Women in Song Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Answer: Get Busy by Sean Paul

"Get Busy" is a 2003 song by Jamaican singer Sean Paul. The song reached number one on the US Billboard charts and remained there for three weeks. The song is a party song, according to Sean Paul, and does not contain any lewd or subliminal messages as commonly believed and discussed.

Answer: Get Busy by Sean Paul

The music video for "Get Busy" begins with Sean Paul arriving at a calm house party before making his way to the basement where a wilder dance party is underway. The basement is full of (mostly female) dancers who wind up banging on the pipes and otherwise making a lot of noise, prompting the host to come downstairs and shut down the party.

Answer: Get Busy by Sean Paul

The song "Get Busy" is mostly about dancing and how Sean Paul wants to dance with the women at the party. A lot of the lyrics are nonsense lyrics meant to create a dance beat. "Get Busy" is a popular dance song at parties because of this.

Answer: Get Busy by Sean Paul

The women's names called out in "Get Busy" are Anabella, Donna, Jodi, Rebecca and Joanna. These women are all (presumably) dancers at the party that Sean Paul would like to dance with.

Answer: The Wanderer by Dion

"The Wanderer" was a 1961 song by Dion on his album "Runaround Sue". The song is about a man who, as the title suggests, wanders around "from town to town" and picks up a new lover wherever he goes. The song reached number two on the Billboard charts in the US and number one in Australia.

Answer: The Wanderer by Dion

Despite the overly cheer mood of the song, Dion has stated the song is not actually a happy song. The man in the song leads a fruitless, miserable life devoid of any meaning. Dion has expressed disappointment that many listeners do not understand that and don't listen to the lyrics very closely.

Answer: The Wanderer by Dion

The women's names mentioned in the song are Flo, Mary, Janie and Rosie, with Rosie being the one the singer proclaims to love the best. In the chorus, the singer claims he leaves town and wanders often when he starts falling in love with the girl he is seeing at the time. This could be because, as Dion said, the singer has no prospects and no stability in his life.

Answer: Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega

"Mambo No. 5" is a 1999 Lou Bega song. However, the song is actually from 1949 when Cuban musician Damaso Perez Prado first recorded it. Lou Bega's version is by far the most well known.

Answer: Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega

Lou Bega's recording of the song was controversial on many fronts. Bega was born in Germany and his parents were from Uganda and Italy yet he was recording Latin music. Many critics saw this as Bega taking advantage of a culture that was not his for financial purposes.

The song was also subjected to a lengthy copyright lawsuit in which German courts ruled Bega's version of the song was cowritten by Bega and Prado because there too many similarities.

Answer: Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega

"Mambo No. 5" remains extremely popular and has been parodied and remade many times. Most notably, there is a Disney version and music video featuring popular characters from Disney movies singing the song and dancing with Lou Bega. The song is also frequently played at home matches of England's Men's Cricket Team and the ice hockey team, Florida Panthers.

Answer: Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega

The full list of women's names that appear in the song are: Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Mary and Jessica. The inclusion of the name Monica led the Democratic Party dropping the song from its playlist at the 2000 Democratic National Convention to avoid association with the ongoing Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Answer: We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a 1989 Billy Joel song in which Joel lists many important historical events that occurred during his life up until 1989. The Doris of the lyrics refers to Doris Day, the famous actress. She is the second person/event mentioned in the song after Harry Truman.

Answer: We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

The Marilyn in the songs lyrics refers to Marilyn Monroe, the famous actress. Monroe's life was the subject of great attention especially in her acting career and her relationship with John Kennedy. Marilyn Monroe died under suspicious and oft-talked about circumstances in 1962.

Answer: We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

The Grace in the song's lyrics refers to Princess Grace or Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly was a famous actress who starred in "Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window" amongst other hits. She retired from acting when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became Princess Grace. She died in a motor vehicle accident in 1982.

Answer: We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

The Sally in the song's lyrics refers to Sally Ride. Sally Ride was an astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman in space. At the time, she was also the youngest American to travel to space. Late in her life, Sally Ride was in a relationship with another woman, Tam O'Shaughnessy, which would make her the first known LGBT+ person to travel into outer space.