1980s Music Quiz – Remember These Hits?

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Music Quiz - 1980s

1 / 10

What is the name of the group?

A) Yes

B) Nazareth

C) Emerson, Lake & Palmer

D) Men at Work

Owner of a Lonely Heart is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes.

2 / 10

This is the intro to which song?

A) Jukebox Hero

B) Eye of the Tiger

C) The Final Countdown

D) Another One Bites the Dust

Eye of the Tiger is recorded by Survivor. It was released in 1982 and was the theme song for the film Rocky III.

3 / 10

Who is the artist?

A) Gloria Gaynor

B) Tina Charles

C) Whitney Houston

D) Donna Summer

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. The single topped the charts in 13 countries, including Australia, Italy, Germany, the UK, and the United States.

4 / 10

This cover version of Dancing in the Street is recorded by:

A) Chris Rea and Robert Palmer

B) Bob Geldof and Dave Stewart

C) Chris Isaak and Paul McCartney

D) Mick Jagger and David Bowie

This cover version of Dancing in the Street was recorded by the English rock singers Mick Jagger and David Bowie as a duo in 1985 to raise money for the Live Aid famine relief cause.

5 / 10

Listen to the clip. Who is the artist?

A) Nils Lofgren

B) Bryan Adams

C) Bruce Springsteen

D) Meat Loaf

Dancing in the Dark is a song by Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single released from his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A.

6 / 10

Listen to the clip. Who is the artist?

A) Paul Young

B) Billy Ocean

C) Lionel Richie

D) Stevie Wonder

All Night Long (All Night) is a recording by Lionel Richie in 1983. It peaked at No. 1 in the United States and No. 2 in the United Kingdom.

7 / 10

Listen to the clip. Can you name the recording artist?

A) Men at Work

B) Culture Club

C) Frankie Goes to Hollywood

D) Ultravox

Relax is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom in 1983.

8 / 10

Listen to the clip. Who is the artist?

A) Boy George

B) Eddy Grant

C) Wayne Wade

D) Boris Gardiner

I Wanna Wake Up with You is a 1986 song made famous by Boris Gardiner. It peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August 1986.

9 / 10

This is the intro to which British hit song?

A) Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Ashley

B) I Wanna Wake Up with You - Boris Gardiner

C) Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

D) Last Christmas - Wham!

Last Christmas is a song by English pop duo Wham!, released in 1984. It peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom.

10 / 10

This is the intro to which song?

A) Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie

B) Tell Her About It - Billy Joel

C) All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

D) Africa - Toto

Ashes to Ashes is a song by David Bowie, released in 1980. It made No. 1 in the UK.

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1980s Music Quiz – Challenge Your Friends

This quiz takes you back to some of the greatest hits of the eighties. If you grew up during the 1980s, you’d find this one easy!

In the 1980s, synthesizers entered pop music, creating synth-pop and other electronic genres. Disco music slowly fell out of fashion, making room for the king of Pop, Michael Jackson. His 1982 album Thriller becomes the most successful album of the 80s.

The decade also saw the emergence of superstars like Janet Jackson, Madonna, Prince, and Whitney Houston. Bruce Springsteen rose to icon status with his album Born in the U.S.A. In the latter half of the 1980s, teen pop experienced its first wave, with bands like New Kids on the Block.

Hip-hop became the dominant cultural movement in African American communities in the United States.

In the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, the pop duo Wham! made a huge success.

In 1985, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized Live Aid, a dual-venue concert to raise funds to relieve the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The concert featured many of the biggest names on the music scene of the time. A global audience of nearly 2 billion watched the show on TV.

Kylie Minogue’s first single, Locomotion, was a massive hit in her home country, Australia.

This quiz takes you back to some of the greatest hits of the eighties. If you grew up during the 1980s, you’d find this one easy!