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Top 100 Songs of the 1980s (90 - 81)

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Introduction:
"This quiz features ten of the 100 most popular songs in the U.S. as determined by the Billboard Hot 100 charts from the 1980s. Find out how much you know about these songs that touched and affected so many lives."


1. Song Number 90: "Watch it now! The eagle in the sky"

Two years after breaking up, the rock band Yes, known for their avant garde sound during the 1970s, reunited and came out with a record that was both radio and MTV friendly. It became their first number one song when it topped the charts for two weeks in January, 1984. Can you name it?
    Owner of a Lonely Heart
    Heat of the Moment
    Roundabout
    War of the Worlds


2. Song Number 89: "You were the first, you'll be the last"

In the 1980s heartwrenching power ballads sung by rock bands had teen girls swooning. Cheap Trick used this tactic in the summer of 1988 to score their first number one hit. Do you know the song?
    I Want You to Want Me
    The Flame
    Heaven
    Livin' La Vida Loca


3. Song Number 88: "She brings home her pay for love"

An anthem to two lovers trying to make ends meet isn't the typical pop music recipe for a hit. Yet somehow, the rock band Bon Jovi turned that idea into an instant classic. Spending four weeks at number one in the winter of 1987, this record was beloved by pop music fans all over the country. Do you remember the names of those two struggling blue collar Americans?
    Tommy and Gina
    Brenda and Eddie
    Jack and Diane
    Britney and Kfed


4. Song Number 87: "I can't hear you!"

If you were alive during the summer of '84 hearing this song was inevitable. It was everywhere. You'd hear it at the beach, in the park, coming out of car radios. Thought you could escape it by going to the movies. Not likely. It was in the year's biggest film. Ready for a memory jog? According to the song, which was NOT a reason to call "Ghostbusters"?
    If you feel something move and you think it's dead
    If there's something weird and it don't look good
    If there's something strange in your neighborhood
    An invisible man sleeping in your bed


5. Song Number 86: "It must have been cold there in my shadow"

This movie soundtrack smash went to number one in June and later went to on to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Do you know which Bette Midler ballad swept us away in 1989?
    It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
    The Rose
    Wind Beneath My Wings
    It Must Have Been Love


6. Song Number 85: "We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage"

The group Starship charted for nearly twenty years in various incarnations as Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship before they finally reached number one with this song, a tribute to the rock 'n roll spirit of a city dear to their hearts. Do you know what famous U.S. landmark is named in the song?
    Niagara Falls
    The Golden Gate Bridge
    The White House
    The Neverland Ranch


7. Song Number 84: "I try to phone but I'm too shy, can't speak"

During her reign as '80s pop diva, Whitney Houston strung together a record seven number one songs in a row including this frothy pop ditty. Can you name this chart-topper that became her biggest hit of the decade?
    Where Do Broken Hearts Go?
    How Will I Know
    What's Love Got to Do With It
    Where's the Beef?


8. Song Number 83: "Flying away on a wing and a prayer"

Joey Scarbury? Name not ringing a bell? Well, he's the one hit wonder who took this song to number two in the summer of 1981. Maybe you remember what TV show featured this popular tune?
    Welcome Back Kotter
    Greatest American Hero
    Miami Vice
    The Flying Nun


9. Song Number 82: "However do you want me, however do you need me"

In December, 1989, this song peaked at number four in the U.S., six months after spending four weeks at number one in the U.K. Do you know what recording act was responsible for "Back to Life"?

    Frank 'N Furter
    Salt N' Pepa
    Soul II Soul
    Boyz 2 Men


10. Song Number 81: "If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain"

This is the only recording to have ever reached number one in two different decades. It spent the last two weeks of the 1970s in the top spot only to fall to number two during the first week of the '80s. The following week the song returned to number one for a third week. What song by Rupert Holmes holds this unusual chart record?
    Margaritaville
    Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
    Whiskey Girl
    Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum


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