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Many songs include references and allusions to other songs. Here are some quizzes about them.
7 quizzes and 70 trivia questions.
1.
  Just Nod If You Can Hear Me    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The quiz title is a line from "Comfortably Numb" (1979) by Pink Floyd, a song which also contains several other song titles in its lyrics. Match the Pink Floyd lyric / song title to the correct artist.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, May 01 20
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  That's Me In The Corner editor best quiz    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The quiz title is taken from "Losing My Religion" (1991) by R.E.M. All the song titles below are also excerpts from the same song. Simply match the titles / "Losing My Religion" lyrics with the artist.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, Apr 24 20
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  You Hear These Funny Voices    
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 10 Qns
The quiz title is a line from Leonard Cohen's "Tower Of Song" (1988), a song whose lyrics contain the titles of several other songs. Match the song titles from this Cohen masterpiece to the correct artists.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, Apr 26 20
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4.
  The Screen Door Slams    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The lyrics from "Thunder Road" (1975) reveal several other well known songs, as well as making for a good title for a quiz. Match the artists to the correct song.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, Apr 24 20
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5.
  Teenage Rebel Of The Week    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The title of this quiz comes from "Virginia Plain" (1972) by Roxy Music. Match the Virginia Plain lyrics / song titles to the correct artist.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, May 04 20
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6.
  Thunderbolts and Lightning    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
The quiz title is a lyric from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975), a song which has the titles of many other songs in its lyrics. I'll give you the artist, you match their song title with the "Bo Rap" lyric.
Tough, 10 Qns, 480154st, Apr 24 20
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  Songs Within Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There's a lot of crossover in the pop cultural world. For example, songwriters are often found listening to the oldies, or paying homage to specific songs. It's nice to know our favorite artists enjoy singing along with the radio just like we do!
Tough, 10 Qns, RetroGirl2385, Oct 27 20
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Song Lyrics in Songs Trivia Questions
1. "Black Velvet" by Alyssa Myles is a loving remembrance of Elvis Presley. But she notes that one specific song "leave 'em cryin' in the aisles". What song?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: Love Me Tender

"Love Me Tender", one of Elvis Presley's early hits, was released in September 1956. It begins: "Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go. You have made my life complete, and I love you so." How couldn't that leave them crying in the aisles? Sources: Wikipedia, LyricsFreak

2. In one of his hit songs, Eddie Money shares the spotlight with girl group legend Ronnie Spector. She repeatedly chimes in with lines from her '60s hit "Be My Baby". Which song features this?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: Take Me Home Tonight

In "Take Me Home Tonight", Money not only references the song, but makes it an integral part of the hook. Plus, Spector is on hand to sing the line herself. Here's the chorus: "Take me home tonight. I don't want to let you go till you see the light. Take me home tonight. Listen honey, just like Ronnie sang, 'Be my little baby'." Source: LyricsFreak

3. In the 2007 song "Her Eyes" by Pat Monahan, he says the girl he's singing about liked Michael Jackson until he made what song, also the title of an album?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: Bad

Monahan is still the lead singer of the band Train, but this particular song was a solo effort. "Bad" was the first track on Michael Jackson's album of the same title. It was released in 1987, almost exactly 20 years before "Her Eyes". Source: Wikipedia

4. In "Running Down a Dream", Tom Petty is singing along with his radio to what artist playing what song?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: "Me and Del were singin' little 'Runaway'"

In the line, "Me and Del were singin' little 'Runaway'", Petty is referencing the early '60s hit "Runaway" by Del Shannon. This is one of my favorite songs-within-songs. I can picture myself doing the exact same thing.

5. Bad Company did a song in 1975 called "Shooting Star", detailing the rise and fall of a young rock and roll star. The tune begins: "Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song." Which was that first song Johnny heard?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: Love Me Do

"Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song. 'Love Me Do', I think it was, and from then it didn't take him long..." After hearing "Love Me Do", Johnny bought himself a guitar and the rest is history! Sources: Wikipedia, Lyrics Freak

6. Johnny seems to be a popular name for aspiring rock and roll stars. In "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits, Johnny's singing "oldies, goldies" including some classics by Ray Charles. Which two of Ray's songs are mentioned in the first verse?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: "What'd I Say" and "I Gotta Woman"

The first verse also mentions "Be-Bop-A-Lula" by Gene Vincent. Interestingly, Dire Straits got their name from someone commenting on their grim financial future. With hits like "Walk of Life" and, more famously, "Money for Nothing", that future didn't end up nearly so dire!

7. In the song "Frank Sinatra" by Cake, what song is Frank singing "while cobwebs fall on an old skipping record"?

From Quiz Songs Within Songs

Answer: Stormy Weather

While all of the above have been performed by Old Blue Eyes, it's his version of "Stormy Weather" that lives on forever in the 1996 song bearing his name by alternative rock band Cake. The song begins: "We know of an ancient radiation, That haunts dismembered constellations, A faintly glimmering radio station, While Frank Sinatra sings 'Stormy Weather'..." Source: Lyrics Freak

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