Nonsense Lyrics Trivia

1. "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba daa" are lyrics from the 1998 song, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", by which Italian music group?

From Quiz Did They Say That?!

Answer: Eiffel 65

"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, but it performed well internationally, reaching the number one spot on many charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the European Hot 100 Singles, and Eurochart Hot 100. The single for the song debuted in Italy in 1998, but the song didn't become successful outside of Italy until 1999, when it was included on the group's 1999 debut album "Europop". Additionally, the song was nominated for the Best Dance Recording Grammy in 2001. Eiffel 65, a Eurodance group known for their use of Auto-Tune and pitch correction, formed in 1998 with members Maurizio Lobina, Jeffrey Jey, and Gabry Ponte. Gabry Ponte left the group in 2005 to pursue a solo career, and Lobina and Jey then formed the duo Bloom 06. The group reunited in 2010 to reform Eiffel 65, and they had iTunes releases of their Italian-language single, "Panico", and its English version, "Critical", in 2016.

From Quiz Who Would Sing Something So Silly?

Answer: The Beatles

The song is "I Am the Walrus" and the band is The Beatles. In 1967, John Lennon was amused to find that a teacher at his old high school was having his students analyze Beatles lyrics. Lennon decided to write a song purposely nonsensical. The song was released as the flip side of "Hello Goodbye" and was included on the "Magical Mystery Tour" album. Goo goo goo joob!

From Quiz Who Forgot The Words?

Answer: Coloured girls

What can be said about 'Walk on the Wild Side'? Despite its references to certain taboo subjects (at least taboo in the early 1970's) the single reached number 16 in the US and number ten in the UK in 1972 and was Lou Reed's only solo single to reach the top 20 in the US. *Useless information* 'Walk on the Wild Side' makes reference to a number of regulars at Andy Warhol's New York studio, The Factory. BONUS Useless information 'Walk on the Wild Side' was produced by David Bowie.

From Quiz Whimsical Nonsense Lines

Answer: Mr. Tambourine Man

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was an influential song off of Dylan's 1965 album "Bringin' It All Back Home". The Beatles acknowledged its influence on their "Sgt. Pepper's" album and The Byrds' electric version got major chart play.

From Quiz Na Na Hey Hey

Answer: Chuck Berry

This song reached number one in both countries in 1972, on the UK singles chart and the US Hot 100. Chuck Berry also had several number one hits on the US R & B charts, including 'Maybelline' and 'Johnny B. Goode'. He deserves better than to be remembered for what is really a novelty song, as he was one of the earliest 'rock and roll' stars.

From Quiz Walla Walla Bing Bang

Answer: Witch Doctor

This record reached number one on the US Pop Singles Chart and number eleven on the UK singles chart, where a cover version by Don Lang did slightly better by going to number five. David Seville went on to re-record the song in 1960 as 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'. My thanks go to muffin1708 for reminding me of this song.

From Quiz Come on Eileen

Answer: Only the Lonely

'Only the Lonely' was a huge hit in 1960, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the USA Billboard top 100 chart. The line is repeated throughout the song by the backing singers. All the options are Orbison songs. Roy Orbison died in 1988 following a heart attack at the age of only 52.

From Quiz Very Strange Lyrics IV

Answer: A door

"Nothing I see looks like an exit, so I'm making you into a door." The song "Dancing Like a Gun" appeared on the album "The Garden," released in 1981. Foxx was one of the founding members of Ultravox. He embarked on a solo career, releasing albums such as the influential "Metamatic" and the compilation "Modern Art."

From Quiz Ridiculous Song Titles

Answer: Bananarama

Bananarama sang Black Blood's 'Aie a Mwana' in Swahili, it was a minor hit in 1981. The following year they sang on the Fun Boy Three song 'T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)' which was a big hit and was the start of a very successful career for Bananarama.

From Quiz The Lyrics Said What?

Answer: The Other Side

Their first public appearance was in 1970 at Nipmuc Regional High School in Menden, MA (www.aerosmith.com)

From Quiz Truly Forgettable Lyrics

Answer: Terry Jacks

'Seasons in the Sun'. Profound

From Quiz Lyrics That Make No Sense

Answer: Oasis

It's a bit of nonsense, but let's not forget that Lennon and McCartney were capable of nonsense lyrics too - "you're what? - a walrus? Well, Ob la di, ob-la-da!" The Oasis lyric came from their smash it "Don't Look Back In Anger". Even if Oasis were castigated for their "bigger than the Beatles" claim, this song owed more than a little to the Fab Four. The piano intro was a tribute to "Imagine" and the line "the brains I had went to my head" was also inspired by John Lennon. Noel Gallagher claimed to have written it on the day of a concert in Paris and it was sung for the first time in front of 18,000 people that night. The single was a number one in the UK, but flopped in the USA, where people apparently just did not 'get' Oasis. Noel Gallagher reflected on that lack of success in the USA, telling "New Musical Express" Oasis "did not have a front man like Bono or Chris Martin". And he told CNN: "Not that I've got to justify it, but we did sell out the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden regularly. And I've got gold discs and platinum discs to prove it..."

From Quiz Did They Say That?!

Answer: Hanson

"MMMBop", the single from Hanson's 1997 album, "Middle of Nowhere", reached the top of the charts in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK (UK Singles Chart), and the US (Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Top 40). The group had recorded a version of the song in 1996, but redid the song to give it a livelier tempo. When Songfacts interviewed Zac Hanson in 2004, he told them that the song lyrics were originally going to be background for another song, but they became a song of their own. Hanson is made up of three brothers--Zac, Taylor, and Isaac. They are from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began their music careers in 1992. After having some issues with different record labels, the brothers formed their own record label, 3CG, in 2003.

From Quiz Nonsense Lyrics Through the Years.

Answer: Witch Doctor

Using the stage name David Seville Ross Bagdasarian was the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks. He began recording in 1951 with the release of "Oh Beauty" as himself. In 1955 he released "Armen's Theme" under the name Dave Seville but he didn't have a hit until "The Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" recorded as Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958. Bagdasarian did the roles of Alvin, Theodore and Simon using a variable speed tape recorder. Ross won Grammy Awards in 1959 for Best Comedy Performance and Best Recording for Children He had a TV show for one season in 1961 called "The Alvin Show". "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz" was a 1958 release from The Hollywood Flames. "Stranded in the Jungle" was by The Cadets and Sheb Wooley released "The Purple People Eater" in 1958.

From Quiz Who Would Sing Something So Silly?

Answer: Barry Mann

Barry Mann co-wrote "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" in 1961. In the song the singer thanks the man who wrote nonsense lyrics because they made the singer's girlfriend fall in love with him. What more reason do you you need to sing a song like that?

From Quiz Who Put The Ram In The Rama Lama Ding Dong?

Answer: Frankie Lymon

The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon had a number six hit on the US pop chart with "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" in 1956. It was a number one hit for three weeks on the UK chart the same year. The Frankie Lymon story is just one more sad tale among many in the music world. Born Franklin Joseph Lymon in Harlem N.Y. in 1942. At 12 years of age he joined a group named The Coup Devilles who were now known as The Ermines and The Premiers. They changed their name again in 1955 and became The Teenagers, releasing their first single "Why Do Fools Fall On Love" in 1956. In 1957 Frankie went solo after the group's final chart hit "Goody Goody". Although "Goody Goody" was issued as by The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon it was in fact a solo recording backed by session singers. He had one more US hit, "Little Bitty Pretty One" which had been recorded in 1957. Neither Frankie Lymon nor The Teenagers had any more chart success. After a bigamous marriage and the death of his daughter soon after birth he began an affair with Zola Taylor of The Platters. She claimed to have married him in Mexico in 1965, the same year he was drafted into the US Army. In 1967 he married Elmira Eagle (again bigamously) and was also given a dishonourable discharge after consistently being AWOL. At the age of 25 in 1968 he was found dead from a heroin overdose in his grandmother's bathroom; he had been addicted since the age of 15.

From Quiz Whimsical Nonsense Lines

Answer: Robert Hunter

While songs like "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds" were only rumored to be influenced by drug usage, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter freely admitted that the psychedelic imagery portrayed in this song was from first hand experience.

From Quiz Na Na Hey Hey

Answer: Birthday

The line goes on to 'happy birthday, sweet sixteen', and the song is by Neil Sedaka. The song reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA and number three on the UK singles chart, both in 1961. Sedaka wrote the music and the lyrics were supplied by Howard Greenfield.

From Quiz Who Put the Bomp?

Answer: Tutti Frutti

These lyrics have varying versions, but the overall affect is the same, so I hope you had no trouble recognising them. This song was Little Richard's first hit record, in 1955. It has been recorded by many other artists including Elvis Presley and Pat Boone.

From Quiz Come on Eileen

Answer: Marmalade

Although credited to Lennon/McCartney, the song was written primarily by Paul, and John is reputed to have disliked it. It originally appeared on 'The White Album'. The Marmalade version was also a singles hit in Austria, Norway and Switzerland. The other group names are all real groups. Jam was led by Paul Weller, Hot Chocolate by Erroll Brown and Cream were Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce.

From Quiz Very Strange Lyrics IV

Answer: A car

"I've never kissed a car before / It's like a door." Bolan was an automobile enthusiast, who collected a number of cars over the years, and presumably had a chance to kiss them. As to why "it's like a door," he did not explain in that song.

From Quiz Ridiculous Song Titles

Answer: The Police

A big hit for the police in the UK and in America in 1980, taken from their 'Zenyatta Mondatta' album.

From Quiz The Lyrics Said What? Again!

Answer: In The Summertime

Recorded by Mungo Jerry. It was written by Ray Dorset and hit number one in the UK in 1970 for seven weeks. "Sing along with us dee-dee-dee-dee-dee da-da-da-da-da, yeah we're hap, happy".

From Quiz Truly Forgettable Lyrics

Answer: Bee Gees

'I Started a Joke'. Deep meaning

From Quiz Lyrics That Make No Sense

Answer: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Based on a Biblical story, "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" opened in London in 1968 and has regularly been revisited in various places since. The lyrics are from "Any Dream Will Do". Tim Rice wrote the words and Andrew Lloyd Webber the music. They were also the duo behind "Jesus Christ Superstar", and "Evita".

From Quiz Did They Say That?!

Answer: Bad Romance

The seemingly nonsense hook here is a repeated shortened form of the word 'romance'. "Bad Romance" was written by Lady Gaga and RedOne, and is a single from Lady Gaga's 2009 album "The Fame Monster". The song only made it to the number two spot on the US Billboard Top 100, but it topped many other charts, including the US Dance Club Songs, UK Singles Chart, and US Mainstream Top 40, as well as charts in many other countries. Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta and she was born in New York in 1986. Her stage persona is rather unique, and she is known for wearing outrageous outfits and costumes. She is often referred to as "Mother Monster" by her fans, which she calls "Little Monsters". Her music is mostly a mix of pop, dance, and electronic, but she likes to experiment and try new sounds and ideas. Lady Gaga has also participated in various philanthropic endeavors. In 2010, she donated money to reconstruction efforts in Haiti after the earthquake.

From Quiz Nonsense Lyrics Through the Years.

Answer: John Lennon

The "Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse" lyrics are included in "#9 Dream" by John Lennon. The song reached Number Nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. John Lennon's girlfriend at the time, May Pang, sang backing vocals. In a 1980 BBC interview Lennon explained that the song was indeed inspired by a dream he had, including the meaningless lyrics. "#9 Dream" was one of two singles released from Lennon's 1974 "Walls and Bridges" album. The other single, "Whatever Gets You thru the Night", was John Lennon's first US Number One hit single since the Beatles broke up. The album also topped the US album charts. The musicians on the album were simply designated the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band.

From Quiz Who Would Sing Something So Silly?

Answer: Queen

Meant as a commentary on television becoming more popular than radio, Queen released "Radio Ga Ga" in 1984. The song was a big success for the group, reaching number one status in 19 countries.

From Quiz Who Put The Ram In The Rama Lama Ding Dong?

Answer: Witch Doctor

"Witch Doctor" reached number one for three weeks on the US pop chart in 1958. It reached number 11 on the UK chart the same year. David Seville, born Ross Bagdassarian in 1919 in Fresno, California, was an actor/singer/songwriter/pianist/record producer. He also created the cartoon characters The Chipmunks who were named after Liberty records executives Alvin Bennett, Simon Waronker and Theodore Keep. He appeared in small roles in movies such as "The Greatest Show On Earth" with Charlton Heston in 1952, "Viva Zapata" with Marlon Brando in 1952, "Stalag 17" with William Holden in 1953 and "Rear Window" with James Stewart in 1954. 1958 proved to be the best year for novelty/comedy songs on the US pop chart. "Witch Doctor" by David Seville was number one for three weeks, "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooly was number one for six weeks and "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville & The Chipmunks was number one for four weeks.

From Quiz Whimsical Nonsense Lines

Answer: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Kurt Cobain's unique wordplay and the way he delivered his lyrics were a breath of fresh air after a decade of not so clever lyrics from many of the 80s bands. Sadly he took his own life in 1994.

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