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MetaQuiz: Songs on the Radio About The Radio -10

Here's the 10th quiz in this series of questions revolving around songs you might hear on the radio that are about radio itself. Mostly I'll provide the lyrics and you identify the artist. But sometimes vice versa. Or sometimes other stuff.

A multiple-choice quiz by Billkozy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Billkozy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
394,991

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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181

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Question 1 of 10

1. Keep turning it up and turning me on
You're a rockstar girl and I'm singing along
It's like you know what you're doing to me
Every time you press play
Yeah, you got me fallen in love my little Chevrolet DJ.

This song "Chevrolet DJ" is from which country pop singer's 2016 album "Down Home Sessions III"
Hint

Carly Simon

Connie Stevens

Cobie Smulders

Cole Swindell

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Can you hear me, girl? Can you forgive me?
I don't want no tickets, no limo ride.
I'm the next caller on the line!
This is a radio message to my baby,
And I'm begging her
Come back, come back,
Come back, please, come back, won't you come back?"

Who sang this song "Radio Message" from the 2010 album "Love Letter"? Hint

Kelly Clarkson

Gene Kelly

Kelly Rowland

R. Kelly

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Radio Romance" was the title of a country singer's 1982 album as well as the title of a 1988 song by a teen icon and a 1977 song by a Scottish band. Can you name them in that order? Hint

Eddie Rabbitt, Tiffany, Kursaal Flyers

Kris Kristofferson, Martika, Del Amitri

Glan Campbell, Debbie Gibson, Bay City Rollers

June Carter Cash, Shaun Cassidy, The Average White Band

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which daughter of a music legend recorded "50,000 Watts"?
"It's a hard road but it fits your shoes
Son of rhythm, brother of the blues
The sound of darkness, the pull of the oak
Everything is broken and painted in smoke
But there's a light on Sunday, a new design
The sound of the whistle, those radio wires
Love in your future, I'll wait for you there
Put 50000 watts of a common prayer" Hint

Natalie Cole

Debbie Boone

Liza Minnelli

Rosanne Cash

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Question 5 of 10

5. "How to wake up
How to work tough
How to roll up those sleeves
How to throw down
How to get loud
What to put in that drink
To give the stars in the sky a little halo
I learned it from the radio."

This is from the 2015 album "Tangled Up" by what country singer songwriter? Hint

Trevor Ashley

Troy Wilkes

Tim Butler

Thomas Rhett

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which coach on TV's "The Voice" sang "Country on the Radio" from the 2013 album "Based on a True Story..." Hint

Miley Cyrus

Blake Shelton

Kelly Clarkson

Kelsea Ballerini

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Question 7 of 10

7. From their second album called "The Hup" (1989) comes the song "Radio Ass Kiss" by a group called The Wonder Stuff. How would one best describe this group? Hint

syncopated jazz band from Illinois

country pop band from Georgia

alternative rock band from England

reggae band from The Bahamas

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Question 8 of 10

8. From Soul Asylum's 1988 album "Hang Time" comes this song with subtle radio-themed subtext. Hint

"You Turn Me On"

"Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

"Personal Revolution"

"Heavy Rotation"

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Question 9 of 10

9. The 1983 song "Magic's Wand" is about the radio DJ John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, who in 1982 came to WBLS in New York City and hosted his show called "Rap Attack." His following grew bigger and bigger because at the time it was the only hip hop show on radio. The song is about him and also a biography of the group that recorded it and how they formed. What was the group? Hint

David Cop a Feel

Whodini

Black Stoned

Bend and Tell Her

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Question 10 of 10

10. Two songs from this group fit the bill of songs about the radio you might here on the radio. One is "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" which goes like this: "Everybody's looking at me, feeling paranoid inside
When I step outside I feel free, think I'll find a place to hide
Tell me people, am I going insane?"

And the other is called "Fluff" which is an instrumental. Who is the group? Hint

The Black Crowes

Black Sabbath

The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Keys

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Keep turning it up and turning me on You're a rockstar girl and I'm singing along It's like you know what you're doing to me Every time you press play Yeah, you got me fallen in love my little Chevrolet DJ. This song "Chevrolet DJ" is from which country pop singer's 2016 album "Down Home Sessions III"

Answer: Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell wrote the song with Brandon Kinney and Jeremy Stover. It was included on her album "Down Home Sessions III" only after a fan found on YouTube a couple of years ago and it started gaining wider renown. Swindell said, ""It's never been on an album. So I said, 'Hey, why don't we go back and take some of these songs that were written a while back, and since it's for the fans, they picked it; that's their pick.'"

2. "Can you hear me, girl? Can you forgive me? I don't want no tickets, no limo ride. I'm the next caller on the line! This is a radio message to my baby, And I'm begging her Come back, come back, Come back, please, come back, won't you come back?" Who sang this song "Radio Message" from the 2010 album "Love Letter"?

Answer: R. Kelly

Born January 8, 1967, Singer/songwriter R. Kelly's full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly. My goodness he's over 50? here does the time go. Anyway, you know him best for his huge hit "I Believe I Can Fly" for which he won three Grammy Awards.

3. "Radio Romance" was the title of a country singer's 1982 album as well as the title of a 1988 song by a teen icon and a 1977 song by a Scottish band. Can you name them in that order?

Answer: Eddie Rabbitt, Tiffany, Kursaal Flyers

"Radio Romance" was Eddie Rabbitt's eighth studio album. The Kursaal Flyers hoped their "Radio Romance" follow up to their big hit "Little Does She Know" would also score big but it did not. And here's a little of Tiffany's song "Radio Romance":
"I see you baby
Every single day
Holding on to my best friend
But you don't see me
So I make the same request now
Every single night
Going out from me to you
On the dedication line"

4. Which daughter of a music legend recorded "50,000 Watts"? "It's a hard road but it fits your shoes Son of rhythm, brother of the blues The sound of darkness, the pull of the oak Everything is broken and painted in smoke But there's a light on Sunday, a new design The sound of the whistle, those radio wires Love in your future, I'll wait for you there Put 50000 watts of a common prayer"

Answer: Rosanne Cash

The song is from Rosanne's 2014 album "The River & the Thread". She told "Uncut" magazine in an interview that "[The song] feels like a heart-opener, looking into the future with so much hope, and knowing everything will be all right." The title was inspired by WDIA, a radio station in Memphis, whose tagline was "50,000 Watts of goodwill."

5. "How to wake up How to work tough How to roll up those sleeves How to throw down How to get loud What to put in that drink To give the stars in the sky a little halo I learned it from the radio." This is from the 2015 album "Tangled Up" by what country singer songwriter?

Answer: Thomas Rhett

Regarding this song, in an interview with radio.com Thomas Rhett said, "When you're 15, 16, 17 and hanging out on the weekend with all your friends, you listen to the radio, and it's where you learn a bunch of stuff about who you are, about love, about break-ups and about leaving home when you're 18."

6. Which coach on TV's "The Voice" sang "Country on the Radio" from the 2013 album "Based on a True Story..."

Answer: Blake Shelton

"As long as there's a small town and a Saturday night
Blue jean babies in the full moonlight
Tip back your Dixie, howl at the stars
Every time you hear that sly guitar
And your baby's on the tailgate
And you're stealing those kisses to a little George Strait
That's how we're rocking, that's how we roll
As long as there's country on the radio."

Blake Shelton told the country music web site roughstock.com: "Country radio created my personality and my career and my life, I mean it really did. I'd listen to Bob Kingsley's countdown every week and write down the top ten songs and bring it to art class in high school and read 'em off to people. I listened to the radio way more than I bought albums and discovered a lot of great music through the countdown. And I just love that song so much because it's about that relationship. And it's just one of the most perfect songs that I have ever had a chance to record."

7. From their second album called "The Hup" (1989) comes the song "Radio Ass Kiss" by a group called The Wonder Stuff. How would one best describe this group?

Answer: alternative rock band from England

"Radio Ass Kiss on the air
Say what you like now no one cares
Radio Ass Kiss on the air
Say what you like now no one's scared."

This song was released in the United States only where it reached #26 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart.

8. From Soul Asylum's 1988 album "Hang Time" comes this song with subtle radio-themed subtext.

Answer: "Heavy Rotation"

Heavy rotation is the radio term form a song or songs that are getting a massive amount of airplay on radio stations around the country. These dozen or so songs are shuffled around on the station playlist a little bit but can be counted on to be heard several times a day.

The excellent Soul Asylum song "Runaway Train" was one that enjoyed being on heavy rotation fr a while back in 1993. The title "Heavy Rotation" does not appear in the lyrics. When reading the lyrics ("Well, I got the right to free myself of fear / Stand over me and watch me disappear") you do get the sense of songwriter David Pirner's rebelling against record company demands for a hit record. Soul Asylum was a band on the cusp of fame and when in that position, bands get pushed and marketed to reach stardom.

Answer: Whodini

"Cause then Magic went on the radio
And everybody said: "What a way to go!"
The moment he went on the air
It was plain to see a new phase was here
He started out playing mostly rap
Then they all said: "Nobody's into that"
Well, they all turned out to be wrong
Cause rappin on the mike had caught on strong
Some still say it's not what's happenin
After 'Rapper's Delight' went triple platinum."

Whodini consisted of the trio: Jalil Hutchins, John Fletcher (aka Ecstasy), and DJ Drew Carter (aka Grandmaster Dee).

10. Two songs from this group fit the bill of songs about the radio you might here on the radio. One is "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" which goes like this: "Everybody's looking at me, feeling paranoid inside When I step outside I feel free, think I'll find a place to hide Tell me people, am I going insane?" And the other is called "Fluff" which is an instrumental. Who is the group?

Answer: Black Sabbath

How is an instrumental song about the radio then? The song, written by Tony Iommi, was an homage to radio DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman who was a champion of the group, being one of the few to play Black Sabbath's music consistently on the radio.

Source: Author Billkozy

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