Note: the number after the answer denotes the highest position reached on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.
1. Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way.
Ans : Anita Baker - Sweet Love - 8
2. He'd be giving it to her, giving it to her.
Ans : Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants - 29
3. This heat of love has turned ice-cold.
Ans : Berlin - Like Flames - 82
4. She tells me it's easy when you do it right.
Ans : The Cars - Tonight She Comes - 7
5. Hold on, come back, oh yeah, it's just that easy.
Ans : Device - Hanging On A Heart Attack - 35
6. I'll be fine even if I gotta fake it.
Ans : Aretha Franklin - Another Night - 22
7. When the day goes down on the water town.
Ans : Bruce Hornsby & the Range - Every Little Kiss - 72
8. I try the phone but I'm too shy (can't speak).
Ans : Whitney Houston - How Will I Know - 1
9. Ooh, baby, anytime my world gets crazy.
Ans : Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You - 1
10. She says she loves you but she doesn't know why.
Ans : Billy Joel - Modern Woman - 10
11. The moon is the only light we'll see.
Ans : Ben E. King - Stand By Me - 9
12. I know just what it's like to be a big-time rider.
Ans : John Cougar Mellencamp - Rumbleseat - 28
13. Listen, honey, just like Ronnie sang.
Ans : Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight - 4
14. I always stop and think of you especially.
Ans : Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - 1
15. I had a dream last night, the world was set on fire.
Ans : Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day - 85
16. And there are things that you know darn well.
Ans : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Secret - 63
17. If you're seeing somebody hangin' around, don't get uptight.
Ans : Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling - 2
18. Holmes, you did not read it was a can of dog food!
Ans : Run-D.M.C. - You Be Illin' - 29
19. She makes the sign of a teaspoon, he makes the sign of a wave.
Ans : Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes - track from "Graceland"
20. You can't stop the world for a boy or a girl.
Ans : Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself - 14
21. We're talkin' 'bout Reagonomics, oh Lord, down in the Congress.
Ans : Simply Red - Money$ Too Tight (To Mention) - 28
22. Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you.
Ans : Sting - Russians - 16
23. Is it East versus West or man against man?
Ans : Survivor - Burning Heart - 2
24. Check out Mr. Businessman, uh-oh-oh.
Ans : Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life - 25
25. Baby, dry your eyes, save all the tears you've cried.
Ans : Van Halen - Dreams - 22
Bonus questions:
B1. Two of the bands on this quiz include siblings in their lineups.
Identify the siblings and the bands they are in. (2 points)
Ans : The Bangles feature sisters Debbi and Vicki Peterson. Van
Halen features brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen.
B2. Two of the solo artists on this quiz had hit number 1 on Billboard's
Hot 100 with their previous bands before another solo artist on this
quiz was even born. Name the young solo artist, the two old-timers,
and their number 1 hits before the younger's birth. (3 points)
Ans : By the time Janet Jackson was born in May of 1966, Ben E. King
and Paul Simon had already had number 1 hits. King had hit number 1
as a member of the Drifters with "Save The Last Dance For Me" in 1960.
Simon hit number 1 as part of Simon & Garfunkel with "The Sounds Of
Silence" in January of 1966.
B3. Two of the artists on this quiz have made the top 10 of Billboard's
Hot 100 with songs written by another of the artists on this quiz.
Identify the songwriting artist, the two artists who covered his/her
songs, and the songs they took to the top 10.(5 points)
Ans : Aretha Franklin and the Bangles have both taken cover versions
of Paul Simon's songs to the top 10. Franklin did it with "Bridge
Over Troubled Water" in 1971. The Bangles did it with "Hazy Shade Of
Winter" in 1987.
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