The Amazing Billy Ocean Trivia Quiz

Answer: Love Really Hurts Without You

"Love Really Hurts Without You" was lead single released from Billy Ocean's 1976 self-titled debut album. This album was released on the GTO record label. A remixed version of the song was released in 1986.

Answer: Siberian Queen (No More Love on the Run)

Billy Ocean recorded three different versions of a 1984 song about a special woman. He recorded "European Queen (No More Love on the Run)" which was released as a single in Europe. Ocean then recorded a "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" version which was released as a successful single internationally. Ocean also recorded an "African Queen (No More Love on the Run)" version which was released as a single in Africa. Ocean did not record a "Siberian Queen (No More Love on the Run)" version of the song in 1984.

Answer: Suddenly

"Suddenly" was the title track to Billy Ocean's fifth studio album released in 1984. The album went gold in the United Kingdom and platinum in the United States and Canada. The title song was a ballad which hit the top twenty on the charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada.

Answer: Loverboy

The dance song "Loverboy" was a single from Billy Ocean's 1984 album "Suddenly". The song's sci-fi themed music video featured aliens in a cave bar with Billy Ocean performing the song in a pyramidal hologram. The song was featured in the American television shows "The Fall Guy" and "The Young and the Restless" as well as the British television show "Casualty".

Answer: Holland Taylor

Billy Ocean's "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"? was featured in the 1985 movie "The Jewel Of The Nile". The music video featured the movie's main stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. Actress Holland Taylor was featured in the film but did not appear in Billy Ocean's music video.

Answer: Love Zone

Billy Ocean's studio album "Love Zone" was released in 1986. The title track was a hit single in Australia, Canada, the United States, Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Holland and the United Kingdom. The song was nominated for a Billboard Music Awards for Top R&B Song.

Answer: There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

The ballad "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" was a single from Billy Ocean's 1986 album "Love Zone". The song was written by Billy Ocean, Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond.

The song was inspired by the ending of long-term relationship involving one of Billy Ocean's female acquaintances. The female acquaintance attended a party and heard a ballad song. The song reminded her about her failed relationship which made her cry.

Answer: Live Aid

The benefit concert Live Aid was held on July 13, 1985. The concert was held at both Wembley Stadium in London, England and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The concert raised money for relief aid for the famine in Ethiopia. Billy Ocean performed his songs "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" and "Loverboy" at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania portion of the show.

Answer: Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

The single "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" was featured on Billy Ocean's 1988 album "Tear Down These Walls". The song hit number one in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United States. The song's music video was one of the first to feature animation mixed with live-action sequences.

The song was featured in the 1988 film "License to Drive".

Answer: Licence to Chill

Billy Ocean released a compilation album titled "Greatest Hits" on October 4, 1989. The album contained two newly recorded songs titles "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" and "Licence to Chill". The song "Licence to Chill" became a hit single internationally.