[brod]

1. Back for good (Take That)
2. Love is all around (Wet Wet Wet)
4. Ground contol to Major Tom (David Bowie)
5. Mamma Mia (ABBA)
9. Dont look back in anger (Oasis)
12 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

[Turkeywizz]

4 Space Oddity
6 Rubber Bullets
13 Bridge over troubled water
16 Get it on
21 Stand by your man
24 Smoke gets in your eyes
25 Tainted love
39 Blockbuster

[brod]

22 Eternal flame (The Bangles)
29 Love me for a reason (Boyzone)
30 Stand by me
44 Great balls of fire
45 Dancing queen (ABBA)

[brod]

40 Tragedy (Bee Gees)

[Leaping Lindner]

2 Love is all around - The Troggs

3 Eye of the tiger - Survivor

4 Space oddity - David Bowie

5 Mama Mia - Abba

6 Rubber Bullets - 10CC

7 A whiter shade of pale -Procul Harem

8 Fame - Irene Cara

10 Day Tripper - The Beatles

12 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

13 Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkal

14 Nothing compares to you - Sinead O'Connor

16 Get it on - TRex

17 I should be so lucky - Kylie Minogue

21 Stand by your man - Tammy Wynette

22 Eternal Flame - The Bangles

24 Smoke gets in your eyes - The Platters

25 Tainted Love - Gloria Jones

27 I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

30 Stand by me - Ben E King

31 Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

34 Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

35 Mack the knife - Bobby Darin

36 Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Shadows

37 Billy don't be a hero - Paper Lace

39 Blockbuster - The Sweet

40 Tragedy - The Bee Gees

44 Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

45 Dancing Queen - Abba

46 A good heart - Fergal Sharkey

48 Cathy's clown - The Everly Brothers

49 Those were the days - Mary Hopkin

[gadj1976]

9 - Don't look back in anger - Oasis
11 - Starry Satellite - Tammy Archer or similar....
26 - Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
41 - Town Like Malice - Jam
43 - Way You Are - Timbaland
47 - Lucille - Kenny Rogers
50 - Should I Stay Or Should I Go - (can't think of their name, same band that sang Medicine Show, E=MC2, The Globe.... lead singer from The Clash.....).......?

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 - Love is all around
Q3 - Eye of the tiger
Q7 - whiter shade of pale
Q14 - nothing compares to you
Q27 - I will survive
Q31 - come on Eileen
Q35 - Mack the knife
Q36 - Living doll
Q37 - Billy dont be a hero

ALL CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Back for good (Take That)
2. Love is all around (Wet Wet Wet)
4. Ground contol to Major Tom (David Bowie)..............INCORRECT
5. Mamma Mia (ABBA)
9. Dont look back in anger (Oasis)
12 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

ALL OTHERS CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

4 Space Oddity
6 Rubber Bullets
13 Bridge over troubled water
16 Get it on
21 Stand by your man
24 Smoke gets in your eyes
25 Tainted love
39 Blockbuster

ALL CORRECT TW

[magpie in the 80's]

22 Eternal flame (The Bangles)
29 Love me for a reason (Boyzone)
30 Stand by me
44 Great balls of fire
45 Dancing queen (ABBA)

ALL CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

40 Tragedy (Bee Gees)

CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Love is all around - The Troggs

3 Eye of the tiger - Survivor

4 Space oddity - David Bowie

5 Mama Mia - Abba

6 Rubber Bullets - 10CC

7 A whiter shade of pale -Procul Harem

8 Fame - Irene Cara

10 Day Tripper - The Beatles

12 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

13 Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkal

14 Nothing compares to you - Sinead O'Connor

16 Get it on - TRex

17 I should be so lucky - Kylie Minogue

21 Stand by your man - Tammy Wynette

22 Eternal Flame - The Bangles

24 Smoke gets in your eyes - The Platters

25 Tainted Love - Gloria Jones

27 I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

30 Stand by me - Ben E King

31 Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

34 Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

35 Mack the knife - Bobby Darin

36 Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Shadows

37 Billy don't be a hero - Paper Lace

39 Blockbuster - The Sweet

40 Tragedy - The Bee Gees

44 Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

45 Dancing Queen - Abba

46 A good heart - Fergal Sharkey

48 Cathy's clown - The Everly Brothers

49 Those were the days - Mary Hopkin

ALL CORRECT GURU

[magpie in the 80's]

9 - Don't look back in anger - Oasis
11 - Starry Satellite - Tammy Archer or similar....CLOSE ENOUGH
26 - Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
41 - Town Like Malice - Jam
43 - Way You Are - Timbaland.........INCORRECT
47 - Lucille - Kenny Rogers
50 - Should I Stay Or Should I Go - (can't think of their name, same band that sang Medicine Show, E=MC2, The Globe.... lead singer from The Clash.....).......?............INCORRECT

ALL OTHERS CORRECT GADJ

[Footy Chick]

Crap.. missed out again.

33. Karma Chameleon - culture club

42. West end girls - pet shop boys

32. Sounds like Wham - let me think about that

[Footy Chick]

32. cant be Wham becuase I think no. 19 is George Micheal Careless Whisper

[magpie in the 80's]

Crap.. missed out again.

33. Karma Chameleon - culture club

42. West end girls - pet shop boys

32. Sounds like Wham - let me think about that

BOTH CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

32. cant be Wham becuase I think no. 19 is George Micheal Careless Whisper

CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

Identify the 50 number one hits from the opening lines of their lyrics

1 I guess now its time for me to give up.
BACK FOR GOOD
2 I feel it in my fingers
LOVE IS ALL AROUND
3 Risin’ up back on the street
EYE OF THE TIGER
4 Ground control to Major Tom
SPACE ODDITY
5 I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when
MAMMA MIA
6 I went to a party at the local county jail
RUBBER BULLETS
7 We skipped the light fandango
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
8 Baby look at me and tell me what you see
FAME
9 Slip inside the eye of your mind
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
10 Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
DAY TRPPER
11 I blame you for the moonlit sky
SLEEPING SATELLITE
12 Is this the real life?
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
13 When you’re weary feeling small
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS
14 Its been seven hours and fifteen days
NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU
15 What about sunshine what about rain
EARTH SONG
16 Well you’re dirty and sweet
GET IT ON
17 In my imagination there is no complication
I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
18 A ray of hope flitters in the sky
WHEN A CHILD IS BORN
19 I feel so unsure as I take your hand
CARELESS WHISPER
20 If I should stay I would only be in your way
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
21 Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman
STAND BY YOUR MAN
22 Close your eyes, give me your hand
ETERNAL FLAME
23 Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
I KNOW HIM SO WELL
24 They asked me how I knew
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
25 Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away
TAINTED LOVE
26 You took the mystery and made me want it
CHAIN REACTION
27 First I was afraid I was petrified
I WILL SURVIVE
28 Oh don’t it hurt deep inside
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
29 Girl when you hold me how you control me
LOVE ME FOR A REASON
30 When the night has come and the land is dark
STAND BY ME
31 Poor old Johnny Ray
COME ON EILEEN
32 I’d say love was a magical thing
A DIFFERENT CORNER
33 Desert loving in your eyes all the way
KARMA CHAMELEON
34 When I die and they lay me to rest
SPIRIT IN THE SKY
35 Oh, the shark babe has such teeth
MACK THE KNIDE
36 Got myself a cryin’ talkin’
LIVING DOLL
37 The marching band came down along main street
BILLY DONT BE A HERO
38 It was a theme she had on a scheme he had
CHINA IN YOUR HAND
39 You better beware, you better take care
BLOCKBUSTER
40 Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
TRAGEDY
41 Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
A TOWN LIKE MALICE
42 Sometimes you’re better off dead
WEST END GIRLS
43 She ain’t got no money
LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES
44 You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
45 Friday night and the lights are low
DANCING QUEEN
46 I hear a lot of stories I suppose they could be true
A GOOD HEART
47 In a bar in Toledo across from the depot
LUCILLE
48 Don’t want your love anymore
CATHY'S CLOWN
49 Once upon a time there was a tavern
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
50 I wondered should I go or should I stay?
THE LAST WALTZ

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ