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Music from the 80s - 1985

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Introduction:
"Ahh, 1985 ? the year I celebrated my 18th birthday. But what was I listening to in the year that Live Aid took place? All correct answers were British chart entries during 1985."


1. Duran Duran had a hit in 1985 with the theme from a James Bond film. What was it?
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Living Daylights
    View to a Kill
    The Spy Who Loved Me


2. What was the name of the soul band from California who?s best known UK hit was ?Free Yourself??
    REO Speedwagon
    Animotion
    Jefferson Starship
    The Untouchables


3. Who had a hit in the spring of 1985 with ?Feel So Real??
    Madonna
    Steve Arrington
    Prince
    King


4. Who were singing about their ?Obsession? in 1985?
    Animotion
    Prince
    Eurythmics
    King


5. Which 1985 hit does the following lyric come from?

?Do you remember chalk hearts melting
on a playground wall?
Do you remember dawn escaped
from moon washed college halls??
    ?Kayleigh? by Marillion
    ?That Ole Devil Called Love? by Alison Moyet
    ?There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)? by Eurythmics
    ?Love and Pride? by King


6. Who asked ?How Soon Is Now?? in February 1985?
    The Smiths
    Marillion
    The Damned
    Sting


7. Which artist was in the top 30 in 1985 with the song ?If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)??
    The Smiths
    Sting
    King
    Alison Moyet


8. Which chart topper from 1985 contains this lyric?

?I must be hallucinating
Watching angels celebrating.
Could this be reactivating
All my senses dislocating?
This must be a strange deception
By celestial intervention.
Leavin' me the recollection
Of your heavenly connection.?
    ?Power of Love? Huey Lewis and The News
    ?Running Up That Hill? by Kate Bush
    ?That Ole Devil Called Love? by Alison Moyet
    ?There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)? by Eurythmics


9. Who had a top 30 hit with ?Grimly Fiendish? in 1985?
    Killing Joke
    King
    The Smiths
    The Damned


10. Who were ?Walking on Sunshine? on the spring of 1985?
    The Untouchables
    Katrina and The Waves
    Aha
    Steve Arrington


11. Which top twenty hit of 1985 opens with the following lyrics?

?Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need?
    ?Power of Love? Huey Lewis and The News
    ?Running Up That Hill? by Kate Bush
    ?Holding Out for a Hero? by Bonnie Tyler
    ?Lets Go Crazy? by Prince


12. Who had a hit in 1985 with the song ?Take on Me??
    King
    Aha
    Paul Hardcastle
    Prince


13. Who released ?Love Like Blood? in February 1985?
    The Damned
    The Smiths
    Kate Bush
    Killing Joke


14. Which top twenty hit of 1985 contains the following lyric?

?You don?t need money, don?t take fame
Don?t need no credit card to ride this train
Its strong and its sudden and its cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That?s the??
    ?Money For Nothing? by Dire Straits
    ?Love and Pride? by King
    ?Running Up That Hill? by Kate Bush
    ?Power of Love? by Huey Lewis and The News


15. Who had a massive UK hit with the song ?19? in 1985?
    King
    Paul Hardcastle
    Howard Jones
    The Smiths


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