80's Lyrics Test

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80's Lyrics Test

So here we go again. Another head-scratcher for you, along the same lines as the earlier quiz about songs of the 70's, but for the somewhat younger crowd. Same drill...can you recognize the songs these lyrics come from, and recall who recorded them? There's another one in the files for tunes of the 60's - for really old farts, like me. I'll be posting it in a week or so, after you've had a crack at this one. By the way, there will NOT be one for the 90's. I was doing the research to put together the top 100 of that decade, and dig out the lyrics clues, when I discovered I had only heard of a small percentage of the songs. (Guess I really am over the hill!) Not only that, but I realized I didn't like most of the ones I could identify. So, exercising the editor's prerogative...the 90's never happened! Anyway, on with the 80's.

1. “Come up off your color chart. I know where you're coming from.”
2. “We don’t need no education, we don’t need no thought control.”
3. “And if all your hopes survive your destiny will arrive
4. “Girl, close your eyes. Let that rhythm get into you.”
5. “Town to keep me movin'. Keep me groovin' with some energy
6. “Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat.”
7. “What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?
8. “I can never get enough of a man like you, Whoa-oh-oh, kiss me like you just did.”
9. “You want a friend you can rely on, one who will never fade away.”
10. “I say love it is a flower, and you it's only seed.”
11. “Her hair is Harlowe gold, her lips sweet surprise.”
12. “Two hearts, two hearts that beat as one. Our lives have just begun.”
13. “Our life together, is so precious together. We have grown, we have grown.”
14. “I'm your knight in shining armour and I love you.”
15. “ Jump on outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen. Pour myself a cup of ambition.”
16. “There's a party goin' on right here, a celebration to last throughout the years.”
17. “My friends wonder why I call you all of the time. What can I say? I don’t feel the need to give such secrets away.”
18. “Showers washed all my cares away, I wake up to a sunny day.”
19. “And she's watching him with those eyes, and she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it.”
20. “I sit with emptiness waiting for your call, will you still love me after the fall?”
21. “You gotta know that you're bringin' out the animal in me.”
22. “Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet. Just a man and his will to survive.”
23. “We learn to live, we learn to give Each other what we need to survive together alive.”
24. “I saw him dancin’ there by the record machine I knew he must a been about seventeen.”
25. “When I was a young boy, Said put away those young boy ways.”
26. “You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you.”
27. “Suckin' on chili dog outside the Tastee Freeze.”
28. “Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine, and there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between.”
29. “Cryin' on the corner, waitin' in the rain I swear I'll never, ever wait again.”
30. “Even lovers need a holiday oooh, far away from each other.”
31. “Every game you play, every night you stay, I’ll be watching you.”
32. “She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
33. “Take your passion and make it happen.
34. “Oh here she comes, watch out boy she'll chew you up.”
35. “Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man.”
36. “Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming around.”
37. “I met a strange lady, she made me nervous. She took me in and gave me breakfast.”
38. “Who am I to disagree?”
39. “And she's dancing like she's never danced before.”
40. “Let me put my arms around you. This was meant to be. And I'm oh so glad I found you.”
41. “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?”
42. “Dream if you can a courtyard. An ocean of violets in bloom.”
43. “You’ve got to roll with the punches to get to what’s real.”
44. “Please, Louise, pull me offa my knees.”
45. “You’re the only one who really knew me at all.”
46. “ Take, take, take what you need, but don't leave me with no direction.”
47. “Maybe he's no Romeo, but he's my loving one-man show.”
48. “Shake - shake yourself. You’re every move you make. So the story goes.”
49. “ I remember the time, I visited the grave. My life on the line, only my life to save.”
50. “I'm a man without conviction. I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction.”
51. “We could have been so good together, We could have made this last forever...”
52. “I was beat incomplete, I'd been had, I was sad and blue.”
53. “You take the grey skies out of my way. You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day.”
54. “I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over.”
55. “Hey!, If we can solve any problem, then why do we lose so many tears?”
56. “ I wouldn't lie to you, baby, I'm physically attracted to you. This feeling that I got for you, baby, there's nothing that I wouldn't do.”
57. “So glad we’ve almost made it, so sad they had to fade it.”
58. “We gotta install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries.”
59. “I never wanted anyone like this, it's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss.”
60. “Talking away, I don't know what I'm to say, I'll say it anyway.”
61. “Keep smiling, keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure.”
62. “And when we hear the voices sing, the book of love will open up and let us in. Yeah, yeah, let us in, let us in.”
63. “When I was young I thought of growing old, of what my life would mean to me. I have travelled down my chosen road, or only wished what I could be .”
64. “ This wasn't how it was supposed to end, I wish that we could do it all again.”
65. “I had a dream, I had an awesome dream. People in the park, playing games in the dark.”
66. “I say a prayer with every heart beat. I fall in love whenever we meet.”
67. “Girl, I can't understand it why you want to hurt me, after all the things I've done for you.”
68. “Does the crowd understand? Is it East versus West, or man against man?”
69. “I thought I heard your voice yesterday. When I turned around to say, that I loved you then I realized, and it was just my mind playing tricks on me.”
70. “How could something so wrong be so right? I wish we didn’t have to keep our love out of sight, yeah.”
71. “All the old paintings on the tombs, they do the sand dance don't you know.”
72. “Gina works the diner all day, working for her man, she brings home her pay.”
73. “The man in the silk suit hurries by, as he catches the poor ladies' eye, just for fun he says "get a job" .
74. “It's the light of day that shows me how, and when the night falls, loneliness calls.”
75. “Let the world around us just fall apart, baby, we can make it if we're heart to heart.”
76. “ Got a job, that's O.K., but they've got me workin' night and day. Punchin' in, punchin' out, is this really what life's all about?
77. “Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.”
78. “Girl, I've been watching you, from so far across the floor, now baby that's nothing new.”
79. “This is a town where everyone is reachin' for the top. This is a place where second best will never do.”
80. “Till now I always got by on my own. I never really cared until I met you, and now it chills me to the bone.”
81. “Oh but I need some time off from that emotion. Time to pick my heart up off the floor.”
82. “But it’s gonna take money, a whole lotta spending money.”
83. “All you got is this moment, twenty-first century's yesterday.”
84. “ Kissing like a bandit stealing time, underneath the sycamore tree. Cupid by the hour sends valentines, to my sweet lover and me.”
85. “She's got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain. I hate to look into those eyes, and see an ounce of pain.”
86. “I remember the way that we touch. I wish I didn't like it so much.”
87. “In this world we're just beginning, to understand the miracle of living.”
88. “The memories of our lovin' still linger in the air, like the faded scent of your roses stay with me everywhere.”
89. “Tomorrow I must leave, the dawn knows no reprieve. God give me strength when I am leaving.”
90. “Now there’ll be a day you’ll get there, baby, you’ll hear the music play, you’ll dance, baby. You’ll leave bad times way behind, nothing but good times on your mind.”
91. “ When we both agreed as lovers, we were better off as friends. That's how it had to be, yeah, that's how it had to be.”
92. “Everybody's talking all this stuff about me. Why don't they just let me live? Tell me why I don't need commission. Make my own decisions.”
93. “Just like every night has its dawn, just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song.”
94. “Lost in a dream, don't know which way to go. If you are all that you seem, then baby I'm movin' way too slow.”
95. “You've been you've been workin' workin' on the on the love, and he's been only only playing undercover all the while.”
96. “Oceans apart day after day, and I slowly go insane. I hear your voice on the line, but it doesn't stop the pain.”
97. “It must have been cold there in my shadow, to never have sunlight on your face.”
98. “I'm in love with you, girl, cause I have on my mind. You're the one I think about most every time.”
99. “ Ooh baby I love your way every day. Ooh wanna tell you I love your way every day. Ooh wanna be with you night and day.”
100. “We love so strong and so unselfishly, and I tell you now that I made a vow.”

[Kevin y Pam]

45. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins

The setting for the movie for which this song is for, takes place in Mexico (Chichen Itza and Cozumel).

[SunKneeMarie]

Okay, let's see... I know SOME of these... and some I have NO idea... without Googling, here's what I know of the first 50... I'll have to work on the rest later...

1.
2. Pink Floyd, The Wall
3. Olivia Newton John
4.
5. Funkytown
6.
7. Billy Joel, Still Rock And Roll
8.
9.
10. Bette Midler, The Rose
11. Kim Carnes, Bette Davis Eyes
12. Endless Love
13.
14. Kenny Rogers, Lady
15. Dolly Parton, 9-5
16. Kool and the Gang, Celebrate
17. Hall And Oates, Kiss on my List
18.
19. Rick Springfield, Jesse’s Girl
20.
21.
22. Survivor, Eye Of The Tiger
23.
24. Joan Jett, I Love Rock And Roll
25. John Cougar Mellencamp, Hurts So Good
26. Don't You Want Me?
27. John Cougar Mellencamp, Jack And Diane
28. J Geils Band, Angel In The Centerfold
29.
30. Peter Cetera, You're The Inspiration
31. Police, Every Breath You Take
32. Michael Jackson, Billy Jean
33. Flashdance
34. Hall and Oates, Maneater
35.
36. Bonnie Raitt, Totally Eclipse of the Heart
37.
38.
39.
40.
41. Tina Turner, What's Love Got To Do With It?
42. Prince, When Doves Cry
43.
44. Kenny Loggins, Footloose
45. Phil Collins, Against All Odds
46.
47. Denice Someone (Williams?), Let's Hear It For The Boy
48.
49.
50. Boy George, Karma Chameleon

5. funkytown - lipps inc.
6.crazy little thing called love- queen
12.endless love - diana ross and lionel richie
30. hard for me to say I'm sorry- chicago
31. every breath you take - the police
33. maneater- hall and oats
37. down under- men at work
58. money for nothing - dire straits
54.I want to know what love is- foreigner
55. everytime you go away paul young
72. living on a prayer- bon jovi
75.nothings gonna stop us now- starship
77. here i go again-whitesnake
85. sweet child of mine- guns and roses
93.every rose has it's thorn- poison
99. baby, i love your way- peter frampton

All I can do now! I'll be back in the morning to do more! I have kids to get ready for school!! Good test though!! My brain hurts!!
97. wind beneath my wings- bette midler

[Kellyk]

OK, lets see.. BTW this makes feel really old!

1.
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3.
4. All night long- Lionel Richie
5.
6. Crazy little thing called love-Queen
7. Still rock-n-roll to me- Billy Hoel
8. Do that to me one more time-Capitan & Tennile
9.
10.
11. Betty Davis eyes - Kim Carnes
12. Endless Love- Lionel Richie
13.
14. Lady- Lionel Richie
15. 9-5 Dolly Parton
16. Celebration- Kool and the Gang
17.
18.
19.Jessies Girl- Rick Springfield
20.
21.
22. Eye of the tiger- Surviver
23.
24. I love rock-n-roll- Joan Jett
25. Jurts so good- John Melloncamp
26. Don't you want me-?
27. Jack and Diane- John Meloncamp
28. Angel is a centerfold- J. Geils Band
29.
30.
31. I'll be watching you- Police
32. Billy Jean- Micheal Jackson
33.
34. Maneater- Hall and Oats
35. Beat it -Micheal Jackson
36. Total eclipse of the heart-?
37. Land down under-Men at Work
38.
39. Maniac-?
40.
41. Whats love got to do with it?- Tina Turner
42. When doves cry- Prince
43.
44.
45. Against all odds-Phil Collins
46.
47. Lets hear it for the boy-?
48. Owner of a lonely heart-?
49.
50. Karma Chameleon- Culture CLub
51.
52. Like a virgin- Madonna
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58. I want my MTV- Dire Straights
59. Crazy for you- Madonna
60.
61. That's what friend are for- Dionne Warwick.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66. How will I know-Whitney Houston
67.
68.
69.
70.
71. Walk like an Egyption- Bangles
72. Livin' on a prayer- Bon Jovi
73.
74. I wanna Dance with somebody-Whitney Houston
75. Nothin's gonna stop us now-Starship?
76.
77. Here I go again- Whitesnake
78.
79.
80. How do I get you alone- Heart
81.
82. ?-George Harrison
83. ?-INXS
84.
85. Sweet child of mine- Guns n Roses
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93. Every rose has it's thorn- Poison
94.
95.
96.
97. Wind beneath my wings- Bette Midler
98.
99. Baby I love your way-Peter Frampton
100.
Oh, my head hurts. #'s 1, 29,and 84 are gonna kill me when I see the answers! Thanks

[SunKneeMarie]

And now for the second half:

51.
52. Madonna, Like A Virgin
53. Wham, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
54. Foreigner, I Wanna Know What Love Is
55. Paul Young, Everytime You Go Away
56.
57. Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
58. Dire Straits,I Want My MTV
59.
60.
61. Group Song (Dionne and Elton, etc), That’s What Friends Are For
62. Mr. Mister, Broken Wings
63. Mr. Mister, Kyrie Eleison
64.
65. Lionel Richie, Say You Say Me
66. Whitney Houston
67.
68.
69.
70.
71. Bangles, Walk Like An Egyptian
72. Donna Summer, She Works Hard For The Money
73. The Other Guy From Genesis, That’s Just The Way It Is
74. Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
75. Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now
76.
77.
78.
79.
80. Whatsherface from Heart, I think, How Do I Get You Alone
81.
82. George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You
83. INXS, I Need You Tonight
84.
85.
86.
87. The Go-Gos (or Belinda Carlisle alone), Heaven Is a Place On Earth
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
94.
95.
96. Richard Marx, Waiting For You
97. Bette Midler (and Gary Morriss), Wind Beneath My Wings
98.
99. Peter Frampton, The Way (Your Way?)
100.

[MWC]

Thank God for Google! Some of these I never would have known ...

1. Call Me, Blondie
2. The Wall, Pink Floyd
3. Magic, Olivia Newton-John
4. Rock With You, Michael Jackson
5. Funkytown, Lipps, Inc.
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
7. Still Rock’n’Roll, Billy Joel
8. Do That to Me One More Time, Captain & Tennille
9. Coming Up, Wings
10. The Rose, Bette Midler
11. Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes
12. Endless Love, Diana Ross
13. Starting Over, John Lennon
14. Lady, Lionel Ritchie
15. 9 to 5 Dolly Parton
16. Celebrate, Kool & The Gang
17. Kiss On My List, Hall and Oates
18. I Love A Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt
19. Jesse’s Girl, Rick Springfield
20. Being With You, That Dog (Anyone really know this song???)
21. Let’s Get Physical, Olivia Newton-John
22. Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
23. Ebony & Ivory, Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
24. I Love Rock&Roll, Joan Jett
25. Hurts So Good, John Cougar Mellencamp
26. Don’t You Want Me, Human League
27. Jack n Diane, John Cougar Mellencamp
28. Angel in a Centerfold, J Geils Band
29. Harden My Heart, Quarterflash
30. Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry, Chicago
31. Every Breath You Take, The Police
32. Billy Jean, Michael Jackson
33. Flashdance, Irene Cara
34. Maneater, Hall and Oates
35. Beat It Michael Jackson
36. Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler
37. Land Down Under, Men at Work
38. Sweet Dreams, The Eurhythmics
39. Maniac, Michael Sembello
40. Baby Come To Me, Patti Austin & James Ingram
41. What’s Love Got to do With It, Tina Turner
42. When Doves Cry, Prince
43. Jump, Van Halen
44. Footloose, Kenny Loggins
45. Against All Odds, Phil Collins
46. Say Say Say, Paul McCartney
47. Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Denice Williams
48. Owner of a Lonely Heart, Yes
49. Ghostbusters, Run DMC
50. Karma Chameleon, Culture club
51. Careless Whisper, George Michael

[MWC]

And part 2

52. Like A Virgin, Madonna
53. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Wham!
54. I Wanna Know What Love Is, Foreigner
55. Every Time You Go Away, Paul Young
56. I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
57. Everybody Wants to Rule The World, Tears for Fears
58. Money for Nothing, Dire Straits
59. Crazy For You, Madonna
60. Take On Me, A-Ha
61. That’s What Friends Are For, Dinonne Warwwick
62. Broken Wings, Mister Mister
63. Kyrie Eleison, Mister Mister
64. On My Own, Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
65. Say You, Say Me, Lionel Ritchie
66. How Will I Know, Whitney Houston
67. Party All The Time, Eddie Murphy
68. Burning Heart, Survivor
69. I Miss You, Klymaxx
70. Secret Lovers, Atlantic Starr
71. Walk Like an Egyptian, The Bangles
72. Living on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
73. That’s Just the Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby
74. I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houston
75. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship
76. C’Est La Vie, Robbie Nevil
77. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
78. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott
79. Shakedown, Bob Seger
80. How Do I Get You Alone, Heart
81. Faith, George Michael
82. Set On You, George Harrison
83. I Need You Tonight, INXS
84. Wishing Well, Terrence Trent D’Arby
85. Sweet Child of Mine, Guns & Roses
86. So Emotional, Whitney Houston
87. Heaven is a Place on Earth, Brenda Carlisle
88. Could’ve Been, Mandy Moore
89. Hands to Heaven, Breathe
90. Roll With It, Steve Winwood
91. Look Away, Chicago
92. My Perogative, Bobby Brown
93. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
94. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
95. Cold-hearted, Paula Abdul
96. “Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx
97. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
98. Girl You Know It’s True, Milli Vanilli
99. Baby I Love Your Way, Peter Frampton
100. Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker

[sunscreenaddict]

Not to split hairs BUT....

are decades in which these songs are placed on the quiz based on release date or the date a particular song charted? 'The Wall' was released in 1979...VERY late in 1979 (Nov. 30) but 1979 nonetheless.

...and before anyone says it...YES...my friends and coworkers also think I'm a nitpicking jerk sometimes too. ;~)

Thank you, thank you for the answers!! Now I can go back to scrapbooking the end of school year teacher gifts!! They get out friday and I'm not done yet!!!

[Heather]

yikes, I only could get 60 out of the hundred, and I call myself an 80s poster child! There are quite a few that are driving me nuts, so I'll have to check google later, when I'm not actually supposed to be working.

This was fun, thanks!

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Originally Posted by sunscreenaddict

Not to split hairs BUT....
are decades in which these songs are placed on the quiz based on release date or the date a particular song charted? 'The Wall' was released in 1979...VERY late in 1979 (Nov. 30) but 1979 nonetheless.

Based on when they hit the charts, not release dates. I remember the release date on The Wall...it was a Tuesday, as I recall.

Originally Posted by sunscreenaddict

...and before anyone says it...YES...my friends and coworkers also think I'm a nitpicking jerk sometimes too. ;~)

Personally, SSA, I would never call you a "nitpicking jerk", but then...your friends and co-workers know you much better than I do, so their opinion is certainly more valid.

[cajundiver]

YOU NEED TO START A THREAD ON THE BEST BEACH SONGS.

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Originally Posted by cajundiver

YOU NEED TO START A THREAD ON THE BEST BEACH SONGS.

Nope. Been done too many times before, like every two or three months.

[SunKneeMarie]

Is #88 right? I thought Mandy Moore was about 15 years old. Didn't Tiffany or some other chickie do Could've Been?