The FunTrivia Setlist [4] Trivia Quiz

Answer: High Hopes

Sinatra was nominated for Best Original Song at five different Oscars ceremonies (winning three times: 1954, 1957, and 1959 respectively). Sinatra would also win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar (and Golden Globe) for "From Here to Eternity" in 1953 and host the ceremonies on two different occasions. "High Hopes" was nominated for Record of the Year at the second Grammy Awards (in 1959) and appeared on the album "All the Way" along with "Witchcraft". The song was later covered by Doris Day in 1964 on a children's album.

This Sinatra classic was added to our list by Bucknallbabe.

Answer: Winchester Cathedral

Originally created as a novelty song in 1966, "Winchester Cathedral" actually found mainstream success after its release knocking music by The Supremes and The Beach Boys off the top of the US Billboard Top 100 charts. Its reign lasted three non-consecutive weeks before The Monkees toppled it with "I'm a Believer". Less than a year later, "Winchester Cathedral" won Best Contemporary Song at the Grammies. The tune is typically performed by a full band with the vocalist singing through a megaphone. Coincidentally, Frank Sinatra also covered the song.

Looney_Tunes brought us this 1960s hit song!

Answer: Sleeping Sun

After the release of the band's futuristic hit album "X&Y", Coldplay's fame rose through the roof. Following "Speed of Sound" and "Fix You", "Talk" was released as a single off the album and hit number ten on the UK Singles Chart. Along with "Gravity" (a song which would later be given to the UK band known as Embrace), "Sleeping Sun" was featured as a B-side. "Lhuna", performed alongside Kylie Minogue, was released as a promotional single after the release of "Viva La Vida" while "How You See the World" and "Things I Don't Understand" were B-Sides for "The Hardest Part" and "Speed of Sound" respectively. "X&Y", the album, hit the number one spot in over a dozen countries, was nominated for a Grammy, and went 8x Platinum in the UK.

"Sleeping Sun" comes to our setlist from Redwallcrazy.

Answer: Karma Police

"OK Computer" brought this famous British band to the American market charting at number twenty-one on the Billboard Top 200 (their next four albums would hit the top three positions on the same chart) and number one on the UK Albums Chart. The CD also went 3x platinum in the UK and Canada (and 2x in the U.S.). "Karma Police" was the second single from the CD, and while it was the lowest-charting (it reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart) it remained a popular song for the band appearing on their "Best of" compilation in 2008.
"Creep" was the band's first single (from their first album, "Pablo Honey", "Fake Plastic Tree" was from "The Bends", and "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" was from the band's 2007 album, "In Rainbows".

This song title was added to the setlist by PDAZ.

Answer: True Blue

Mentioning Vegemite, cockatoos, and 'True Blue' itself, "True Blue" is filled to the brim with Aussie slang. John Williamson started his career in the 1970s while "True Blue" was released in the mid-eighties. Clearly a country song, it's patriotic fare for the Aussies and one of the anthems of the country's national cricket team. The same name would later be used for Williamson's first book and a number of his greatest hits albums.

This authentic Australian fare was recommended by Muffy19.

Answer: Strange Fruit

A song clearly aimed against racism prevalent in the Southern States at this time, Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" is an eerie, poetic requiem for African-American men and women, victims of racism in America. Originally the final song of her live performances, "Strange Fruit" became one of Holiday's top-selling records. After being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978, "Strange Fruit" was added to the National Recording Registry in 2002. Covered by numerous different artists, arguably none have been so chillingly beautiful as Holiday's blues/jazz version.

"Strange Fruit" was recommended for our FunTrivia Setlist by Christinap.

Answer: Murder on the Dancefloor

Released as the second single from her first album, Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor" was fairly successful reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart, the same as her previous single, "Take Me Home". The catchy song also hit platinum in Australia. Ellis-Bextor, originally a member of the British indie rock band Theaudience, went solo and released her solo album, "Read My Lips", in 2001. The album was a hit going platinum in the UK and Australia and hitting number two on the UK Albums Chart.

"Murder on the Dancefloor" was a suggestion for our setlist from Eburge.

Answer: Travelling Without Moving

"Travelling Without Moving" was released in 1996 with the single "Virtual Insanity" getting the Jamiroquai name out there. The music video for this single won four MTV Video awards in the year of its release (being nominated for a total of ten) and a Grammy. "Travelling Without Moving" (the album) went three times Platinum in the band's native Britain and the single of the same name would later appear on the "Live at Montreux 2003" DVD in which Jamiroquai appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Eburge brought the name of this song to the table for the FunTrivia Setlist.

Answer: Get Out

A product of the Disney Channel, Mitchel Musso is perhaps best known for playing one of the characters on the "Hannah Montana Show" in the mid-to-late 2000s. Before the show ended, Musso embarked on a musical career backed by Disney Records (much like most of Disney's stars teen stars). His first album (self-titled) reached number nineteen on the Billboard 200 chart while three different singles were released. Of the incorrect choices, only 'Hey' appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. "Get Out" appeared on the debut album but was never released as a single; his second album on the other hand released its first single in late 2010- its title was "Get Away".

We received this entry from Salami_Swami!

Answer: Puppet on a String

Hitting number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1967, "Puppet on a String" secured the UK's first Eurovision win, something that would happen again two years later when four countries tied for the lead position. While notoriously Sandie Shaw claimed to dislike the song, it reached the top position in five different countries and became her third number one single. Four decades later, Shaw would rerelease the song at a lower tempo. Shaw is cited by many outlets as one of the most influential female British singers of the 1960s. "Puppet on a String" was released on an album of the same name in 1967.

This song was suggested as part of our setlist by Zorba_Scank.