Impossible 80s Lyrics Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: My Camera Never Lies

Bucks Fizz found fame when they were the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. Their song "Making Your Mind Up" won the contest that year.
"My Camera Never Lies" featured on the album "Are You Ready", released in 1982. The single was their third UK number one when it topped the Singles Chart in March 1982.

Answer: Cutting Crew

"I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight" was Cutting Crew's biggest UK hit Single, reaching number four on the chart in 1986. They released three more singles in the UK, but none of them made it into the Top 30.

Answer: The The

The The released nine singles in the UK in the 1980s. Their biggest hit was "The Beat(en) Generation" which reached number 18 in the Singles Chart in 1989.

Answer: Midge Ure

Midge Ure was of course the lead singer with Ultravox. These lines are from their song "Hymn" which reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
Ultravox had three Top Ten hits in the UK, including "Vienna" which became one of the best selling records never to reach number one, after it spent fourteen weeks at number two.

Answer: One Great Thing

"One Great Thing" was a number 19 hit in the UK for Big Country in 1986. The band released fourteen singles, and had four Top Ten hits in the UK in the 80s.

Answer: Brian May

These wonderful lyrics are from "Starfleet" by Brian May and Friends, which was released in 1983 and reached number 65 in the UK Singles Chart.

Answer: The Rain

Oran 'juice' Jones reached number four on the UK Singles Chart in 1986, with his one and only single release. "The Rain" was also a number nine hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. In the US, Jones had a follow up hit with the song "How to Love Again", when he had a duet with Alyson Williams.

Answer: World Party

World Party formed when Karl Wallinger left The Waterboys in 1985.
"Ship of Fools" was their first UK single release, and reached number 42 in 1987. The band followed this with a further six singles in the 1990s.
Several other artists have released songs called "Ship of Fools" over the years, including Erasure and Sarah Brightman, but they are all different songs.

Answer: See That Glow

This Island Earth were a one hit wonder band who took "See That Glow" to number 47 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. They never released another single in the UK.

Answer: The Motive

"The Motive" was a number eighteen hit on the UK Singles Chart for Then Jericho in 1987. "Big Area" was also by Then Jericho, and reached number thirteen in 1989. The band released four other singles in the UK in the 80s, but none of them made it into the Top Twenty.