1980s Music Quiz – Remember These Hits?

# 1: Listen to the clip. Who is the artist?

Boris Gardiner Eddy Grant Wayne Wade Boy George

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

# 2: Listen to the clip – Who is the artist?

Paul Young Stevie Wonder Billy Ocean Lionel Richie

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

# 3: This is a recording by:

Aerosmith Europe Bryan Adams Bon Jovi

Livin' on a Prayer is Bon Jovi's second chart-topping single from their album Slippery When Wet.

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

Chris Rea and Robert Palmer Chris Isaak and Paul McCartney Mick Jagger and David Bowie Bob Geldof and Dave Stewart

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

Ultravox Frankie Goes to Hollywood Culture Club Men at Work

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

# 6: Listen to the clip – Who is the artist?

Nils Lofgren Bryan Adams Meat Loaf Bruce Springsteen

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.

# 7: This is the intro to which song?

Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie Africa - Toto Tell Her About It - Billy Joel All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

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

# 8: This is the intro to which British hit song?

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Ashley Karma Chameleon - Culture Club Last Christmas - Wham! I Wanna Wake Up with You - Boris Gardiner

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

# 9: Two Tribes is a 1984 recording by which artist?

Adam and the Ants Queen Frankie Goes to Hollywood Ultravox

Two Tribes is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1984.

# 10: This is the intro to which song?

The Final Countdown Jukebox Hero Another One Bites the Dust Eye of the Tiger

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

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1980s Music Quiz – Challenge Your Friends

In the 1980s, synthesizers made their way into pop music, creating synth-pop music 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 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.

In United States, hip-hop became the dominant cultural movement of the African American communities.

In United Kingdom and rest of Europe, the pop duo Wham! made huge success. In 1985, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized Live Aid, a dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The concert featured many the biggest names on the music scene of the time. A global audience of nearly 2 billion watched the concert on TV.

Kylie Minogue’s first single, Locomotion, was a huge 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’ll find this one easy!

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1980s Music Quiz – Remember These Hits?

# 1: Listen to the clip. Who is the artist?