Can you name the 1980's artists who performed these Dance Party classics? by rockgolf

Song	Artist
Blister In The Sun
I Want A New Drug
Turning Japanese
Eye Of The Tiger
Love Cats
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Conga
Easy Lover
She Drives Me Crazy
Money For Nothing
The Look Of Love
She Bop
Legs
Rapture
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Der Komissar
Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Always On My Mind
She Sells Sanctuary
The Reflex
Any Way You Want It
Give It To Me Baby
Pop Muzik
Let The Music Play
Bizarre Love Triangle
Celebration
Something About You
Genius Of Love
Oh yeah!
This Charming Man
Let's Hear It For The Boy
Rock Lobster
Hot In The City

Song	Artist
Church Of The Poison Mind
Never Gonna Give You Up
So Alive
Who Can It Be Now
Footloose
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
Hunting High And Low
Jeopardy
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Forever Young
Sexy & 17
I Feel For You
A Love Bizarre
Talking In Your Sleep
Love My Way
In A Big Country
Funkytown
I Will Follow
Hazy Shade Of Winter
It's Tricky
Would I Lie To You
A Little Respect
Armageddon It
Wild Thing
Some Like It Hot
Saved By Zero
Is This Love?
Oh Sheila
Pump Up The Volume
Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
Electric Avenue
Lean On Me
Situation
Relax

Song	Artist
Vacation
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It's Raining Men
Dancing In The Dark
Don't You Want Me
I'm Coming Out
Into The Groove
Uptown Girl
Off The Wall
The Safety Dance
I Love Rock & Roll
One Night In Bangkok
Orange Crush
New Sensation
Everything She Wants
Another One Bites The Dust
Pale Shelter
Smalltown Boy
Dance Hall Days
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Sledgehammer
So Emotional
Don't Believe The Hype
You Make My Dreams
Modern Love
Always Something There to Remind Me
Strangelove
You Give Love A Bad Name
Who's Zoomin' Who
For Those About To Rock
Hold Me Now
Let's Go Crazy

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80's Dance Party Quiz

by rockgolf

Created Sep 2, 2009 in Music
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	lznyc212:	Sep 5th, 2009 at 02:01 GMT	1 point
	Two comments about this quiz. Well, three. First of all, it was a lot of fun. However, I think it would be better if broken into "part one" and "part two". To keep scrolling up and down (especially on my tiny laptop) was very frustrating. Also, it's spelled The Vapors (no "U"). I know they're British, but they spelled it the American way. I thought I was losing my mind when I typed Vapors and it wasn't accepted!

	rockgolf:	Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:10 GMT	0 points
	@lznyc212: Fixed. I wanted to keep to an even 100 songs, but if there are some that no one solves in the first 50-100 tries, I'll reduce the list.

	mrsfollowill:	Sep 11th, 2009 at 00:55 GMT	1 point
	i got 79/100.... not too bad....their were some i just couldn't remember for the life of me, though once they were revealed i recognized all but Alphaville and Yazoo (was Yazoo the band with Allison Moyet?)

	rockgolf:	Sep 11th, 2009 at 02:11 GMT	0 points
	@mrsfollowill: Yes, Yazoo were known in the States as Yaz for copyright reasons. Both answers are acceptable.

	Archer16:	Sep 12th, 2009 at 01:47 GMT	1 point
	I love 80s music so obviously I love this quiz. Interesting that you deliberately chose to avoid the well known hits of the artists to make it harder. Few notes: Rock Lobster was released in '78, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough and Brass In Pocket in '79. While all three songs were performed by artists whose claim to fame was mostly 80s (though all of them were also active later), it's better to choose an 80s song.

	rockgolf:	Sep 13th, 2009 at 13:56 GMT	0 points
	@Archer16: Glad you liked it. My references indicate that while the 3 songs you mention were originally released in the years you mention, they didn't hit the US singles chart until 1980. The reason for passing the "best-known" tracks by many of these artist is because there are already two other Sporcle quizzes on 80's music that already use them: www.sporcle.com/games/onehitwonder80.php and www.sporcle.com/games/vh180s.php so try them out too.

	Matt91486:	Sep 15th, 2009 at 03:19 GMT	1 point
	I thought I guessed Springsteen, but it didn't go through? Also, ACDC doesn't work without the slash in the middle of it.

	rockgolf:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 01:04 GMT	0 points
	@matthew: You must have had a typo on Springsteen, because both his last name and "The Boss" are set up as alternative answers. You were right about AC/DC and I've fixed that so that a slash is now optional. Sorta like Guns N Roses.

	Kicking222:	Sep 19th, 2009 at 14:02 GMT	1 point
	Love this quiz, but I have to ask: No Beastie Boys? I mean, "(YG)FFYR(TP)" or "Shake Your Rump" should totally be there! (And yes, I see that "FFYR" was on the VH1 80s quiz.) Of course, this is a very, veeeeeeery small note about an excellent quiz. (Oh, also, "Benetar" should be an acceptable misspelling, but I say that solely because I misspelled it.)

	HarryNJ:	Sep 23rd, 2009 at 19:29 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz! 96/100... I knew listening to American Top 40 and reading Billboard every week would pay off someday. The ones I missed weren't U.S. hits. Not to be a stickler but actually the entire U.S. chart run of "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" was in 1979. It hit the chart July 28, 1979 and lasted 21 weeks on the chart. You are correct that "Brass In Pocket" and "Rock Lobster" were at their peak popularity in and did not chart until 1980 though. Maybe substitute "Rock With You" for "Don't Stop..."?

	price31:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 00:29 GMT	1 point
	Nice quiz. "Friday I'm in Love" is actually from 1992, perhaps sub in "Just Like Heaven" instead?

	Segnbora:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 00:54 GMT	2 points
	"I didn't mean to turn you on" was first done in 1984 by an R&B singer called Cherrelle. I know the cover you use is much better known, but 77,000+ Google results for her name and the song title seems like her version is not obscure; she should be an alternate answer.

	tikigirl:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT	3 points
	I LOVE this quiz! I like that it is a little longer and that you did not go for the obvious--Say Hello Wave Goodbye for Soft Cell, Hunting High and Low for Aha and Pale Shelter for Tears for Fears--great choices!

	DRWings:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 19:04 GMT	1 point
	Wonderful quiz! I was a bit shocked when I tried Palmer for Some Like it Hot and it didn't go there. I would suggest making it an alternate answer, but then you end up getting a 2 for 1. No point to that. I'm babbling now so i'll just slink back under my rock.

	rockgolf:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 02:29 GMT	0 points
	@harryNJ: I've taken your advise on the MJ song. Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars! @price31: Oops! Went even older school on The Cure - back to Love Cats. @Segnbora: I did not know that! But sure enough, you're correct. I will add Cherrelle.

leviper:

Sep 28th, 2009 at 21:25 GMT

-1 points

More like name the people who did songs in the '80s. 'Orange Crush' is not a dance song at all.

	Booger:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 02:16 GMT	1 point
	Fun quiz. Just some suggestions. First, "What I Like About You" was by far the more popular dance song by The Romantics. Second, many of these are not dance songs, e.g., Another One Bites the Dust, Hazy Shade Of Winter and Money For Nothing.

	ShampooCell:	Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	1 point
	Excellent quiz! Have you considered accepting Alison Moyet as an answer for "Is This Love"? She had a pop song with the same title.

	offthewall76:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 12:45 GMT	0 points
	I agree with leviper. A lot of these songs aren't really dance songs. Particularly "Is This Love". I purposely didn't guess that song because it's a ballad. Ah well, it cost me a 98. Also, "Don't You Want Me" was also the name of a #1 dance hit/Top Ten pop hit by Jody Watley in 1987.

	AtomicIce:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 21:45 GMT	1 point
	AWESOME quiz. Most of the ones I don't already have on my iPod, I need to add to it.

	ShampooCell:	Mar 24th, 2010 at 14:58 GMT	1 point
	You should also accept Kim Wilde for "Dancing In The Dark."

	minnmich:	Jan 8th, 2011 at 13:42 GMT	1 point
	outstanding quiz. kept trying Rod Stewart for 'Forever Young' as he released a single by that title in '88 (alternate? bonus?) and Willie Nelson for 'Always on my mind"