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Quiz about Songs Of The 90s
Quiz about Songs Of The 90s

Songs Of The 90s Trivia Quiz


This is another great lyric quiz of mine, just select the song with the lyrics I give you.

A multiple-choice quiz by JenPenWen. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
JenPenWen
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
362,012
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
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Avg Score
16 / 25
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Question 1 of 25
1. 'Tell me baby where did I go wrong. I could put my arms around every boy I see. But they'd only remind me of you. I went to the doctor guess what he told me.' Name the song. Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. 'You said my clothes were sexy. You tore away my shirt. You rubbed an ice cube on my chest. Snapped me til it hurt'. Name the song. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. 'I said pretend you got no money. But she just laughed and said you're so funny. I said yeah but I can't see anyone else smiling. Are you sure.' Name the song. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. 'I can't sleep tonight everybody saying everything's alright. Still I close my eyes I'm seeing a tunnel at the end of all of these lights. Sunny days where have you gone?' Name the song. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. 'The future teaches you to be alone. The present to be afraid and cold. So if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists. Bullets for your brain today but we'll forget it all again'. Name the song. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. 'Hey babe I need your hand to steady me. I'm not denying. I'm frightened as much as you. Though I'm barely touching you. I've shivers down my spine and it feels divine.' Name the song. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. 'She can't remember a time when she felt needed. If love was red then she was colour blind. All her friends have been tried for treason. And crimes that were never defined.' Name the song. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. 'I used to think that I could not go on. And life was nothing but an awful song. But now I know the meaning of true love. I'm leaning on the everlasting arms.' Name the song Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. 'Where did you go when things went wrong for you. When the knives came out for you. Where did you go? All you needed was a friend you just have to ask and then.' Name the song. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. 'You say that we've got nothing in common no common ground to start from. And we're falling apart. You'll say the world has come between us. Our lives have come between us.' Name the song, Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. 'While you had yours did you think I had none. Do you do you? The freedom that you wanted bad is yours for good I hope you're glad. Sad into unsad.' Name the song. Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. 'Looking to the future now this is what I see. A million chances pass me by. A million chances to hold you. Take me back take me back to where I used to be.' Name the song. Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. 'Hanging with the raison girl's. She's gone to the other side given us a yo heave ho. Things are getting gross and I go a sleepy time. This is not really happening hey you bet your life it is.' Name the song. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Which song has these lyrics? 'Make me walk make me talk do whatever you please. I can act like a star I can beg on my knees. Come jump in bimbo friend let us do it again. Hit the town fool around let's go party.' Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. 'Ringmaster steps up says the elephants left town. People jump and jive and the clowns inch back down. TV news and cameras there's choppers in the sky.' Name the song. Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. 'I looked into your face. My heart was dancing all over the place. I'd like to change my point of view. If I could just forget about you.' Name the song. Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. 'Rolling in my 5.0. With my rag top down so my hair can blow. The girlies on stand by waiting just to say hi. Did you stop? No I just drove by. Kept on pursuing to the next stop.' Name the song. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. 'I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover I'm a sinner. I play my music in the sun. I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker. I get my lovin' on the run.' Name the song. Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. 'I guess I'm doing fine guess I'm doing fine. Do you think I miss you? Do you think I care? Do you think I lay here and die? You never even tried.' Name the song. Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. 'Stand up beside the fireplace. Take that look from off your face. You ain't never gonna burn my heart out.' Name the song. Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. 'If this world is wearing thin and you're thinking of escape. I'll go anywhere with you just wrap me up in chains. But if you try to go alone don't think I'll understand.' Which song? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. 'You can walk my path you can wear my shoes. Learn to talk like me and be angel too. But maybe you ain't never gonna feel this way. You ain't never gonna know me but I know you.' Name the song. Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. 'Back on the train I ask why did I come again. Can I confess I been hanging around your old address. And the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved.' Name the song. Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. 'She's got a train going down town. She's got a club on the moon. And she's telling all her secrets in a wonderful balloon. Oh she's the heart of the funfair.' Name the song. Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. 'It's hard to carry on when you feel all alone. Now I've swung back down again it's worse than it was before. If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.' Name the song. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Tell me baby where did I go wrong. I could put my arms around every boy I see. But they'd only remind me of you. I went to the doctor guess what he told me.' Name the song.

Answer: Nothing Compares 2U

'Nothing Compares 2U' was written by Prince. It was a hit for Sinead O'Connor when it was released in 1990 and it topped seventeen different singles charts including in her native Ireland and the UK.
Sinead had a troubled upbringing. Her parents separated when she was just eight years old and she along with her two sisters had to live with their mother. She suffered abuse at the hands of her mother but her father was denied custody. She has since worked to make people more aware of the issues of child abuse.
2. 'You said my clothes were sexy. You tore away my shirt. You rubbed an ice cube on my chest. Snapped me til it hurt'. Name the song.

Answer: You're Gorgeous

'You're Gorgeous' was a hit for Babybird in 1996. It reached number three in the UK singles charts and was one of the best selling singles of that year.
Babybird comprised of Stephen Jones and some backing musicians. In the beginning of his music career Jones was unable to get a recording contract and so set about financing his records himself.
3. 'I said pretend you got no money. But she just laughed and said you're so funny. I said yeah but I can't see anyone else smiling. Are you sure.' Name the song.

Answer: Common People

'Common People' was a hit for Pulp in 1995 and made it to number two in the UK charts. The singer Jarvis Cocker recalled a student he met while studying at university. She said she wanted to live in Hackey like common people and the band used that theme and made it a little more risky.
4. 'I can't sleep tonight everybody saying everything's alright. Still I close my eyes I'm seeing a tunnel at the end of all of these lights. Sunny days where have you gone?' Name the song.

Answer: Why Does It Always Rain On Me

'Why Does It Always Rain On Me' was a hit for Travis in 1999 and reached number ten in the UK charts. It is from their album 'The Man Who' which reached number one in the UK album charts.
Apparently when the band were singing this at Glastonbury it started raining the minute the band started to sing the chorus. The spooky thing was it had not rained up until that point.
5. 'The future teaches you to be alone. The present to be afraid and cold. So if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists. Bullets for your brain today but we'll forget it all again'. Name the song.

Answer: If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next

'If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next' was the first number one hit for The Manic Street Preachers. The song was released in 1998 and features on the album 'This is My Truth Tell Me Yours', which was their first album to go to number one as well.
The Manic Street Preachers started off with four members. In 1995 Richey Edwards disappeared, some have assumed he has committed suicide as he had problems with depression, self harm, drugs and alcohol. The band continued just the three of them with James Dean Bradfield as the lead singer.
6. 'Hey babe I need your hand to steady me. I'm not denying. I'm frightened as much as you. Though I'm barely touching you. I've shivers down my spine and it feels divine.' Name the song.

Answer: Show Me Heaven

'Show Me Heaven' is a song written by Eric Rankin and Joshua Rifkin, although the lyrics were tweaked a bit by Marie McKee who then performed the song. It was a song written for the film 'Days Of Thumder' and was released in 1990. The song was a top ten in eight different singles charts and out of these charts made it to number one in four including the UK.
7. 'She can't remember a time when she felt needed. If love was red then she was colour blind. All her friends have been tried for treason. And crimes that were never defined.' Name the song.

Answer: To The Moon And Back

'To The Moon And Back' was the second single release for Savage Garden and it charted at number three in the UK and reached number one in their native Australia in 1996. The song is from their first album 'Savage Garden' which also contains their hits 'I Want You' and 'Truly Madly,Deeply'.
8. 'I used to think that I could not go on. And life was nothing but an awful song. But now I know the meaning of true love. I'm leaning on the everlasting arms.' Name the song

Answer: I Believe I Can Fly

'I Believe I Can Fly' was a hit for R Kelly in 1996 - 1997 reaching number one in the UK singles charts and winning three grammy awards. Kelly wrote this song himself and it was used in the 1996 film "Space Jam".
Kelly has written songs for other artists including Michael Jackson's 'You Are Not Alone'.
9. 'Where did you go when things went wrong for you. When the knives came out for you. Where did you go? All you needed was a friend you just have to ask and then.' Name the song.

Answer: Slight Return

'Slight Return' was a hit for The Bluetones in 1996 where it reached number two in the UK singles charts. It had been released a year earlier but did not chart. It is a release from their first album 'Expected To Fly' which topped the UK album charts in 1996.
10. 'You say that we've got nothing in common no common ground to start from. And we're falling apart. You'll say the world has come between us. Our lives have come between us.' Name the song,

Answer: Breakfast At Tiffany's

'Breakfast At Tiffany's' was a hit for Deep Blue Something. The song was taken from their second album 'Hope' which made gold record status. It reached number one in the UK and number five in the US.
The song was inspired by Audrey Hepburn's role in the film "Roman Holiday" but they chose the title of one of her other films, 'Breakfast At Tiffany's', because it sounded better.
11. 'While you had yours did you think I had none. Do you do you? The freedom that you wanted bad is yours for good I hope you're glad. Sad into unsad.' Name the song.

Answer: A Little Time

'A Little Time' was a hit for The Beautiful South in 1990 and was from the album 'Choke'. It was the group's first and only number one hit single in the UK. The video won Best Video Award in the 1991 Brit Awards.
The song featured Briana Corrogan as the female singer but she left in 1992 to go solo and the band has since had two other female singers.
12. 'Looking to the future now this is what I see. A million chances pass me by. A million chances to hold you. Take me back take me back to where I used to be.' Name the song.

Answer: A Million Love Songs

'A Million Love Songs' by Take That. Released in 1992 it made number seven in the UK. It was taken from their first album 'Take That And Party' which reached number two in the UK albums chart.
What stands out as something I can't forget about Take That is the departure of Robbie Williams in 1996 and the news of Take That being over. Some fans went hysterical, there were even threats of suicide! Ten years later they are back and just as popular (or even more so).
13. 'Hanging with the raison girl's. She's gone to the other side given us a yo heave ho. Things are getting gross and I go a sleepy time. This is not really happening hey you bet your life it is.' Name the song.

Answer: Cornflake Girl

'Cornflake girl' was a hit for Tori Amos in 1994 where it reached number four in the UK singles charts. The song was written by Amos and has deep meaning about betrayal. She wrote it after her disgust that African girls between the ages of four and puberty are subjected to Female Genital Cutting (FGC). FGC is meant to be a way of reducing women's sexual desires.
14. Which song has these lyrics? 'Make me walk make me talk do whatever you please. I can act like a star I can beg on my knees. Come jump in bimbo friend let us do it again. Hit the town fool around let's go party.'

Answer: Barbie Girl

'Barbie Girl' was a hit record for Aqua, a Norwegian/Danish pop group. It was released in 1997. The group faced a lawsuit from Mattel the makers of the barbie doll but luckily for them the judge dismissed it. The song was very successful worldwide topping the charts worldwide and selling over eight million copies.
15. 'Ringmaster steps up says the elephants left town. People jump and jive and the clowns inch back down. TV news and cameras there's choppers in the sky.' Name the song.

Answer: How Bizarre

'How Bizarre' was a hit for OMC. It was released late 1995, and reached number five in the UK singles charts, but number one in their native New Zealand and four other countries.
OMC stands for Otara Millionnaires Club which was apparently because Otara is one of the poorest areas of Auckland (so a little sarcasm me thinks).
16. 'I looked into your face. My heart was dancing all over the place. I'd like to change my point of view. If I could just forget about you.' Name the song.

Answer: Beautiful Stranger

'Beautiful Stranger' was a hit for Madonna in 1999 and reached number two in the UK. The song was written and produced by Madonna and William Orbit. The song was written for the Austin Powers film, 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' and received a Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written For A Motion Picture'.

The video of the song starring Mike Myers as Austin Powers along with Madonna, was also very successful winning an MTV award.
17. 'Rolling in my 5.0. With my rag top down so my hair can blow. The girlies on stand by waiting just to say hi. Did you stop? No I just drove by. Kept on pursuing to the next stop.' Name the song.

Answer: Ice Ice Baby

'Ice Ice Baby' was a hit for Vanilla Ice in 1990 and is on his album 'To The Extreme'. The record made number one in the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.
18. 'I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover I'm a sinner. I play my music in the sun. I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker. I get my lovin' on the run.' Name the song.

Answer: The Joker

'The Joker' was a number one hit in 1990. It is a song by The Steve Miller Band which was originally released in the 70's but became a success again after being used to advertise Levis jeans.
19. 'I guess I'm doing fine guess I'm doing fine. Do you think I miss you? Do you think I care? Do you think I lay here and die? You never even tried.' Name the song.

Answer: Alright

'Alright' released in 1995 was the second single for Cast. It came from the album 'All Change' and reached number thirteen in the UK charts, but the album reached number seven in the UK album charts.
The singer of The Cast is John Power who had formerly been in The La's. The last line of The La's final album is 'The change is cast', this is where Cast took their name from.
20. 'Stand up beside the fireplace. Take that look from off your face. You ain't never gonna burn my heart out.' Name the song.

Answer: Don't Look Back In Anger

'Don't Look Back In Anger' by Oasis was released in 1996. It was their second single to top the charts, the first was 'Some Might Say'.
Noel Gallagher was Oasis' lead guitarist, song writer and occasional lead singer.
21. 'If this world is wearing thin and you're thinking of escape. I'll go anywhere with you just wrap me up in chains. But if you try to go alone don't think I'll understand.' Which song?

Answer: Stay

'Stay', a hit single for Shakespear's Sister, stayed at number one in the UK singles charts for eight consecutive weeks in 1992. The group had other hits but none as successful as this one.
In 1988 Shakespear's Sister started out as just Siobhan Fahey (originally a member of Bananarama). Then in 1989 it was Siobhan and Marcella Detroit, and in the song 'Stay' it is Marcella on vocals (although there is a small part of the song that is sung by Fahey). The video depicts a girlfriend and an angel fighting for a dying man, the lover wins and the angel leaves unhappy (it is slightly weird).
22. 'You can walk my path you can wear my shoes. Learn to talk like me and be angel too. But maybe you ain't never gonna feel this way. You ain't never gonna know me but I know you.' Name the song.

Answer: Things Can Only Get Better

'Things Can Only Get Better' is a hit for Northern Irish band D:ream. The song was released three times but it was a number one hit in the UK in 1993 (the middle release). The frontman and singer for the band was Peter Cunnah who wrote this song. The song was used by The Labour Party in the 1997 General Election and then later it was used to head the title of a book by John O'Farrell about his views of politics.
23. 'Back on the train I ask why did I come again. Can I confess I been hanging around your old address. And the years have proved to offer nothing since you moved.' Name the song.

Answer: Missing

'Missing (Todd Terry Remix)' was a hit in 1995. It was Everything But The Girl's remix of 'Missing'. "Missing" had been previously released in 1994 and charted at number 69. The Terry remix was a top ten hit worldwide.

Everything But The Girl are a duo (and also a married couple) Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. They got their name from a furniture shop window sign ... which advertised 'we sell everything but the girl'.
Todd Terry is an American DJ, producer and remixer. He has also done remixes of other artists work including Annie Lennox and The Corrs.
24. 'She's got a train going down town. She's got a club on the moon. And she's telling all her secrets in a wonderful balloon. Oh she's the heart of the funfair.' Name the song.

Answer: Joyride

'Joyride' was a number four hit for Roxette, and it was a number one hit for them in their native Sweden. The song comes from the album with the same title which reached two in the UK and one in Sweden.
Roxette consist of Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson, they got their name from one of Dr Feelgood's records called Roxette.
25. 'It's hard to carry on when you feel all alone. Now I've swung back down again it's worse than it was before. If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.' Name the song.

Answer: Sit Down

1989 saw the release of the song 'Sit Down' by the group James. It charted at number two in the Indie chart but only number 77 in the UK singles chart. It was released later in 1992 with shorter and slightly adapted lyrics and it reached number two in the UK singles chart.
This has become their most famous track.
Source: Author JenPenWen

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