MUSIC QUIZ NO. 116

[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 BULLET
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
DONT LOOK BACK IN ANGER
10 Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
DAY TRIPPER
11 I blame you for the moonlit sky
SLEEPING SATALLITE
12 Is this the real life?
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
13 When you’re weary feeling small
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
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 KNIFE
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

[Thiele]

4. Ground Control to MAjor tom by David Bowie
22. Enternal Flame by The Bangles
36. Living Doll by Cliff Richard
45. Dancing Queen ABBA

[A Mum]

2. Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet
3. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (A son's contribution)
5. Mama Mia - Abba
6. Jail House Rock - Elvis Presley
14. Nothing Compares to You - Sinead O'Connor
27. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
31. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (A son's contribution)
42. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
44. Great Balls of Fire - Johnny O'Keefe
47. Lucille - Kenny Rogers
49. Those were the days - (Don't know who by )

Some great songs there Mags

[FattyLumpkin]

6. Rubber Bullet
7 Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
21. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (or the Blues Bro's)
34. Spirit in the Sky ???
37. Billy don't be a hero - Paper Lace ????


Good to see you back Mags. Will be back for more as soon as I get my turn back on the 'puter. Damn kids!!

[Thiele]

12. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

[magpie in the 80's]

4. Ground Control to MAjor tom by David Bowie....incorrect name of song JT
22. Enternal Flame by The Bangles
36. Living Doll by Cliff Richard
45. Dancing Queen ABBA

others correct JT

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet
3. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (A son's contribution)
5. Mama Mia - Abba
6. Jail House Rock - Elvis Presley...incorrect
14. Nothing Compares to You - Sinead O'Connor
27. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
31. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (A son's contribution)
42. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
44. Great Balls of Fire - Johnny O'Keefe
47. Lucille - Kenny Rogers
49. Those were the days - (Don't know who by )

Some great songs there Mags

all others correct a mum

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Rubber Bullet
7 Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
21. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (or the Blues Bro's)
34. Spirit in the Sky ???
37. Billy don't be a hero - Paper Lace ????


Good to see you back Mags. Will be back for more as soon as I get my turn back on the 'puter. Damn kids!!

all correct FL and thanks

[magpie in the 80's]

12. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

correct JT

[FattyLumpkin]

4. Space Oddity - DB
13. Hold On - REM

[magpie in the 80's]

4. Space Oddity - DB...CORRECT
13. Hold On - REM..INCORRECT

[Kahuna]

THANK GOD,WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/ Wonderwall
10/ Day Tripper
13/ Bridge Over Troubled Water
16/ Get It On
17/ I Should Be So Lucky
24/ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
26/ Chain Reaction
30/ Stand By Me
35/ Mac The Knife
39/ Blockbuster
46/ A Good Heart

[godoubleblues]

Q9 - Dont Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Q10 - Day Tripper - The Beatles
Q17 - I Should be so Lucky - Kylie
Q25 - Tainted Love - Softcell

[FattyLumpkin]

30. Stand by Me ??

[magpie in the 80's]

THANK GOD,WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/ Wonderwall....INCORRECT
10/ Day Tripper
13/ Bridge Over Troubled Water
16/ Get It On
17/ I Should Be So Lucky
24/ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
26/ Chain Reaction
30/ Stand By Me
35/ Mac The Knife
39/ Blockbuster
46/ A Good Heart

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K AND TY

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9 - Dont Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Q10 - Day Tripper - The Beatles
Q17 - I Should be so Lucky - Kylie
Q25 - Tainted Love - Softcell

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

30. Stand by Me ??

CORRECT FL

[Footy Chick]

1 Back For Good

8 Fame!
11 Sleeping Satelittes?

33 Karma Chameleon

[johntheclaret]

48 Cathy's Clown

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Back For Good

8 Fame!
11 Sleeping Satelittes?

33 Karma Chameleon

ALL CORRECT FC