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Quiz about Ipod Shuffle 09 1997 Billboard Top 100 Part 1
Quiz about Ipod Shuffle 09 1997 Billboard Top 100 Part 1

Ipod Shuffle 09: 1997 Billboard Top 100 Part 1 Quiz


My iPod is featuring song selections from 1997. All songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997.

A multiple-choice quiz by berenlazarus. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
berenlazarus
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
290,431
Updated
Dec 03 21
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10
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Question 1 of 10
1. It's rather odd for a song that went to Number Four on the Billboard Top 100 Charts and Number One on Modern Rock Tracks to deal with addiction to crystal meth, but this one does. What's the song? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Another dark song, Brian Vander Ark wrote this song in response to guilt he had after his ex-girlfriend in 1991 had an abortion. What's the song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Not very many Billboard songs get the attention of the Supreme Court, but this song, which peaked at Number Seven in late 1997 did and is about a rather famous toy. What's the song?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 4 of 10
4. Savage Garden had one single so successful they re-released the same song nearly two years after the single's initial release in America. They put "98" at the end of the title to designate the difference. The track peaked at Number Twelve, one position lower than the original single. What's the track? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The Cranberries released five singles from their 1996 album, "To the Faithful Departed". What single peaked at #8 on both the Billboard Top 100 and the USA Modern Rock Chart? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Another one hit wonder, B-Rock and the Bizz had a single called "My Baby Daddy" which peaked at Number Ten. What artist does this song sample? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Although "Where Do You Go" is more famous as sung by No Mercy that peaked at Number Five, who originally recorded and released the song in 1995? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "MMMBop" by Hanson proved to be one of the biggest singles of 1997. What album did the hit single come from? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. One artist wanted to record "It's All Coming Back To Me" so bad that the the song's writer obtained a court order blocking the recording. Eventually the artist did get to record the song. Who was the artist? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. There's more than a few Billboard Top 100 songs that contain expletives. One such hit has a rather harsh line for which the radio version featured the line either garbled or "a beautiful but strange man". What's the song? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. It's rather odd for a song that went to Number Four on the Billboard Top 100 Charts and Number One on Modern Rock Tracks to deal with addiction to crystal meth, but this one does. What's the song?

Answer: Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)

"Semi-Charmed Kind of Life" was a huge hit in the summer of 1997. The fast uptempo song made a heavy contrast with what the song was actually about, crystal meth addiction. Stephen Jenkins, the lead singer of the band, wrote the song in response to Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side".

The single features two different versions: the clean edit and the radio edit. The clean edit removed the reference to crystal meth.
2. Another dark song, Brian Vander Ark wrote this song in response to guilt he had after his ex-girlfriend in 1991 had an abortion. What's the song?

Answer: The Freshmen (The Verve Pipe)

"The Freshman" was The Verve Pipe's only single to break into the Billboard Hot 100 where it went to Number Five. The song went to Number One on the Modern Rock Charts. The band originally recorded the song for their 1992 album "I've Suffered a Head Injury". They re-recorded the track for their 1996 album "Villains".
3. Not very many Billboard songs get the attention of the Supreme Court, but this song, which peaked at Number Seven in late 1997 did and is about a rather famous toy. What's the song?

Answer: Barbie Girl

"Barbie Girl" by Aqua peaked at Number Seven on September 6, 1997. Mattel sued MCA Records over the song, and even went all the way to the Supreme Court, because they claimed the song turned Barbie into a sex object and damaged the Barbie brand. The Supreme court rejected their lawsuit, and the song was ruled as parody.
4. Savage Garden had one single so successful they re-released the same song nearly two years after the single's initial release in America. They put "98" at the end of the title to designate the difference. The track peaked at Number Twelve, one position lower than the original single. What's the track?

Answer: I Want You 98

Savage Garden hails from Australia. They first released "I Want You" in June 1996 in Australia. In February 1997 they released the song internationally, and it proved to be a massive hit. Then, in December 1998, they did a remix of the track and put the single out during the Christmas Season. In 1998 the song spent an additional three weeks int he Top 40 due to Christmas sales.
5. The Cranberries released five singles from their 1996 album, "To the Faithful Departed". What single peaked at #8 on both the Billboard Top 100 and the USA Modern Rock Chart?

Answer: Free to Decide

"Free to Decide" was the second single released. The song had minor chart success in several different European countries. The album also featured the song "I Just Shot John Lennon", which was released as a promo-single and narrated the events of the night John Lennon was gunned down by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980.
6. Another one hit wonder, B-Rock and the Bizz had a single called "My Baby Daddy" which peaked at Number Ten. What artist does this song sample?

Answer: The Emotions

The track samples "Best of My Love" by The Emotions. Anquette wrote a response song entitled "My Baby Mama" from 1997 as well.
7. Although "Where Do You Go" is more famous as sung by No Mercy that peaked at Number Five, who originally recorded and released the song in 1995?

Answer: La Bouche

La Bouche scored two hits with "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams". "Where Do You Go" also samples Real McCoy's track "Run Around". Cher also has a song by the same title, written by Sonny Bono. The track appeared on her 1965 record "The Sonny Side of Cher". That same album featured a condensed version of then then new song "Like a Rolling Stone" by the fabulous Bob Dylan.
8. "MMMBop" by Hanson proved to be one of the biggest singles of 1997. What album did the hit single come from?

Answer: Middle of Nowhere

"MMMBop" is from Hanson's third studio album, "Middle of Nowhere". Hanson recorded two independent albums, "Boomerang" in 1995 and "MMMBop" in 1996. "Middle of Nowhere" features several new songs, but the band also re-recoded some tracks from "MMMBop", including the title cut to the previous album.

The single from "Middle of Nowhere" hit Number One in twenty seven different countries.
9. One artist wanted to record "It's All Coming Back To Me" so bad that the the song's writer obtained a court order blocking the recording. Eventually the artist did get to record the song. Who was the artist?

Answer: Meat Loaf

Jim Steinman wrote the song in the 1980s, and according to Meat Loaf gave the song for him to record for a "Bat Out of Hell" album. The song first appeared on "Original Sin', an album by Pandora's Box that featured songs written by Steinman. Elaine Caswell was the original vocalist. By the 1990s, Steinman thought the song should be sung by a woman and did not want Meat Loaf to record teh song. It wasn't until the 2006 "Bat Out of Hell III" project that Meat Loaf finally got to record the track.

There are fourteen songs on "Original Sin", though two are covers, one by The Doors ("Twentieth Century Fox") and Burt Bacharach ("My Little Red Book" recorded by Arthur Lee and Love on their first album).

Of the twelve original songs on "Original Sin", six of them were reused by Meat Loaf for "Bat Out of Hell II", "Bat Out of Hell III", and "Welcome to the Neighborhood".
10. There's more than a few Billboard Top 100 songs that contain expletives. One such hit has a rather harsh line for which the radio version featured the line either garbled or "a beautiful but strange man". What's the song?

Answer: Building a Mystery (Sarah McLachlan)

The song "Building a Mystery" is from Sarah's 1997 album "Surfacing". During television/radio performances she changed the line to "a beautiful messed up man".
Source: Author berenlazarus

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