Average Rain Songs Quiz | 10 Questions

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1. Which song by Sting contains the following lyrics: "The palace guards are all sleeping Their fires burn into the night There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon And all that's left is a quarter moon of light"?

Answer: After the Rain Has Fallen

The song "After the Rain has Fallen" (1999) was written by Sting. Sting was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner on October 2, 1951 in Wallsend, England. This song appears on the album "Brand New Day" (1999), Sting's sixth solo album. The album won a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" in 2000.

2. "All that summer we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine That umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine" These are some of the lyrics in which popular song from 1966?

Answer: Bus Stop

"Bus Stop" by The Hollies was recorded and released in 1966. That same year it reached number five in the UK Singles Chart and was the first hit for The Hollies in the USA. It reached number five on the Billboard charts in 1966. The song was written by Graham Gouldman.

3. What was the name of the 1994 song by Oasis, which included these lyrics: "The wind that brings on the change Is taking me over The wind that brings on the rain Is making me older"?

Answer: Cloudburst

Oasis is an English rock band from Manchester. The song "Cloudburst" was only included on the Japanese editions when it was originally released on the album "Definitely Maybe" in 1994. Finally, in 1996, a box set was released, which did include the song "Cloudburst". In 1994, the album "Definitely Maybe" reached number one both on the UK Albums chart and on the US Top Heatseekers.

4. Who sang these lyrics in 1967: "Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' Don't stand in the pouring rain Don't sleep in the subway, darlin' The night is long Forget your foolish pride Nothing's wrong Now you're beside me again"?

Answer: Petula Clark

"Don't Sleep In the Subway" was written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. Petula Clark recorded and released the song in 1967. In June of 1967 the song reached number one on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart. The song reached number five on the Canadian Singles Chart, number 16 on the German Singles Chart, number five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 10 on the South African Singles Chart and number seven on the New Zealand singles Chart.

5. Which song, by a Canadian singer, included these lyrics: "The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the Gales of November came slashin' When afternoon came it was freezin' rain In the face of a hurricane West Wind"?

Answer: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

"The Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot is a tribute to the ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald, as well as the sea and the twenty nine men who lost their lives on the night that this ship sank in Lake Superior. The song first appeared on the 1976 album "Summertime Dream" but was released as a single later that year. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" reached number one on the Canadian RPM Top Singles, number one on the Canadian RPM Contemporary Tracks, number one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks, number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number nine on the US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and number fifty on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles.

6. "Now I will stand in the rain on the corner I'll watch the people go shuffling downtown Another ten minutes no longer And then I'm turning around The clock on the wall's moving slower Oh, my heart it sinks to the ground" These are some of the lyrics from a song on the 1979 Led Zeppelin album "In Through the Out Door". Do you know the name of this rain song?

Answer: Fool In the Rain

"Fool in the Rain"(1979) reached number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February of 1980. Due to the fact that the song had been heavily studio-based, Led Zeppelin never performed it live. In October 2005, Robert Plant finally did perform the song live with Pearl Jam at a benefit show for Hurricane Katrina victims.

7. "How can you stop the rain from falling down How can you stop the sun from shining What makes the world go round" The lyrics from this 1971 song were included on the album "Trafalgar". What was the name of this great ballad?

Answer: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

In 1970, after having been broken up, the Bee Gees joined up again and released "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" on their album "Trafalgar" (1971). The song became the first US number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached number four on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

8. In 1982 Dire Straits released their fourth album, "Love Over Gold". Which song, on this album included the following lyrics: "And now they've taken the chains and the gears From off your merry-go-round Oh and it never rains around here It just comes pouring down"?

Answer: It Never Rains

Mark Knopfler wrote "It Never Rains" which was not released as a single, but the 1982 album "Love Over Gold" peaked at number one on the Australian Albums Chart, the Austria Albums Chart, the Italy Albums Chart, the Norway Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart. It peaked at number two on the Sweden Albums Chart and at number nineteen on the US Billboard Pop Albums. In 1983 is peaked at number one, again, on the Australian Albums Chart.

9. "All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain" These are lyrics from which Richard Harris hit?

Answer: MacArthur Park

Written by Jimmy Webb and recorded and released by Richard Harris, "MacArthur Park" (1968) was later covered by several artists including Donna Summer, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. More memorable lyrics include "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can take it/'Cause it took so long to bake it/And I'll never have that recipe again". Webb claimed that the lyrics were symbolic of the end of a love affair. The song peaked at number ten on the US Billboard's Easy Listening survey. For the year of 1968, it was listed as number eight on WABC's overall chart. "MacArthur's Park" also won the Grammy Award for "Best Orchestration" in 1969.

10. Which Guns N' Roses song, released in 1992, included these lyrics: "When I look into your eyes I can see a love restrained But darlin'when I hold you Don't you know I feel the same"?

Answer: November Rain

The video for "November Rain"(1992) won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography in 1992. The single, which appeared on the album "Use Your Illusion"(1992) reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number four on the UK Singles Chart, number two on the Dutch singles Chart and number two on the Austian Singles Chart, just to name a few. Lead singer, Axl Rose wrote "November Rain" which had "Sweet Child O' Mine" on it's B-side.

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Average Rain Songs Quiz | 10 Questions | Music

Put on your rain coat and your rain boots while we jump through the puddles on our journey through rain songs. Dry off the lyrics, come up with the correct song title and curl up by the fire to enjoy the songs playing against your window pane.

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