I Am, I Said Trivia Quiz

Answer: Black Sabbath

"Iron Man" was released in 1970 from the Sabbath album "Paranoid". In 1972, the song reached position fifty-two on the "Billboard Hot 100" chart. In 2006, the song was ranked in first position on "VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs". A live version of this song received a Grammy Award in 2000 for "Best Metal Performance".

Answer: Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond released "I Am... I Said" as a single in 1971. It reached fourth place on both the US and UK "Pop Singles" charts. This song resulted in a Grammy Award nomination for Diamond for "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male". The award was ultimately won by James Taylor for his song "You've Got a Friend".

Answer: Crosby, Stills & Nash

Released as a single from the album "Crosby, Stills & Nash" in 1969, the song reached position twenty-one on the "Billboard Hot 100 pop singles" chart. It has also features on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at position 418. This song was one of the songs that Crosby, Stills & Nash performed at Woodstock.

Answer: Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart is best known for recording the song "Sailing" in 1975, but it was written and recorded by the Sutherland Brothers in 1972. Despite being in top position on the UK charts, the song only reached position fifty-eight on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. The song reached number one in a number of countries, among them Norway, Ireland and Belgium.

Answer: Paul Simon

"I Am a Rock" was recorded on two different albums in the same year. Paul Simon initially recorded it for his album "The Paul Simon Songbook" and then re-recorded later in the same year as Simon & Garfunkel on their "Sounds of Silence" album which was released in 1966. The Simon & Garfunkel recording reached third position on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

Answer: The Kinks

"Lola" was released off the album "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One" in 1970. The song reached number two on the UK singles chart and number nine on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. The song reached top spot in seven different countries.

Answer: The Beatles

"I Am The Walrus" is to be found on the Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour"(1967). According to some sources, John Lennon wrote the song to confuse people who were trying to analyse the Beatles lyrics.

"Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g' joob goo goo g' joob"


Goo goo g' joob goo goo g' joob"

Answer: Chesney Hawkes

"One and Only" was released as a single from the album "Buddy's Song" in 1991. The song was written by Nik Kershaw who was responsible for the fantastic 80s hits "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "The Riddle". Hawkes reached top spot on the UK singles chart with "One and Only" and remained there for five weeks.

It reached tenth position on the US "Billboard Hot 100 singles" chart late 1991 after being featured in the Michael J. Fox comedy "Doc Hollywood".

Answer: Helen Reddy

"I Am Woman" was released as a single off Reddy's album of the same name in 1972. It had been recorded and released on Reddy's first album "I Don't Know How To Love Him" in 1971. The song reached top position on the US "Billboard Hot 100", US "Cash Box Top 100" and Canadian singles charts. It peaked at number two on the US "Billboard Adult Contemporary" and Australian "KMR" charts.

Answer: Christina Aguilera

"Beautiful" was released in 2002 off the album "Stripped". It won a Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" in 2004. The song was written by Linda Perry, frontwoman for the band "4 Non Blondes". The song reached number two on "US Billboard Hot 100" and was ranked at top spot on the Australia, Canadian and UK charts.