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Ipod Shuffle 07: 1980s Billboard Top 100 Part 1 Quiz

This installment features one song for each year of the 1980s that charted on the Billboard Top 100.

A multiple-choice quiz by berenlazarus. Estimated time: 7 mins.

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berenlazarus

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7 mins

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. 1980: Tom Petty's "Refugee" hit the charts in 1980. The album, "Damn the Torpedoes", was Petty's first album to break the Top Ten on the Billboard Album charts, going all the way to number two for seven weeks. What album kept Petty from having the number one album? Hint

"52nd Street" (Billy Joel)

"Emotional Rescue" (The Rollign Stones)

"Against The Wind" (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)

"The Wall" (Pink Floyd)

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Question 2 of 10

2. 1981: John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" features what instrument accompanying the lead piano? Hint

Steel drum

Tambourine

Hammered dulcimer

Cello

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Question 3 of 10

3. 1982: Asia released their first single from their debut album, "Asia", called "Heat of the Moment". The TV show "Supernatural" featured the song in what episode?

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. 1983: Michael Jackson's "Thriller", easily the biggest album of 1983, features contributions from people as diverse as Vincent Price, Paul McCartney, and Eddie Van Halen. Both Van Halen and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather played guitar on "Beat It", which is not the last time the two guitarists collaborated. What Van Halen song did Lukather contribute backup vocals to? Hint

Learning to See

Right Now

When It's Love

Love Walks In

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Question 5 of 10

5. 1984: The original German lyrics of "99 Luftballons" by Nena deal with apocalyptic matters when some national military forces overreact to 99 balloons floating over their borders and begin a nuclear war - pretty strange for a pop song. The main writer of the song, guitarist Carlo Karges, got the idea at a concert where they released several balloons. Who was the main star of the concert?
Hint

The Who

Iggy Pop and The Stooges

Cheap Trick

The Rolling Stones

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Question 6 of 10

6. According to Jimmy Vallance, cowriter of Bryan Adam's 1985 hit "Summer of 69", the song has no sexual reference but is actually about the year of 1969.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. 1986: Jermaine Stewart's number five hit "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" found success especially after being included in the show "Miami Vice". Stewart sang backup vocals with what 1980s group before he released that hit single? Hint

Duran Duran

XTC

Culture Club

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Question 8 of 10

8. 1987: Heart had the hit single "Alone", which was written in 1983. John Stamos, best known as Uncle Jessy on "Full House", recorded the song for what CBS show? Hint

Dreams

General Hospital

Full House

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

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Question 9 of 10

9. 1988: Who is the artist associated with the Internet phenomenon of "rickrolling"?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. 1989: Skid Row had two Billboard Top 100 Top Ten singles and a hit on the Mainstream chart from their debut album, "Skid Row". Which song was NOT a hit on either chart? Hint

18 and Life

I Remember You

Youth Gone Wild

Can't Stand the Heartache

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: "The Wall" (Pink Floyd)

"The Wall" was the best selling album on the charts from January 19 to April 26, 1980. Tom Petty was in the middle of bankruptcy when he released "Damn the Torpedoes". The album saved his career. The other major hit was "Don't Do Me Like That", which peaked at number ten.

2. 1981: John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" features what instrument accompanying the lead piano?

Answer: Hammered dulcimer

"Watching the Wheels" was the final single from "Double Fantasy" and released after Lennon's assassination. The song deals with 1975-1980, when Lennon abandoned the music industry totally and became, in his terms, a "house husband".

3. 1982: Asia released their first single from their debut album, "Asia", called "Heat of the Moment". The TV show "Supernatural" featured the song in what episode?

Answer: Mystery Spot

In episode 55 from the third season, "Mystery Spot", Dean Winchester plays it repeatedly on Tuesday mornings. Both "The 40 Year Old Virgin", "The Matador", and "South Park" have featured the song.

The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Top 100 and went to number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. "Asia" would become the best selling album of 1982.

Answer: Learning to See

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has long been among the best selling albums of all time. At its height in the early 1980s, it was estimated "Thriller" sold a million copies a week. The other album that has lain claim to "Best Selling Album" is The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)". Before that, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours" held the title.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Carlo Karges saw The Rolling Stones in Berlin, where they released several balloons. At the time, Karges thought they could be perceived as an space craft and wondered what happened if they were released in the Soviet Union. The song is in German. When it became a hit, the band recorded the English version, although neither Nena or her band were happy due to the English lyrics not being true to the original German meaning.

6. According to Jimmy Vallance, cowriter of Bryan Adam's 1985 hit "Summer of 69", the song has no sexual reference but is actually about the year of 1969.

Answer: True

According to Bryan Adams, "Summer of 69" does not refer to a year at all, but is rather a sexual innuendo. However, according to Jimmy Vallance, that was not the original intent of the song. When they originally wrote the song, "Summer of 69" appeared only once, early in the lyric, and the track was entitled "Best Days of My Life".

When they realised "Summer of 69" made for a better title, they actually incorporated the phrase several more time in the main set of lyrics.

Answer: Culture Club

Jermain Stewart appears as a backup vocalist on the 1983 "Colour By Numbers" album by Culture Club. Due to this exposure he was able to land a recording contract with Arista Records. Stewart died in 1997 at the age of 39 due to AIDS related liver cancer.

8. 1987: Heart had the hit single "Alone", which was written in 1983. John Stamos, best known as Uncle Jessy on "Full House", recorded the song for what CBS show?

Answer: Dreams

John Stamos of "Full House" fame recorded the song in 1984, well before Heart, for the CBS sitcom "Dreams". "Dreams" was a short lived series. Stamos played Gino Minnell.

9. 1988: Who is the artist associated with the Internet phenomenon of "rickrolling"?

Answer: Rick Astley

In 1987, Rick Astley burst onto the scene with the hit "Never Gonna Give You Up", which hit the Billboard Top 100 number one on March 12-18, 1988. In 2008, "rickrolling" entered popular consciousness. To "rickroll" someone is direct people to a link that has the music video to "Never Gonna give You Up"; all the time the people going to the link thinking they are going to a different website that does not have the video. Essentially you mask your intent.

10. 1989: Skid Row had two Billboard Top 100 Top Ten singles and a hit on the Mainstream chart from their debut album, "Skid Row". Which song was NOT a hit on either chart?

Answer: Can't Stand the Heartache

Rachel Bolan and Dave "the Snake" Sabo wrote the track. Dave read a newspaper article about a boy named Ricky who killed one of his friends with a gun he thought was unloaded.

Source: Author berenlazarus

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