Give Me Some Sunshine Trivia Quiz

Answer: Space

'Dark Clouds' was released in February 1997. It came out at a bad time for Space, as guitarist Jamie Murphy had temporarily left the band a month earlier due to a nervous breakdown (he rejoined in the spring of 2007), and the band had to perform the song on 'Top of the Pops' without him. Space split up in 2005, but reformed with a new line-up in 2011.

Answer: Flowers & Football Tops

Glasvegas released 'Flowers & Football Tops' as a single in 2009. The title is an allusion to the practice of laying flowers and shirts of the deceased's football team at the site of a death. Glasvegas changed the lyrics slightly - 'you'll never know, dear, how much I loved you / Please don't take my sunshine away' became 'I hope you noticed how much I loved you / How could they take my sunshine away?'

Answer: Smash Mouth

'Walkin' On The Sun' was released in the summer of 1997 and got to Number One on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was followed up by a cover of War's 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' (Incidentally, it mainly gets a mention in this quiz as it was the first single I ever bought, after hearing it played incessantly on Radio One.)

Answer: Sun King

'Sun King' was written by John Lennon. It was originally going to be called 'Here Comes The Sun King', but the band decided to change the title to avoid the song being confused with 'Here Comes The Sun'. A track called 'Gnik Nus', with reversed vocals from the song, appeared on the soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil show 'Love'.

Answer: Far Out

'Far Out' is not the only space-themed Blur song; the band also wrote a song called 'Beagle 2' commissioned by the British scientist Colin Pillinger. It was to be played as a call sign by the Beagle 2 spacecraft when it landed on Mars as part of a search for life on the planet. (Sadly, the project failed.) Both Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree have expressed an interest in astronomy and space travel in various interviews.

A longer, more fast-paced demo version of 'Far Out' can be found on the 'Blur 21' box set.

Answer: Berri

Berri, real name Rebecca Sleight, was a British singer who collaborated with producer Nick Kirkby on a dance cover of 'Sunshine After The Rain'. The song was originally released in 1994, peaking at number 26 on the UK singles chart, but hit the number four spot on its re-release the following year. (The other answers are all dance acts who released singles around the same period.)

Answer: Morecambe and Wise

'Bring Me Sunshine' became Morecambe and Wise's signature tune during their second series. After Morecambe's death in 1984, a tribute show, also called 'Bring Me Sunshine', was held at the London Palladium in his honour. Ernie Wise hosted the show, and comedy acts appearing included Benny Hill, Cannon and Ball, and Des O'Connor.

The song has also been covered by Brenda Lee and Willie Nelson.

Answer: true

'Ain't No Sunshine' was originally a B-side on the single 'Harlem', released in June 1971, and was produced and arranged by Booker T. Jones. It became a hit in its own right when DJs played it instead of 'Harlem'. Withers was inspired to write the song after watching the film 'Days of Wine and Roses', which starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick as an alcoholic couple.

Answer: Tool

According to an interview with drummer Danny Carey on the Tool fansite Fourth Eye, 'Jambi' was named after the genie on 'Pee Wee's Playhouse', who lived in a jewelled box and granted wishes. When bassist Justin Chamberlain played the bassline, Carey and singer Maynard James Keenan thought of the magic words said by the genie on the show ('mecca lecca hi, mecca hi-nee-ho') and Keenan was inspired to write a song about wishes.

The song was released as a single in 2007.

Answer: They all come from Wales

'You Stole The Sun From My Heart' was one of the singles from the Manics' fifth album (and their first without any tracks written by Richey Edwards), 'This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours'. 'Don't Need The Sunshine' is an album track on Catatonia's second album, 'International Velvet'. As for the Super Furry Animals, 'Hello Sunshine' was the second single to be released from their sixth album, 'Phantom Power', while 'Cardiff In The Sun' appears on their ninth album, 'Dark Days / Light Years'.

Catatonia and the Super Furry Animals are both from Cardiff (in fact, SFA drummer Daf Ieuan used to play with Catatonia, as did bassist Guto Pryce), while the Manics are from Blackwood, Caerphilly.