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1. The song ranked 12th for the year of 1971, a mere 9 points from cracking the top ten in that year's rankings, was a Number One song for three weeks. It was the third and final Number One hit for a group that within three years would vanish from the top 40 charts for good. Can you pin down the title of this moody hit with help from this lyrical clue?
"One child grows up to be somebody that just loves to learn
And another child grows up to be somebody you'd just love to burn
Mom loves the both of them, you see it's in the blood
Both kids are good to mom, blood's thicker than mud"
2. Another Number One song, this time a two week chart-topper, finished 1971 ranked 13th. Here's a sample of the lyric, you name the song.
"Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
Rode with us to Memphis
And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done"
3. This lyric sample constitutes the first stanza of the 14th ranked hit from 1971. It also spent a couple of weeks as a Number One song and of the 55 hits The Temptations placed in Billboard's Hot 100 over the years, it would rank as their second biggest hit ever.
"Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by
I say to myself, 'You're such a lucky guy'
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellas in the world, she belongs to you"
What was the song's title?
4. Denied in its quest to achieve Number One status by Rod Stewart's lengthy five week run at the top with "Maggie May", the song which ended 1971 ranked 15th stalled at Number Two for a couple of weeks. What song was it? Here's a slice of the lyric.
"Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh, baby, I love you, I really do"
5. At 17th, yet another Number One song forged its place in the year end rankings for 1971. On top for a couple weeks, I hope this one line clue is sufficient to dig this answer out.
"Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?"
What was the song's title?
6. Ranked 21st for 1971 was a fine "message" song from the stable of writers at Tamla-Motown. Based on the following lyric segment, what song was it? It peaked at Number Two for three weeks.
"Father, father, we don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today"
7. "When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand
And nothing, oh nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night"
This lyric, a familiar one I hope, comes from the song which was ranked 24th for 1971. This hit topped the charts for one week that year. Can you identify it?
8. "Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight"
Despite the misogynistic tenor of this lyric, the song from which it came topped the charts for two weeks in 1971 and finished the year ranked 30th. What was its title?
9. Here's a piece of lyrical nonsense:
"Live a little, be a gypsy, get around
Get your feet up off the ground, live a little get around"
You can make a pretty good guess at who composed the lyric and if you're right, the rest of the answer comes pretty easily. The song charted in the top 40 for 13 weeks and topped the charts for one of them winding up ranked 37th for 1971. So, what song was it?
10. We go all the way to the song ranked at 82nd for 1971. It peaked at Number Three on the charts but suffered in its rankings by only charting in the Hot 100 for a mere nine weeks. Let's see if you know it with this little slice of lyric.
"You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one"
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