Ipod Shuffle 05: 1990s Billboard Top 100 Part 2 Trivia Game | Music

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1. In 1994, Nicki French released the Billboard Top 100 smash "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Who did Jim Steinman, the song's composer, originally give the song to to record?

Answer: Meat Loaf

Jim Steinman originally gave both "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)" to Meat Loaf for his 1982 album, "Midnight at the Lost and Found". However, Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman for the songs. Bonnie Tyler recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983 and had a huge hit with it. Air Supply had made "Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)" a hit as well.

2. At the time of its release in 1990s, this song bore the distinction of being the longest charting number one single in Billboard Hot 100 Airplay history. The song held the top position in the charts for a staggering eighteen weeks. What's the song?

Answer: "Iris" (The Goo Goo Dolls)

The Goo Goo Dolls wrote "Iris" for the "City of Angels" soundtrack. The song proved a massive hit, and the track was later marked for inclusion on their sixth studio album "Dizzy Up the Girl". This was the first track the band ever wrote specifically for a movie. The song was Number One for eighteen weeks.

3. Seal found success with the 1996 hit "Don't Cry", which comes from his 1994 album "Seal", also referred to as "Seal II". The album features a duet with what major musical legend?

Answer: Joni Mitchell

The 1994 album "Seal" features both a duet with Joni Mitchell and the track "Dimo", which is the theme for the movie "Batman Forever". Joni Mitchell has long been a major influence.

Madonna has this to say of Joni Mitchell: ""I was really, really into Joni Mitchell. I knew every word to 'Court and Spark'; I worshiped her when I was in high school. 'Blue' is amazing. I would have to say of all the women I've heard, she had the most profound effect on me from a lyrical point of view."

4. Alanis Morrisette released her third album, "Jagged Little Pill", and her international debut in 1995. In 1998, Alanis, along with Tom Petty, contributed vocals to what song by an ex-Beatle?

Answer: Drift Away

In 1998, Ringo Starr released his eleventh studio album "Vertical Man". The album features numerous guest stars, including Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, George Harrison, Joe Walsh, Ozzy Osbourne, Steven Tyler, and Tom Petty. Alanis Morrissette and Tom Petty contributed vocals to "Drift Away". "I was Walking" also features vocals by Paul McCartney and Alanis Morrisette.

"Jagged Little Pill" proved to be massive in 1995 and 1996, and still stands as one of the best selling debuts of all time.

5. The song in question features guest backing vocals by Kate Pierson and was the last song in the 1990s by the band to reach the Top Ten in the Billboard Top 100 charts. What's the band?

Answer: R. E. M.

"Shiny Happy People", from R.E.M.'s album "Out of Time", peaked at number ten and, as of 2010, was the last R.E.M. single to break the Top Ten. The band has since disowned the song, and excluded the track from their greatest hits compilation "In Time" from 2003

6. "This Is Your Night", the debut single and album of dance-pop singer Amber, was also included on what movie or television soundtrack?

Answer: A Night at the Roxbury

"A Night at the Roxbury" is a movie adapted from the "Saturday Night Live" sketches called "The Roxbury Guys". The movie was universally panned by critics and is often cited as one of the worst SNL films.

7. What band or artist scored a hit in 1992 with a song that sampled Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" from the 1982 album, "Thriller"?

Answer: Sisters With Voices

Sisters with Voices recorded and released "Right Here" in 1992. There are two separate versions. One version features "Human Nature", and the other version does not. Both versions had music videos made.

8. What song from 1991 name-checks the musical artists Another Bad Creation and Bell Biv DeVoe?

Answer: Motownphilly

"Motownphilly" is the debut single from Boys II Men. The New Mickey Mouse Club played the video. Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez were in this video. The single is from their 1991 debut album, "Cooleyhighharmony".

9. According to U. S. Billboard, what artist had the top selling single of 1995?

Answer: Coolio

Sampling the music from "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder, Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" went to Number One on the Billboard Top 100. The track garnered Coolio a Grammy, and appeared as the title track to his 1995 album "Gangsta's Paradise" and the lead track on the film soundtrack to "Dangerous Minds".

10. Eric Clapton co-wrote a song with Will Jennings called "Tears in Heaven", written in response to Clapton's four year old son falling to his death from his mother's 53rd Floor New York Apartment. What was the name of Eric's son?

Answer: Conor

Clapton wrote the song with the strange lines "I know I don't belong here in heaven", to help him deal with his son's death. The song appeared on the soundtrack to "Rush". The song won three Grammy awards for 1993, these being Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Source: Author berenlazarus

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Ipod Shuffle 05: 1990s Billboard Top 100 Part 2 Quiz

This time my iPod's playing Billboard Top 100 hits from the 1990s. Pretty varied quiz.

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