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Quiz about No 1 Hits of the 80s Vol19
Quiz about No 1 Hits of the 80s Vol19

No. 1 Hits of the 80s Vol.19 Trivia Quiz


This is for the MTV generation. This is the continuing series of songs that were U.S. Billboard number one hits during the 1980s. How many do you remember? You may need the title or artist of the song. You may find some clues along the way. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by fredsixties. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
fredsixties
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
329,843
Updated
Feb 22 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Stevie Wonder's 1985 hit "Part Time Lover" held a unique distinction in American music. Which choice is it? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Take My Breath Away" was a number one Billboard Hot 100 song for the group Berlin in 1986. From what motion picture soundtrack is this song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Dateline: 1986. This group scored a number one hit with "Stuck With You". What informative name did they use? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A cover of this 1958 Ritchie Valens hit made it to the top of the charts in 1987. What song was it?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 5 of 10
5. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was a duet that went to number one in 1987 for Michael Jackson and this female artist. Can you name her? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Richard Marx' self titled debut album produced four Billboard Top Five hits. Which was the only one to hit the number one position? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Steve Winwood kept his string of hits rolling along when this tune made it to the top of the charts in 1988. Can you name it?

Answer: (Three Words (Clue in Question))
Question 8 of 10
8. George Michael had four consecutive number one tunes from his album called "Faith". They were the title track called "Faith", "Father Figure" "One More Try" and one of the following four choices. Pick one. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Toy Soldiers" was a 1989 number one tune for this young lady who was known by just her first name. What was it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Batdance", a number one tune from 1989 was written and performed by which of these 'royal' icons of the 1980s. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Stevie Wonder's 1985 hit "Part Time Lover" held a unique distinction in American music. Which choice is it?

Answer: First song to be number one on four separate Billboard charts

"Part Time Lover" was a Stevie Wonder penned tune that spent a week at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall of 1985. It also spent time at the top of the R&B, Dance and Adult Contemporary charts, becoming the first in history to become a number one tune on four different Billboard charts. It also hit number three in the U.K.
2. "Take My Breath Away" was a number one Billboard Hot 100 song for the group Berlin in 1986. From what motion picture soundtrack is this song?

Answer: Top Gun

Of course, the song was from "Top Gun" a 1986 motion picture starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis among others. It was recorded by the California group called Berlin and was their biggest hit. It spent one week at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1986, as well as becoming a number one tune in the U.K. later that year.

It also won an Academy Award for Best New Song.
3. Dateline: 1986. This group scored a number one hit with "Stuck With You". What informative name did they use?

Answer: Huey Lewis and the News

"Stuck With You" was a number one single for Huey Lewis and the News during the fall of 1986. It spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts and reached number 12 on the U.K. charts. It was the second time they reached the top of the charts, the first being "The Power of Love" in 1985.
4. A cover of this 1958 Ritchie Valens hit made it to the top of the charts in 1987. What song was it?

Answer: La Bamba

"La Bamba" a traditional wedding dance in Mexico, was first recorded by Ritchie Valens in 19858. The cover here was recorded by Los Lobos and was used in the soundtrack of the 1987 motion picture of the same name, which detailed the life of Valens. It spent three weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer that year.
5. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was a duet that went to number one in 1987 for Michael Jackson and this female artist. Can you name her?

Answer: Siedah Garrett

The tune "I Can't Stop Loving You" was written for Jackson and was to be sung as a duet with his "woman of choice" as it is described. The song was offered to Barbra Streisand, Franklin, Houston, and Faltskog who all declined for various reasons, so the song fell to Garrett, a Quincy Jones protégé. The song spent a week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts on the summer of 1987.
6. Richard Marx' self titled debut album produced four Billboard Top Five hits. Which was the only one to hit the number one position?

Answer: Hold On to the Nights

This album obviously was a very successful debut album. "Don't Mean Nothing" made it to number three on the charts as did "Should've Known Better". "Endless Summer Nights" made it to number two, and on his fourth try, Marx hit the number one spot for a week in the summer of 1988 with "Hold On to the Nights".
7. Steve Winwood kept his string of hits rolling along when this tune made it to the top of the charts in 1988. Can you name it?

Answer: Roll With It

"Roll With It" was a number one hit for Steve Winwood off his album with the same title. It spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1988 and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. The song climaxed a three years stretch where six of Winwood's seven U.S. releases made the Top 20.
8. George Michael had four consecutive number one tunes from his album called "Faith". They were the title track called "Faith", "Father Figure" "One More Try" and one of the following four choices. Pick one.

Answer: Monkey

It was "Monkey" which became Michael's fourth number one single from the album when it hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks in the summer of 1988. For those of you who selected "I Want Your Sex", that song got as high as number two on the charts.
9. "Toy Soldiers" was a 1989 number one tune for this young lady who was known by just her first name. What was it?

Answer: Martika

Martika (Marta Marrero) was a California born pop singer who had some success and was a cast member on the television show called "Kids Incorporated" in the late 1980s. She recorded this song which spent two weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts in the summer of 1989.

Interestingly, in the chorus of the song, some of here contemporaries from the TV show can be heard singing, two of which included Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Stacy Ferguson (Fergie).
10. "Batdance", a number one tune from 1989 was written and performed by which of these 'royal' icons of the 1980s.

Answer: Prince

It was not the "King of Pop", or the "Queen of Soul" nor King Crimson who recorded this song. Prince wrote and recorded this song for the soundtrack of the motion picture "Batman" (1989). The song spent one week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer that year.
Source: Author fredsixties

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