Can you name the band or musician by their first #1 hit song in the U.S. (according to Billboard)?

Song	Artist	Date
Like a Virgin		1984
Best of My Love		1974
Every Breath You Take		1983
Jump		1984
Gold Digger		2005
Money for Nothing		1985
Vision of Love		1990
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction		1965
Lose Yourself		2002
Promiscuous		2006
...Baby One More Time		1998
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me		1980
Sweet Child o' Mine		1988
Livin' la Vida Loca		1999
You Give Love a Bad Name		1986

Song	Artist	Date
Light My Fire		1967
When I Think of You		1986
Hot in Herre		2002
MMMBop		1997
Heartbreak Hotel		1956
If You Had My Love		1999
Bills, Bills, Bills		1999
SexyBack		2006
I Want to Hold Your Hand		1963
The Sign		1993
With or Without You		1987
Creep		1994
Ben		1972
Gettin' Jiggy wit It		1998
Nice and Slow		1998
Who Let the Dogs Out?	1998

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First Hit Song Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: February 9th, 2010
Category: Music
Plays: 152,270

Tags: Song Quizzes, Artist Quizzes, Bands Quizzes, date, hit, billboard, musician

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	Limelight05:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:15 GMT	105 points
	got kind of confused when neither Radiohead or Stone Temple Pilots worked for Creep

	Moo:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:15 GMT	188 points
	for Creep, who else was like "WHY ISN'T RADIOHEAD WORKING?!"

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	caramba:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:18 GMT	-2 points
	The artists were in alphabetical order until the last half dozen.

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	annebelle337:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	-2 points
	Did anyone else try "Stephen and the Colberts" for When I Think of You? I think he had a fake music video to song like that about stalking an old girlfriend.

	pete:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:26 GMT	13 points
	This quiz would have been a lot more interesting the other way around - trying to guess which of an artists hits were the first number 1. As written, it is just "name the artist."

	Saulmeister:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT	31 points
	Hah, that is quite the deceiving clue. Especially since Radiohead released "Creep" right around 1994. It was in fact in 1992, so there's no problem with the quiz. Same thing with STP, who released their "Creep" in 1993. I think it's just the creator purposely messing with us.

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	jaymc:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT	30 points
	The year is necessary in at least one case: "Jump" was the first (and only) #1 hit for both Van Halen (1984) and Kris Kross (1992).

	BrettCaudill:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:43 GMT	44 points
	right before i took this quiz i took the "super bowl losing quarterbacks" one, so when i saw "bills, bills, bills", i couldn't help but to enter "jim kelly" and laugh a little inside.

	Dudeman612:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:52 GMT	-1 points
	@Limelight, I thought the exact same thing! I was scratching my head on that one.

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	JohnJF:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:58 GMT	22 points
	@jrose: As much as I love the Radiohead song and don't care at all about TLC, Radiohead is NOT a fair alternative. The song wasn't a number one hit or even close to it, and the quiz is by definition about #1 hits.

	eurythmech:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:06 GMT	-1 points
	I was a bit surprised that Radiohead had had a US #1 at first :) Fun quiz altogether!

	geowiz85:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:09 GMT	3 points
	ah, ace of base! i tried ace of bass a ton of times

	springmom:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:15 GMT	10 points
	No, Verbal Assassin - the actual name of the song is You Give Love a Bad Name. Take a look at their album Slippery When Wet and check for yourself.

	RDWRER:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:18 GMT	27 points
	@VerbalAssassin: unless you're just joking, you might want to think before you try and verbally assassinate people. Bon Jovi has two very distinct songs, one of which is called "Shot Through The Heart" and the other is "You Give Love A Bad Name." But you're a Giants fan, so I guess we can't expect too much.

	juviejay:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:36 GMT	1 point
	I kept trying Nelson for Hanson. I'm like, "Yeah, Ricky Nelson's sons had a band, and they sang MMMbop." Well, I was half right.

	Mutford:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:46 GMT	11 points
	Thought it was the Emotions for Best of My Love. That was 77. Turns out those year clues were important.

	BamaRainbow:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 06:14 GMT	4 points
	Just to point out: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was released in the US the day after Christmas 1963, but entered the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending Jan 18, 1964, and reached #1 the week ending Feb 1, 1964. (To the best of my recall, all the other years are correct.)

	edgukator:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 07:43 GMT	8 points
	Gotta say, big difference for those of us not in the US. To think that U2's first "hit" was "With or Without You" or that Dire Straits first hit was "Money for Nothing"... no Under a Blood Red Sky, no War, no Sultans of Swing... Hell, even Eminem's best work occurred before Billboard worked out how good he was...

	Fidelio:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 08:53 GMT	10 points
	@edgukator - Just because a song didn't reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts doesn't mean that it wasn't well-known or successful here.

	abanazerb:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 09:48 GMT	-1 points
	Jennifer Lopez got to number 1 over there??? Yow!

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	rockgolf:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 10:56 GMT	7 points
	Just wondering. How many got "Nelly" for free while entering Nelly Furtado. Somehow mistyping "Joel" I put in "jlo". Guess what I got credit for?

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	midlifecrisis:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 13:11 GMT	4 points
	Once again, the late 90's to present is a challenge for me.

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	smarty:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 13:46 GMT	3 points
	i love TLC

	Cailin:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 13:48 GMT	0 points
	I missed Mariah Carey and Usher - although honestly, I feel like that should get me some kind of good taste bonus. :x

	mendelevium:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 15:00 GMT	1 point
	even though i'm a massive fan of Radiohead, i like TLC's Creep better than Radiohead's Creep

	Bob91351:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 15:06 GMT	8 points
	I also tried Radiohead a couple of times... And it was nice to see Ace of Base (the poor man's ABBA) given props

	jsftrey:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 15:10 GMT	0 points
	Didn't Ace of Base only have on other hit song in the US

	SentioVenia:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 15:30 GMT	4 points
	I always confuse Roxette with Ace of Base.

	Dr_Corndog:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 16:43 GMT	0 points
	Definitely with you on that, Cailin.