80s Music Quiz

1. A dramatic gated-drum break arrives after a long, tense buildup in which Phil Collins song?

2. In which Michael Jackson song does the narrator reject a woman’s claim that he fathered her child?

3. Run-D.M.C.’s 1986 version of “Walk This Way” featured members of which rock band?

4. Which Culture Club hit frames its central question around whether someone truly wants to cause emotional pain?

5. Which band recorded both “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Radio Ga Ga”?

6. Which act recorded “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”?

7. Which 1987 Tiffany hit was originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in the 1960s?

8. Which band recorded the 1985 hit “Take On Me”?

9. Who released the 1982 album “Thriller”?

10. A song begins its story with a small-town girl and a city boy taking late-night trains. Which song is it?

11. You are building a playlist inspired by the film “Top Gun.” Which band performed its love theme, “Take My Breath Away”?

12. Which performer made “Purple Rain” the title of a song, an album, and a film?

13. “Like a Prayer” was a major 1989 single by which artist?

14. Which song tells of balloons being mistaken for a threat and setting off a disastrous military response?

15. Which song features a narrator whose intense attention to another person is often mistaken for a straightforward romantic promise?

16. A rock song follows Tommy and Gina as they struggle to make ends meet but hold on to each other. Which song is it?