1. Call Me, Blondie (1980)
2. Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners (1983)
3. Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran (1982)
4. These Dreams, Heart/Bernie Taupin/Martin Page (1985)
5. Come To My Window, Melissa Etheridge (1993)
6. Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin (1996)
7. Orinoco Flow (Sail Away), Enya (1988)
8. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson (1983)
9. All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (1994)
10. Love Shack, The B-52's (1989)
11. Manic Monday, Bangles/Prince (1986)
12. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor/Prince (1990)
and the rest...... (Note: all the links were valid at the time of the original quiz posting on facebook. Occasionally, videos will be pulled from YouTube, so they may no longer exist at the given link when you click.)
1. "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day, anyway" is from Call Me, Blondie (1980)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCysrBma0TU
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4006
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_(Blondie_song)
Debbie Harry was hired by Giorgio Moroder to co-write a song -- which became "Call Me" -- for the film "American Gigolo" after his first choice Stevie Nicks declined.
2. "Poor old Johnny Ray sounded sad upon the radio" is from Come On Eileen, "Dexys Midnight Runners" (1983)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzO5PWWP8yM
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2401
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_On_Eileen
Oh, dear..... the band's name was inspired by the amphetamine drug Dexedrine, commonly known as "Dexys"
3. "Darken the city night is a wire, steam in the subway earth is afire" is from Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran (1982)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv6Cr5LZStE
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=10055
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Like_the_Wolf
4. "Spare a little candle, save some light for me. Figures up ahead, moving in the trees." is from These Dreams, Heart/Bernie Taupin/Martin Page (1985)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
5. "Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon" is from Come To My Window, Melissa Etheridge (1993)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mCIWDu6LIyk
Lyrics: http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Melissa-Etheridge/Come-To-My-Window.html
Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_To_My_Window
6. "She says days go by I'm hypnotized, I'm walking on a wire" is from Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin (1996)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FbYeKQf7TKc
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3442
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Came_Home
7. "Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli" is from Orinoco Flow (Sail Away), Enya (1988)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88-Tyl1gkI
Stuff & lyrics: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4136
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinoco_Flow
8. "For forty days and forty nights the law was on her side" is from Billie Jean, Michael Jackson (1983)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBbv_B2Q56o
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=277
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean
9. “And I wonder if he’s ever had a day of fun in his whole life” is from All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (1994)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktpN4mCkG0
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1759
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Wanna_Do_(Sheryl_Crow_song)
Here's the sun coming up over Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A., btw: http://www.geocities.com/rfgold/fb-pics/all-i-wanna-do-sun-275.jpg
10. "I got me a car, it's as big as a whale" is from Love Shack, The B-52's (1989)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3YqaIxDp_0
Lyrics & Trivia: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=692
11. "These are the days when you wish your bed was already made" is from Manic Monday, Bangles/Prince (1986)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwfgev1ILiE
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=588
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Monday
12. "But nothing, I said nothing can take away these blues" is from Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor/Prince (1990)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v56TYgG8Mzw
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=642
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U
Written by Prince for The Family, a band that was signed to his Paisley Park record label. The Family's version was never released as a single.
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v
Lyrics: http://www.seeklyrics.com/
Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
6. "She says days go by I'm hypnotized, I'm walking on a wire" is from Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin (1996)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
7. "Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli" is from Orinoco Flow (Sail Away), Enya (1988)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/wat
Stuff & lyrics: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
8. "For forty days and forty nights the law was on her side" is from Billie Jean, Michael Jackson (1983)
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
9. “And I wonder if he’s ever had a day of fun in his whole life” is from All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (1994)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/wat
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Here's the sun coming up over Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A., btw: http://www.geocities.com/r
10. "I got me a car, it's as big as a whale" is from Love Shack, The B-52's (1989)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/wat
Lyrics & Trivia: http://www.songfacts.com/d
11. "These are the days when you wish your bed was already made" is from Manic Monday, Bangles/Prince (1986)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/wat
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
12. "But nothing, I said nothing can take away these blues" is from Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor/Prince (1990)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/wat
Lyrics & stuff: http://www.songfacts.com/d
More stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
Written by Prince for The Family, a band that was signed to his Paisley Park record label. The Family's version was never released as a single.
