Walk This Way Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brothers in Arms

"Brothers in Arms" was originally released as the B side to the single "So Far Away" in April 1985 which just predated the release of the "Brothers in Arms" album. This single peaked at number 20 on the British Hot 100 chart. The song "The Walk of Life" was released as a single in its own right in January 1986 and charted on both the US Billboard Hot 100 at number seven and on the British Top 100 chart at number two.

Answer: The Four Tops

The Four Tops had a hit with this single in 1968 on both sides of the Atlantic. It was originally released as a single in 1966 by the band The Left Banke. Renee, the focal point of the song, was the girlfriend of Tom Finn, the bass player for that band.

Answer: False

The song, "The Lambeth Walk" is from the 1937 musical "Me and My Girl." The tune gave its name to a Cockney dance. The storyline of the show is about a Cockney barrow boy who inherits an Earldom and who almost loses his Lambeth girlfriend because of it. Lambeth is an area of South London where there was once a popular street market.

Answer: The Police

Taken from band's second album, "Reggatta de Blanc," and released in 1979, the song was the second number one chart hit single for The Police in the UK. Sting wrote both the words and music for the song.

Answer: You'll Never Walk Alone

The song was released as a single by the Merseybeat group Gerry and
The Pacemakers in 1963 and reached number one in the British Hot 100 singles chart.
The song was adopted by Liverpool Football Club as their anthem in the same year and the words are incorporated in the club's crest. The song is sung by the fans of Liverpool FC prior to the start of each home game.

Answer: Miami

Famous for its opening bass riff played by Herbie Flowers on a double bass and overdubbed on a fretless bass guitar, "Walk on the Wild Side" was taken from Lou Reed's second solo album "Transformer." Written by Lou Reed, the track was produced by David Bowie.

Answer: The Snowman

"The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs was published in book form in 1978. In 1982 it was made into an animated film and shown on British television for the first time on Christmas Eve. The film is 26 minutes long and contains no spoken dialogue. Since 1982 it has been shown annually during the Christmas period.

Answer: I Walk the Line

"I Walk the Line" was written by Johnny Cash in 1956 and originally recorded with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant for Sun Records. The group was called The Tennessee Three.
In 1964 Johnny Cash released his 18th album titled "I Walk The Line".

Answer: Cher

The song was written by Marc Cohn and appeared on his first album "Marc Cohn" in 1991. He received a Grammy Award in the same year for Best New Artist. In 1995 Cher included the song in the set list of her "I Believe" tour and released the song as a single.

Answer: 1977

The song "Walk This Way" was a track on the band's "Toys in the Attic" album released in 1975. Released as a single in that year it did not chart a hit. However, in 1976 they released an album titled 'Rocks' and following the success of this album the single "Walk this Way" was rereleased and became a hit in the US.
Run-DMC covered the track in 1986 and Perry and Tyler from Aerosmith appeared on the song and the video that promoted the single. This version reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the British top 100.