No. 1 Hits of the 80s Vol. 7 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Call Me

"Call Me" was indeed the main theme from the 1980 motion picture "American Gigolo" Blondie, led by Deborah Harry, took this tune to the top of the U.S. Billboard charts for a six week stay in the spring that year. It ultimately became the group's biggest U.S. hit, and it hit the top in the U.K. as well.

The song appears on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 283.

Answer: Blondie

Blondie was having a big year in 1981. The song "Rapture" was their second number one of the year. It spend two weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the spring that year, and peaked at number five on the U.K. charts. It is considered to be the first number one single on the Billboard charts which contained rap music.

The song was a release from an album called "Autoamerican".

Answer: The Human League

The Human League were a group of singers from Sheffield England, who were considered an electronic music group. They had some success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but it was "Don't You Want Me" which gave them their biggest musical triumph. The song spend three weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1982 after spending time at the top of the U.K. charts a few months earlier.

Interestingly the group's lead singer Philip Oakley was against releasing the song as a single, thinking it was too weak to be released. So much for what the singers know.

Answer: David Bowie

"Let's Dance" was a 1983 U.S. number one hit for David Bowie. The song spent a week at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts in the spring of 1983 as well as reaching number one in the U.K. It was the only Bowie song to be number one in both countries.

As for the name, David Robert Jones was Bowie's birthname, and early in his career he performed under the names David Jones, and Davy Jones, but changed his stage name to Bowie in order to avoid confusion with the Davy Jones that sang with The Monkees.

Answer: Hello

It was Lionel Richie's "Hello" which topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks in the spring of 1984. The song also topped the charts in the U.K. and Sweden and was a Top 10 hit in a number of other countries. It was Richie's third release from an album called "Can't Slow Down" and is considered by many to be his signature song.

Answer: Vision Quest

"Crazy For You" was a number one tune on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week in the spring of 1985. It was a single Madonna recorded for the soundtrack of the 1985 motion picture "Vision Quest" starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino. The song was actually a departure for Madonna, whose prior hits were of the dance variety.

This was more of a ballad type and the success of this recording opened up a new avenue for her future endeavors.

Answer: False

While "Der Kommissar" was a top 10 hit for Falco in 1982, the major hit and only number one tune was "Rock Me Amadeus" which was number one for Falco in 1986, spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. One of the few number one tunes in the U.S.to be recorded in German, the song also reached number one in the U.K. and number two in Canada.

Answer: Club Nouveau

It was Club Nouveau who covered Bill Wither's 1972 hit "Lean On Me", gave it an upbeat style sound and took it to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for a two week stay in the spring of 1987. It also went to number one on the dance charts, and subsequently won a Grammy Award in 1988.

Answer: Expose

It was Expose who got to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts with "Seasons Change" for a week in the winter of 1988. The song was the fourth release from their debut album called "Exposure". They had hit the Top 10 with the prior three singles from the album, but this song was the one that finally got them to the top of the charts.

Answer: The Living Years

It was "The Living Years" which gave Mike and the Mechanics their biggest U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit when it got to the top of the charts for a week in the spring of 1989. It also achieved number one status in Canada and Australia, and number two in the U.K.

The song recounts the regret that a son has that he couldn't communicate better with his father before he passed away. Kind of a sad song. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award as song of the year in 1990.