Are you ready for the ultimate 90s music quiz? Because that’s what this post contains, y’all. It’s like a flannel and dance-pop explosion.
After the jump, you will find 205 lines from 205 songs of the 90s. You supply artist and title.
You can play along by reading below, and if you get stumped, you can find the answers here.
I’d love for lots of people to enjoy this quiz, which I first wrote as an undergrad in the summer of 2000., so please feel free to forward it to family , friends, and co-workers.
And before we begin, let me say this: I created this quiz without any reference materials, so I challenge you to complete it without them, too. Sure, you could use Google, but where’s the fun in that?
Finally, use the comments section to ask each other questions and help each other out. I will provides hints as I see fit. (Also, if you’re providing answers in the comments section, please limit them to five per day.)
Let the games begin! (And if you want to play Part II of the quiz, with 105 additional lyrics, go here.)
The 90s Music Quiz: 205 Lines from 205 Songs of the 1990s. You supply the song title and artist.
By MARK BLANKENSHIP
Note: Artists appear only once, except for a few duets/special pairings and group members who later went solo
The songs on this list cover every genre (except show tunes… sorry Rent fans), and they were all reasonably popular in their day. You’ll need a breadth of 90s knowledge to name them all, so teammates are recommended.
(All these songs were pulled out of Mark Blankenship’s brain… no reference tools, no Google, no nothing. Can you do the same?)
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1.Who you callin’ a bitch?
2. A-likki boom-boom down
3. Sometimes I feel like your swinging door
4. Hello, you fool. I love you!
5. When you shake your ass, they notice fast
6. “Son,” she said, “have I got a little story for you”
7. Images of rapture creep into me slowly
8. Make love in a train, cross country
9. Thursday I don’t care about you
10. 25 years and my life is still tryin’ to get up that great big hill
11. 25 years old, my mother God rest her soul
12. I’d give up forever to touch you
13. A rabbit in a hat with a bat
14. Are you a chef? Because you keep feedin’ me soup
15. Another bad little fad
16. Your purple prose just gives you away
17. Ever since honeys was wearin’ Sassoons
18. Lyin’ on the floor, I’ll soon be naked
19. I think we should put a 1-month limit on going steady.
20. Now I’m here and cryin’, aye-aye-aye
21. A mosquito, my libido
22. Be it fast or slow, it doesn’t let go or shake me
23. It’s… ah… unthinkable
24. The reason I breathe is you
25. Even in the darkest phase, be it thick or thin
26. I hear you’re taking the town again
27. Let me pour a little salt
28. A woman on the radio talks about revolution
29. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have a partner
30. She had birthmarks all over her body
31. So here’s a story from A to Z
32. With so much drama in the LBC
33. Oh baby you, you got what I need
34. Whatever it is I do, I’m always thinking of you
35. First there are kisses, then there are sighs
36. She gives him lovin’ that his body can’t handle
37. Don’t hang yourself with a celibate rope
38. Don’t you know—you can change? You can go your way!
39. I really should have known by the time you drove me home
40. He’s got a daughter he calls Easter
41. Sashay, Chantay
42. Aw pussy, aw pussy cat
43. Where the dogs can smell her
44. Makin’ lots of money, hundred dollar bills y’all
45. Cool kids that never had the time
46. I’m sorry but you—seem to be confused
47. It was more than any laws allow
48. That ain’t nothin’ but 10-cent lovin’
49. Quick to shoot the semen, stop actin’ like boys and be men
50. And all the Philly steaks you could eat
51. I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you
52. I might attack, and you don’t want that
53. Chinny-chin-chin
54. Would you hose me down with holy water if I get too hot?
55. Like Scooby-Dooby-Doo, I love you
56. When masturbation’s lost its fun
57. Wax a chump like a candle
58. Hangin’ with the raisin girls
59. Her placenta falls to the floor
60. Have I been blind? Have I been lost?
61. Fleas and ticks jump everywhere
62. He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31
63. Extra-ordinary. Juice like a strawberry.
64. I don’t care for sugar, honey, if I can’t have you
65. What makes me think I can start clean slated?
66.In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
67. She says “it’s cold outside” and she hands me my raincoat
68. You took your coat off and stood in the rain
69. She sees me as a person and not just a black man
70. But I’m not, so I can’t, and I won’t
71. Not to put too fine a point on it
72. You ask me to enter, and then you make me crawl
73. The game of love was all rained out
74. And the air outside so soft, confessing everything
75. I don’t like cigarettes, and I like to smoke
76. Take my hand, off to never-never land
77. Am I original?
78. I know a girl who reminds me of Cher
79. What am I supposed to do, just sit around and wait for you?
80. Do the tick-tock, you don’t stop-stop
81. How could a person like me try for you?
82. Pieces of note fall down
83. Certain as the sun, rising in the East
84. I hope life treats you kind
85. You miss a beat, you lose a rhythm
86. Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
87. But I’m gonna love you the best that I can
88. I bought myself a grey guitar
89. You better hope and pray that you make it safe back to your own world
90. And now it’s time for a breakdown
91. Make me love you, kiss and hug you
92. Deep down I’m still confused about you (oh yes I am baby)
93. Come, come, come on and let me out
94. Comin’ from afar, reachin’ for a star
95. I got that head bouncin’ shit to make you break your neck
96. In the 69 my nose will tickle your rear
97. You say I only hear what I want to
98. He takes a whiskey drink, he takes a vodka drink
99. I’m a child, I’m a mother
100. And the ones she got were sort of rotten and insane
101. You’ve got the most stumbling blue eyes I’ve ever seen
102. Look how far we’ve come, my baby
103. You turn it on, then you’re gone
104. Like seven inches from the midday sun
105. You’re invited to a BBQ that’s startin’ at 4
106. This one says he wants to buy you rockets
107. We be to rap what key be to lock
108. Then you couldn’t make things new just by saying, “I love you”
109. You can even tell my dog to bite my leg
110. Jump down, turn around, go to town
111. Want to know the rest? Hey, buy the rights.
112. Hi kids! Do you like violence?
113. You finally sold the Chevy when we had another baby
114. Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
115. Back to the fact, I’m the mack, and I know that
116. It’s time for a few small repairs, she said
117. With an intellect and a savoir-faire
118. And let the cops chase us around
119. There’s a log on the fire, and it burns like me for you
120. It’s enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best
121. Blocking up the scenery, breaking my mind
122. With them Indiana boys on those Indiana nights
123. Beyond the door, there’s peace I’m sure
124. Look into your heart, and you will see what you mean to me
125. I wanna feel you from the inside
126. Like a bullet to your brain (come on!)
127. I felt he’d found my letters and read each one out loud
128. He came around like he was dignified
129. I’d give up my pride to save me from being alone
130. Death Row is the label that pays me
131. Mama cooked a breakfast with no hog
132. Don’t try to change my mind, would be a waste of time
133. I look at you, you look at me, and then we smile
134. I’ve taken with the notion to love you with the sweetest of devotion
135. I wanna ride it all night long
136. With brown cocoa skin and curly black hair
137. Rev me up, rev me up, my little buttercup
138. Ain’t no party like a West Coast Party, ’cause a West Coast party
don’t stop
139. My anaconda don’t want none
140. We can pump-pump all through the night ’til the early dawn
141. Wake up kids, you’ve got the dreamer’s disease
142. When I saw you kickin’ dirt in my eye
143. If somehow you knew that your love would be untrue, would you lie to me?
144. It’s like tryin’ to catch a falling star
145. There’s vultures and thieves at our backs
146. Life is not tried if it’s merely survived
147. Consider this slip that brought me to my knees
148. I was unrecognizable to myself
149. Sometimes I’m goody-goody, right now I’m naughty-naughty
150. Just when I thought our chance had passed
151. Little red panties face down on the mattress
152. One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer
153. I must confess, I’m a mess for you
154. Only shooting stars break the mold
155. Chickity-China, the Chinese Chicken
156. In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep
157. Except for the Pope, maybe, in Rome
158. The only thing about me is the way that I walk
159. Did you know that when it snows my eyes become large
160. They keep sayin’ we laugh just a little too loud
161. I don’t think you do, so you and me are through
162. January, February, March, April, May
163. Beep-beep! Who got the keys to the jeep?
164.If I can’t swim after forty days
165. Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years
166. Girls everywhere I’m callin’ your name: Michelle, Tameeka, and Tanya
167. It’s your world, and I’m just a squirrel
168. B-double-Oh-T-Y, oh my
169. We need to love and rub-a-dub
170. Go on believe her when she tells you nothing’s wrong
171. She said, “Tell me, are you a Christian, child?”
172. They do what they want to do, say what they want to say
173. Too heavy, too light, too black or too white
174. Watching, waiting, commiserating
175. No we don’t sound like Madonna
176. Like as if my name was Sega
177. Or a bad play where the hero’s right
178. Can you help me remember how to smile?
179. It’s kinda like Nashville, with a tan
180. You and me, we used to be together
181. It’s another five-letter word rhyming with “clenis” and “menis”
182. I love myself. I want you to love me
183. My supper dish, my succotash wish
184. I talk talk, I talk to you
185. From the back to the middle and around again
186. You got me wrapped around your finger
187. Pour your misery down on me
188. But instead I pour the milk
189. You make the knife feel good
190. I see some ladies tonight who should be havin’ my baby, baby.
191. I should have left your ass a thousand times
192. Listen as your day unfolds, challenge what the future holds
193. I made my bed, I’ll die in it
194. I could eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
195. I want a full house and a rock ‘n roll band
196. A new religion that’ll bring her to your knees
197. I’ve been a bad, bad girl
198. You can call me baby, you can call me any time
199. You call me a friend, but you only want my yen
200. I’m-a set it straight, this Watergate
201. I got to bag it up.
202. Like a ch-ch-cherry cola.
203. I’d rock you ’til the daylight comes.
204. Watch them as they follow me, follow me, follow me.
205. Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
82 responses so far ↓
1 Maggie // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:36 am
I didn’t see a limit on answers per day, but I’ll keep it to three.
13. I Wish – Skee-Lo (I had almost forgotten about this song, but now I’ll be singing it all night.)
97. Stay – Lisa Loeb
197. Criminal – Fiona Apple
2 Amanda // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:54 am
Oh man. This is awesome. I can’t believe you did this sans references, by the way.
My five:
9. Friday I’m in Love-The Cure
12. Iris-The Goo Goo Dolls
65.Least Complicated-The Indigo Girls
59. Lightning Crashes-Live
147. Losing My Religion-REM
3 Cap'n Ganch // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:11 am
11. Fly – Sugar Ray (God kill me now for knowing that so quickly)
4 Mary // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:14 am
9. Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
107. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets
152. Closing Time – Semisonic
5 Cap'n Ganch // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:15 am
180. Don’t Stop – No Doubt
164. Flood – Jars of Clay
6 Stef // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:18 am
200 – “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys
171 – “Walkin’ in Memphis” – Marc Cohn
139 – “Baby Got Back” – Sir Mix-a-Lot
44 – “This is How We Do It” – Montell Jordan
etc. etc. etc.
Quite the stroll down memory lane there … now I’ll have a lovely hodge-podge of songs looping through my brain all night.
7 Jennifer // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 am
Sticking with the three per day non-rule:
2. Informer – Snow
181. OPP – Naughty by Nature
205. Bad Boys – Inner Circle
This is fun! I can totally go into the next couple lines of the song, but have trouble coming up with the song and artist.
8 Sarah // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:22 am
I’m so sorry! I didn’t see there was a day limit. So, don’t post my previous answer, I guess. Oops.
My post, according to the rules.
171. Walking in Memphis, Marc Cohn
180. Don’t Speak, No Doubt
187. I’m Only Happy When It Rains, Garbage
192. You Gotta Be, Des’ree
197. Criminal, Fiona Apple
9 Kevin M. Keating // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:27 am
Cap’n, I think you mean “Don’t Speak” for 180.
A few more (choosing ones that I hope make me sound cool).
128. “Torn” by Natalie Imbruglia
51. “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers. (Which actually came out in 88, Mark, but I’m guessing you’re thinking of its 1993-ish appearance in Benny & Joon!)
10 Jennifer // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:34 am
Ooh. Saw it was 5 a day.
41. Supermodel – RuPaul
135. I love Your Smile – Shanice
11 Lee // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:37 am
Maggie – you can go with 5 per day…
My Five:
1) Informer – Snow
5) Freedom – George Michael
6) Alive – Pearl Jam
18) Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer
65) Least Complicated – Indigo Girls
Can’t wait to cogitate on these for the next week. Some of them are already driving me crazy!
12 Jen // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:37 am
I’m starting at the top, just for the heck of it:
6. Jeremy — Pearl Jam
9. Friday I’m In Love — the Cure
10. What’s Up? — 4 Non-Blondes
12. Iris — The Goo Goo Dolls
18. Sweater Song — Weezer
I’m chaffing at this 5 song limit! I was a lyrics junkie in the 90s–this is my idea of a test!
13 Jen // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:38 am
Ps. I meant, “this is my idea of an EXCELLENT test.” Not as if it were my idea to create such a test.
14 Mark Blankenship // Apr 3, 2009 at 2:16 am
Thanks to those who re-posted with shorter lists of answers. Much appreciated. Five per day lets more people climb on board the train.
15 Mark Blankenship // Apr 3, 2009 at 2:18 am
p.s. — In my opinion, number three is the hardest one, though I did play it all the time on the jukebox at the Pizza Hut near Northgate Mall in Chattanooga.
(And if you’re from Chattanooga… yes, I said Northgate.)
16 Maggie // Apr 3, 2009 at 3:25 am
Ok, two more then
184. Another Night – The Real McCoy
191. Not Gonna Cry – Mary J. Blige
17 Kingoftunes // Apr 3, 2009 at 4:18 am
OK – the 90’s are totally my era. I just picked a section and try to go after numbers no one had guessed yet:
25. Constant Craving – kd Lang
29. Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
30. Mmm Mmm Mmm – Crash Test Dummies
35. The Crying Game – Boy George
36. Waterfalls – TLC
18 katy // Apr 3, 2009 at 6:45 am
5. Freedom ‘90 – George Michael
11. I Just Want to Fly – Sugar Ray
179. “Nashville with a tan …” Oh, you know! That song. Refrain is: “Every thing’s going to be all right, rockabye, rockabye.”
What is it, people?
19 sammavity // Apr 3, 2009 at 7:39 am
88. “Mr. Jones” Counting Crows – my favorite!
20 Gonzalo // Apr 3, 2009 at 8:57 am
I’ll have to get back to this during the weekend when I have more time, but I couldn’t help guessing this one:
4- Joyride, by Roxette
The first CD I ever owned was from Roxette, and I still love it to this day…
21 Sarah // Apr 3, 2009 at 9:11 am
162 – Gone Til November – Wyclef Jean
163 – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) – Missy Elliot
164 – Flood – Jars of Clay
170 – I’m The Only One – Melissa Etheridge
155 – One Week – Barenaked Ladies
22 Susan // Apr 3, 2009 at 9:42 am
203. Damn I Wish I Was Your Love – Sophie B. Hawkins
196. Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
28. Right Here, Right Now – Jesus Jones
39. Insensitive – Jann Arden
52. The Power – Snap
23 Angie // Apr 3, 2009 at 9:49 am
Well, huzzah!
202 is “I Want You” by Savage Garden
Katy, 179 is “Lullabye” by Shawn Mullins. Funny, because I hate that song.
196 is “Black Velvet” by Allana Myles. LOVE!
194 is “Nothing Compares 2 U”, Sinead O’Conner. Pretty hot as a bald chick!
177 is “Runaround,” Blues Traveler.
You could also re-name this game list “Shit, I have to go buy that off iTunes!
24 Anonymous // Apr 3, 2009 at 9:53 am
7. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
16. Unbelievable – EMF
21. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
31. Wannabe – Spice Girls
40. Every Day Is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
Dang, this is fun.
25 Bdanger // Apr 3, 2009 at 10:24 am
Yay! I love it!
3. That’s the Way I Like It by KC and the Sunhine band (this was my roller skating song Mark, we are on the same page)
156. River of Dreams- Billy Joel
148. Streets of Philadelphia- Bruce Springteen
26 Stef // Apr 3, 2009 at 10:39 am
Yeah, #3 drove me crazy all night
Keedy – Save Some Love
(Don’t ask … I don’t think I can forgive myself for dredging that one from memory).
What does it say, though, that I remember the song, but have absolutely NO recollection of there being a Northgate Mall?!? Obviously I wasn’t incarcerated long enough.
27 Mary // Apr 3, 2009 at 10:43 am
Ooh…limit of 5 means I get 2 more!
14. I Got A Man – Positive K
66. Loser – Beck
This is fantastic, by the way.
28 Mark Blankenship // Apr 3, 2009 at 10:46 am
Stef, I tip my hat to you. I thought I was the only person left who remembered Keedy!
Also, Northgate Mall is in Hixson, where I lived until we moved to East Brainerd. You probably just never had a reason to go to that side of the river.
29 Mark Blankenship // Apr 3, 2009 at 10:49 am
I’m very impressed everyone. A nice range of knowledge on display! Clearly, we all spent the 90s watching the same videos and listening to the same radio stations on the school bus. Wait… were you guys all on Bus 49 in Hamilton County?
30 ferretrick // Apr 3, 2009 at 11:27 am
54. I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)-Meatloaf
60. Carnival, Natalie Merchant
68. Foolish Games, Jewel
71. Birdhouse In Your Soul, They Might Be Giants
99. Bitch, Merdith Brooks
Somebody please figure out 79, 97, 126, and 134. In all those cases, I can even hear the song in my head, but can’t come up with it and its driving me mad.
In other news, I also feel old now. Thanks, Mark.
31 Shannon // Apr 3, 2009 at 11:55 am
84. I will Always Love You-Whitney Houston
114. Tennessee-Arrested Development
127. Killing Me Softly-The Fugees
130. Ain’t Nothing but a G Thang-Dr. Dre and Snoop
100. Lump-The Presidents of the United States of America
32 Alex // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:11 pm
134. Baby Baby – Amy Grant
195. Passionate Kisses – Mary Chapin Carpenter
45. 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
75. Opposites Attract – Paula Abdul
33 Krista // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:24 pm
57 – “Ice, Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice
62 – “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” by Offsrping
67 – “3 A.M.” by Matchbox 20
Those are the ones I know both song and band.
112 is an Eminem song, 43 is by Stone Temple Pilots, 120 is the Elton John song from “Lion King”, but I can’t come up with titles without searching. 33 continues “but you say I’m just a friend” but singing that doesn’t get me any closer.
34 Char // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:27 pm
42. Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
46. The Boy is mine – Brandy & Monica
62. Pretty Fly (for a White Guy9- The Offspring
64. Walking on Broken Glass – Annie Lennox
76. Enter Sandman – Metallica
35 Sara // Apr 3, 2009 at 12:48 pm
This is awesome!
58. Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos
98. Tubthumping – ChumbaWumba
113. Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? – Paula Cole
122. Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty
151. Semi-Charmed Kind of Life – Third Eye Blind
36 michelle @ TNS // Apr 3, 2009 at 1:17 pm
200 – beastie boys, sabotage?
174 – some blink 182 song that i don’t know the name of and never liked
125 – NIN, closer
37 jkc // Apr 3, 2009 at 3:08 pm
ferretrick: Let’s see if this old woman can help you out. Looks like Alex covered 134 (Baby, Baby by Amy Grant) and Maggie got 97 (Stay by Lisa Loeb). Here’s my guesses for the other two:
79: One Good Reason by Dru Hill (not sure on this one but I think it’s right)
126: Livin La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
38 K. // Apr 3, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Oh my God, this is the best thing ever. Middle and high school are FLOODING back to me. I could do this all day. My five:
1 . “U-N-I-T-Y,” Queen Latifah
80. “I Wanna Sex You Up,” Color Me Badd (now stuck in my head)
86. “Ironic,” Alanis Morrissette
97. “Stay,” Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
112. “My Name is,” Eminem
39 Jen // Apr 3, 2009 at 3:27 pm
56. Longview — Green Day
192. You Gotta Be — Desire’e
(Had to post these two as they were the first 2 tapes I bought! What a combo!)
40 A Different Jen than #12 & #39 // Apr 3, 2009 at 6:08 pm
70. If, Janet Jackson
105. Summertime, Wil Smith
(unless I’m wrong, because I thought the line was: “You’re invited to a BBQ that started at 4″ — he’s running late.)
165. Mama Said Knock You Out, L.L. Cool J
167. Gonna Make You Sweat, C+C Music Factory
188. Tom’s Diner, Suzanne Vega
I knew other, more esoteric ones, but others got to them first. Really!
116. She won a Grammy for that album, but I can only remember the song title, not her name. I’m having that problem a lot.
41 K. // Apr 3, 2009 at 6:11 pm
116. The artist is Shawn Colvin (I’ve already used my five for the day so I can’t give the name!).
42 Mark Blankenship // Apr 3, 2009 at 6:12 pm
@Jen — Whoops! I did leave out one word from #105. Corrected!
43 Lee // Apr 3, 2009 at 6:19 pm
If ANYONE can get 117, I will be forever in your debt. It is causing me anxiety that I don’t know the song…
Ahh good times.
44 arford // Apr 3, 2009 at 7:16 pm
32. Gin and Juice – Snoop Dogg
83. Beauty and the Beast – the Disney flick
106. Two Princes – Spin Doctors
150. Saved the Best for Last – Mariah Carey
157. One of Us – Joan Osborne
Weirdly, I recognized some songs that I despised on the first pass, but totally missed some songs that I loved until others pointed them out.
45 Maria // Apr 3, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Lee – 117 is “Seven” by Prince. (or was he The Artist then?) Was also making me nuts!
46 Maria // Apr 3, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Shit, didn’t mean to post.
116 – “Sunny Came Home” by Shawn Colvin
122 – “Last Dance With Mary Jane” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
154 – SHOOT ME for knowing this is “All-Star” by Smashmouth
173 – “Cumbersome” by Seven Mary Three
47 KKB // Apr 3, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Wow. So much love for these songs. Even the ones I’m kind of embarrassed to publicly admit that I know!
150 – is, I think, Vanessa Williams, not Mariah Carey? (It was post Playboy scandal, and I seem to recall an In Living Color Parody called “You Can All Kiss My Ass”)
116 –”Sunny Came Home” by Shawn Colvin
117 – “7″ by Prince
27 – “Move This” C+C Music Factory
48 – “Hard to Handle” by the Black Crows
48 Nina // Apr 3, 2009 at 9:51 pm
8 – Justify My Love – Madonna
37 – Bust A Move – I think Young MC?
72 – One – U2
148 – Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
165 Mama said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
49 Different Jen // Apr 4, 2009 at 3:11 am
159. A Kiss for a Rose, Seal
183. Groove is in the Heart, Dee-Lite
201. No Diggity, Blackstreet
I’m so addicted to this! It’s like that damn Intelligence Test (4 S of the Y, etc.), where you mull and mull…
Let’s see if 118 and 189 come to me in my sleep.
50 Maria // Apr 4, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Amazing what sleeping on it can do for the brain.
73 – “To Be With You” by Mr. Big
85 – “Right Now” by Van Halen
89 – “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister (LOVE!)
189 – “Don’t Want to Fall in Love” by Jane Child
193 – “Doll Parts” by Hole
51 Lee // Apr 4, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Maria – THANK YOU! Now I can sleep at night.
Some more answers!
33) You Say He’s Just a Friend – Biz Markee
89) Stay – Shakespeare Sister
90) My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) – En Vogue
108) More Than Words – Extreme
172) The Addams Family Groove – MCHammer
52 K. // Apr 4, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Five more:
20. “Been Around the World,” Lisa Stansfield (I could kill myself for knowing this – I haaaaaated that song back in the day)
69. “I Believe,” Blessid Union of Souls
91. “All Night Long,” Cathy Dennis (90210 prom episode, anyone?)
176. “Jump Around,” House of Pain (“I’ll serve your ass like John McEnroe …”)
190. “Big Poppa”, Notorious BIG
Different Jen, want a hint for 118?
53 Mary // Apr 4, 2009 at 2:11 pm
115. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) – US3
118. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
137. Now That We’ve Found Love – Heavy D and the Boyz
186. Linger – The Cranberries
Is 96 Digital Underground’s “The Humpty Dance”? I remember the line being “…my Humpty nose”, but I can’t imagine there were that many other songs about nose tickling 69.
54 Maggie // Apr 4, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Five more:
93: Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
102: You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
119: Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
146: Standing Outside the Fire – Garth Brooks
160: Something to Talk About – Bonnie Raitt
55 Nicole // Apr 4, 2009 at 5:27 pm
178. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
158. I Can’t Dance – Genesis
124. Everything I Do (I Do it for You) – Bryan Adams (and now I have that song stuck in my head)
101. I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis
50. Motownphilly – Boyz II Men
56 Jennifer // Apr 4, 2009 at 6:08 pm
125. Closer – Nine Inch Nails
166. C’mon Ride the Train, C’mon Ride it (Choo Choo) – Ginuwine (there probably aren’t parentheses in the song title, but it’s just so much to finish singing it.)
50. Motown Philly – Boys II Men
96. Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
98. Tubthumper – Chumba Wumba
57 Jennifer // Apr 4, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Wait — think I posted too soon. Should be Tubthumping.
58 Different Jen // Apr 4, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Another one finally shook loose!
104. Smooth — Santana and Rob Thomas
(Thanks, Maria for 189. I never would’ve known the artist.)
59 Maria // Apr 4, 2009 at 9:11 pm
@Different Jen – right back atcha for 104. That was making me nuts!
60 KKB // Apr 4, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Thanks for #20, K — It’s been nagging at me; could’ve sworn it was Chris Isaak, since he’s got at least seven songs with a variation on that line.
158 — I Can’t Dance — Joan Jett (sans Blackhearts)
111 — How Bizarre — OMC
74 — All I Want — Toad the Wet Sprocket
144 — How Do You Talk To An Angel — The Heights
87 — Hold My Hand — Hootie and the Blowfish (All the things I’ve forgotten over the years and I still know this? WHY?)
61 Maggie // Apr 5, 2009 at 1:37 am
Thanks for #87, KKB!
I kept trying to make it that line from Usher’s U Got It Bad that goes “promise to love you the best I can.” But I knew that wasn’t right.
I can totally hear “Hold My Hand” now.
62 K. // Apr 5, 2009 at 10:39 am
Five more:
49. “Doo Wop (That Thing),” Lauryn Hill
143. “If You Had My Love,” Jennifer Lopez
149. “Are You That Somebody,” Aaliyah
153. “Sittin’ Up In My Room,” Brandy
198. “Give Me One Reason,” Tracy Chapman
63 Joe Martin // Apr 5, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Young MC-”Bust a Move”. “Don’t hang yourself on a celibate rope”. One of the greatest songs ever: has a guitar riff to equal that super famous pop rap song by Aaron Carter (“Jump on It”?), the finesse of Run DMC, and subject matter anyone can identify with.
64 Maggie // Apr 5, 2009 at 2:02 pm
And five more (hey, I’m sick with pretty much nothing else to do
23. This Kiss – Faith Hill
77. Backstreet’s Back – Backstreet Boys
81. I Saw the Sign – Ace of Base
104. Crazy – Aerosmith
110. Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
I know #94, but I cannot come up with the artist. I’m not sure I ever knew it.
65 Jen K // Apr 5, 2009 at 9:04 pm
94 is Ghetto Superstar, and I’m pretty sure that’s Wyclef post-Fugees, but I can’t remember who the girl is.
More when I have time to concentrate, but I’m being reminded of things to get on iTunes.
66 Maria // Apr 5, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Wasn’t Mya the girl singer in Ghetto Superstar?
And yeah, between this quiz and the VH1 80s One-Hit Wonders all week, my iTunes shopping list is getting loooooooooooong.
67 Kim // Apr 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm
43. Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
121. Signs by Tesla (which was a remake)
123. Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton
169. Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
182. I Touch Myself by DiVinyls
68 joe // Apr 6, 2009 at 11:12 am
Ghetto Superstar is Pras, post-Fugees. And yes, Mya is the girl. This list is gonna end up costing me $50 in iTunes costs. THANKS A LOT!
69 Different Jen // Apr 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm
105. Amended to say that, according to my iPod (and I hope this isn’t cheating, it came up in rotation last night) the full title is “Summertime ‘98,” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. I thought WS had dropped that persona by then, but I guess not.
Is anyone else smacking themselves in the head for not knowing some of these? OF COURSE 182. is “I Touch Myself.” How I didn’t know it right away is amazing. I think it has to do with reading the words vs. hearing them (a la ‘Name That Tune’).
70 Mark Blankenship // Apr 6, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hey Different Jen,
I think you’re listening to the remix they put on some greatest hits album. (I also randomly have it, though I don’t know why.) The original “Summertime” dropped in 1991, back when The Fresh Prince was still in full effect.
71 Jen K // Apr 7, 2009 at 12:45 pm
@Maria – thanks, it was bugging me! And Joe, thanks for setting the record straight on which Fugee it was. Wyclef’s the only one I ever hear about, unless Lauryn Hill’s being all crazy. Poor Pras, it’s like he’s the middle child.
Also bugging me, so to speak:
#61 – What Would You Say – Dave Matthews band
And OMG there are some artist corrections I want to make (…irony) but I don’t want to be a prissy smartypants.
72 Nina // Apr 7, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I believe #142 is Black or White by Michael Jackson
#136 is Finally by CC Peniston
#161 is Bills by Destiny’s Child
73 Carrie Ann // Apr 7, 2009 at 1:54 pm
#41 – Supermodel (You Better Work), Rupaul
#120 – Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John
#141 – You’ve Got the Music in You, The New Radicals
#142 – Black or White, Michael Jackson
#145 – Angel, Sarah McLachlan
74 PallasJay // Apr 8, 2009 at 2:47 am
Delurking to join in on the fun (late, I know)
17 – Tupac – “California Love”
19 – Nada Surf – “Popular”
150 – Vanessa Williams – “Save the Best for Last”
185 – Crystal Waters – “100% Pure Love”
75 Alexandra // Apr 9, 2009 at 5:17 pm
47. Celine Dion – It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
I object to 79. I think it’s Cher – Believe
120 has been done, but isn’t it Circle of Life, not Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
135. Life Is A Highway – Rascal Flatts
141. The New Radicals – isn’t the song title “You Only Get What You Give”
Isn’t that line from 202 in Natural Born Hippies – Lola (The Kinks original) as well?
76 Lissa // Apr 9, 2009 at 9:32 pm
138. Coolio, Fantastic Voyage
77 Susan // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:56 am
I don’t think these have been posted yet:
22. “Another Sad Love Song” – Toni Braxton
26. “I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me” – Expose
78. “Vaseline” – The Flaming Lips
129. “Love and Affection” – Nelson
78 Carrie // Apr 10, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Love this!
38. Hold On – Wilson Phillips
82. Good – Better than Ezra
131. It was a Good Day – Ice Cube
140. Freak Like Me – Adina Howard
174. Say it Ain’t So – Blink 182
And if anyone’s wondering, looks like the numbers left are 15, 24, 34, 53, 55, 63, 92, 95, 103, 109, 132, 133, 168, 175, 199 and 204.
79 Susan // Apr 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Oh, and #135 is Tom Cochrane (Rascal Flatts did the remake)
80 Seth Christenfeld // Apr 10, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Without reading any of the previous answers:
2. “Informer,” Snow
10. “What’s Up?,” 4 Non Blondes
11. “Fly,” Sugar Ray”
12. “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls
16. “Unbelievable,” EMF
21. “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana
29. “Under the Bridge,” Red Hot Chili Peppers
30. “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm,” Crash Test Dummies
40. “Every Day Is a Winding Road,” Sheryl Crow
51. “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” The Proclaimers
53. “Three Little Pigs,” Green Jelly
56. “Longview,” Green Day
67. “3 AM,” Matchbox 20
71. “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” They Might Be Giants
76. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica
83. “Beauty and the Beast,” Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
86. “Ironic,” Alanis Morissette
94. “Ghetto Supastar,” Pras Michel
98. “Tubthumping,” Chumbawamba
99. “Bitch,” Meredith Brooks
104. “Smooth,” Carlos Santana featuring Rob Thomas
111. “How Bizarre,” OMC
112. “My Name Is…,” Eminem
120. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?,” Elton John
125. “Closer,” Nine Inch Nails
135. “Life Is a Highway,” Tom Cochrane
139. “Baby Got Back,” Sir Mix-a-Lot
152. “Closing Time,” Semisonic
155. “One Week,” Barenaked Ladies
156. “River of Dreams,” Billy Joel
159. “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal
171. “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn
172. “The Addams Family,” MC Hammer
182. “I Touch Myself,” The Divinyls
186. “Linger” The Cranberries
192. “You Gotta Be,” Des’ree
202. “I Want You,” Savage Garden
205. “Bad Boys,” whoever the hell sang it
81 Maria // Apr 11, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Oh my god. I just figured out 109, just by nature of the “you can tell” construction. SO NOT PROUD.
It’s “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus. THE SHAME.
Oh, and 103 is “Crazy” by Aerosmith.
82 ed // Apr 15, 2009 at 2:13 am
#6 Alive- Pearl Jam
#9 Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
#72 One- U2
#165- Mama Said Knock You Out-LLCool J
#183 Groove is in the heart- Dee-Lite
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