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1. This Big song was released in 1996 and was known mostly for its music video. The music video spoofed the advertising campaign for a particular type of candy, which led to the unintended consequence of the band being pelted with the candy on stage when playing the song live. What song is this referring to?
2. The artwork for this song's cover when it was released as a single (yes, on record, way back when) was a photograph of James Dean by Nelva Jean Thomas. The song itself was the first single release from the artist's album called "The Queen Is Dead" and has since been covered most famously by Placebo. What "Big" song is this?
3. Our next "Big" contribution comes from a psychobilly band that hails from Dallas, Texas and features Jim Heath as the lead singer and songwriter. The song itself was featured in a commercial for the Mazda Miata and is the first song on the album "It's Martini Time". Name this Big Song.
4. This Big song was released in 2003 from an album that reached number one in Ireland and number three in the UK. The song itself hit number 17 in the UK, number nine in Ireland, and even hit number 55 in the Netherlands. Written about a portion of the California coast located between San Francisco and Los Angeles, what is this "Big" song?
5. This song was recorded in Atlanta and New York in 2006 and was previewed before a small 500-person show at Westminster Central Hall in London, England in August of 2006. Of all the songs on the album on which it was released, this song was the only one that was not produced in any way by the artist which released the song. Critics raved about the song, including statements from "The Guardian" that this song "intertwines admiration and envy with fascinating honesty". The song is about one giant in rap's feelings toward and tribute to another rapper. What is this "Big" song?
6. The oldest of our "Big" songs was derived from folk songs coming from as distant in the past as the late 17th Century. In more recent times, this song has been remade into a children's song or even used in the United States with Darius Rucker singing changed words to pitch for Burger King. As released originally in 1928, the song's lyrics originally sang about a hobo's utopia -- a utopia filled with "cigarette trees" and a "lake of gin". What is this "big" song?
7. Our next "Big" song was released by a band whose name came from a childhood picture drawn by the singer's brother. The brother lost to the singer at most competitions, so the little brother drew a picture of the singer jamming the planet Earth into his mouth. The big song this band released was actually the name of one of the singer's side projects; the song reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and number 119 in the UK. What Big song am I talking about?
8. In typical 1970s metal fashion, our next "Big" song is filled with lyrical double entendres. Even the title of the song is a double entendre. The lyrics focus on the singer's ballroom and upper class society, however. The album featuring this song was released in Australia in 1976, in the UK in 1977, and in the US in 1981. What is this "Big" song?
9. The big songs continue with this major modern rock and mainstream rock hit for a band from San Diego in the 1990s. The band's name originally was "Mighty Joe Young", but their lawyers told them that a bluesman already had that name. So, they changed the band name to a reference of a carving in an ancient temple showing a man in a small flying ship. Their "Big" song was featured on their third album, called "Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop". What is this "Big" song and band?
10. Our final "Big" song for this quiz came out in the 1980s and was the second top-ten single for a former lead singer of the band Genesis. Name this big song.
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