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Quiz about VH1s Greatest Hard Rock Songs 100 91

VH1's Greatest Hard Rock Songs: 100 - 91! Quiz

On the 29th of December 2008, VH1 aired a countdown of the viewer's greatest hard rock songs of all time. Let's see how much you know about the first ten songs that were broadcast in the countdown :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by runaway_drive. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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runaway_drive

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Number 100: Can you name the Sammy Hagar song that includes the following set of lyrics:
"One foot on the brake and one on the gas
Well there's too much traffic and I can't pass"? Hint

Burnin' Down The City

Don't Make Me Wait

Rock Is In My Blood

I Can't Drive 55

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Question 2 of 10

2. Number 99: Can you name the Grand Funk Railroad song with the following lyrics:
"Up all night with Freddy King
I got to tell you poker's his thing"? Hint

Loneliest Rider

We're an American Band

Walk Like A Man

Stop Lookin' Back

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Question 3 of 10

3. Number 98: Can you name the Buckcherry song with the following lyrics:
"I'm on a train, and right on
You know the train is staying off the tracks"? Hint

Dead Again

Check Your Head

Lit Up

For The Movies

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Question 4 of 10

4. Number 97: This song by Edgar Winter is an instrumental so there are no lyrics. The song was included in the last tier of the first "Guitar Hero" game. What is the name of this song? Hint

Dracula

Frankenstein

Zombie

Vampire

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Question 5 of 10

5. Number 96: Can you name the Kansas song with the following lyrics:
"Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion"? Hint

Carry On Wayward Son

Miracles Out Of Nowhere

The Wall

Magnum Opus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Number 95: Can you name the song with the following lyrics:
"So let's go there
Let's make our escape
Come on let's go there
Let's ask can we stay"? Hint

With Arms Wide Open

Are You Ready?

What If

Higher

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Question 7 of 10

7. Number 94: Which song includes the following lyrics:
"Can't explain all the things that you're making me feel
My heart's in overdrive and you're behind the steering wheel"? Hint

Growing On Me

Love Is Only A Feeling

Black Shuck

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

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Question 8 of 10

8. Number 93: Can you name the song with the following lyrics:
"You're working hard
You're working too
We do it every day"? Hint

Cloud 10

Turn Up The Radio

Send Her To Me

Deep End

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Question 9 of 10

9. Number 92: Can you name the song with the following lyrics:
"It's been 25 years
I'm a kid on the run
I've got a pistol for action"? Hint

Can't Find Me A Thrill

Sing Me Away

Don't Tell Me You Love Me

At Night She Sleeps

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Question 10 of 10

10. Number 91: Can you name the song with the following lyrics:
"The world is a vampire set to drain
secret destroyers hold you up to the flames"? Hint

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Tonight, Tonight

Zero

Love

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Number 100: Can you name the Sammy Hagar song that includes the following set of lyrics: "One foot on the brake and one on the gas Well there's too much traffic and I can't pass"?

Answer: I Can't Drive 55

"I Can't Drive 55" was released in 1984 on the album "VOA". The song was released by Sammy Hagar. Sammy was born in 1947 and is sometimes known as "The Red Rocker". The song was written by Sammy Hagar after his disgust over the lowering of highway speed limits.

On "The Simpsons" episode "Brake My Wife, Please", Comic Book Guy makes a reference to the song when he is driving his car. He says, "I can't drive 55, because it only goes 38!"

2. Number 99: Can you name the Grand Funk Railroad song with the following lyrics: "Up all night with Freddy King I got to tell you poker's his thing"?

Answer: We're an American Band

Released on Grand Funk Railroad's album "We're an American Band", the title track was the first number one single for the band. The song is about the things that they did during their tour of Phoenix. Freddy King were the opening act for them.

3. Number 98: Can you name the Buckcherry song with the following lyrics: "I'm on a train, and right on You know the train is staying off the tracks"?

Answer: Lit Up

Released by Buckcherry in 1999 on their self-titled debut album, "Lit Up" was Buckcherry's first single. The song is compared to "Shock Me" by KISS, because of the main riff sounding a bit like the song.

4. Number 97: This song by Edgar Winter is an instrumental so there are no lyrics. The song was included in the last tier of the first "Guitar Hero" game. What is the name of this song?

Answer: Frankenstein

Edgar Winter released this song on his 1973 album, "They Only Come Out at Night". The song got its name because it got an awful lot of editing in the record studio. The song was originally going to be called "Double Drum Solo" because of the double drum solo in the song.

5. Number 96: Can you name the Kansas song with the following lyrics: "Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion"?

Answer: Carry On Wayward Son

Released by Kansas in 1976 on their album "Leftoverture", "Carry On Wayward Son" is ranked 96th on the chart. The song is often misnamed as "Carry On My Wayward Son" because of the lyrics of the song.

6. Number 95: Can you name the song with the following lyrics: "So let's go there Let's make our escape Come on let's go there Let's ask can we stay"?

Answer: Higher

"Higher" was released by Creed on their second album, "Human Clay", released in 1999. All of the songs listed were released as singles off the album. The song was written by lead singer Scott Stapp after he had a lucid nightmare. He would be running, but being chased by a madman with a gun.

He would turn left and hide under the bridge, only to be shot anyway. He said after he wrote the lyrics, the recurring nightmare stopped and he never had it again.

7. Number 94: Which song includes the following lyrics: "Can't explain all the things that you're making me feel My heart's in overdrive and you're behind the steering wheel"?

Answer: I Believe In A Thing Called Love

"I Believe In A Thing Called Love" was released by The Darkness on their 2003 album "Permission To Land". They formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2006. The lead singer Justin Hawkins formed a band called Hot Leg and the other remaining members went to form Stone Gods.

8. Number 93: Can you name the song with the following lyrics: "You're working hard You're working too We do it every day"?

Answer: Turn Up The Radio

"Turn Up The Radio" was released by Autograph on their 1984 album "Sign In Please". The song was included in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" on the fictional metal station V-Rock.

9. Number 92: Can you name the song with the following lyrics: "It's been 25 years I'm a kid on the run I've got a pistol for action"?

Answer: Don't Tell Me You Love Me

Night Ranger released the song "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" on their 1982 album "Dawn Patrol". The song was released in 1983. The band were originally called Ranger but then changed their name to Night Ranger, because of the last song on "Dawn Patrol".

10. Number 91: Can you name the song with the following lyrics: "The world is a vampire set to drain secret destroyers hold you up to the flames"?

Answer: Bullet With Butterfly Wings

"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" was released by Smashing Pumpkins on their 1995 double album, "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard album chart. Billy Corgan wrote this about the pain of being a rockstar. He said the lyrics were a joke and the lyrics are dramatic.

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