Welcome to the Ultimate 90s Music Quiz, Part II!
That’s right: I absolutely loved writing last week’s quiz—pop music geekery is my thing—and it seemed that many of you enjoyed it as much as me, so I’ve decided to create a sequel.
Enormous thanks to Roommate Joe, who generated a large portion of these questions. Way to do it, RJ!
The rules are the same as last week. You’ll see lyrics from 105 lines from 105 songs of the 90s, and you’ll need to provide the artist and title. Since Joe and I didn’t use references to look up these lyrics—we mostly just sat around the living room hollering, “Hey! Remember this one?”—we challenge you to do the same.
If you’re stumped, you can find all the answers here.Â
Also, with just a few exceptions, none of the artists on this week’s quiz were on last week’s quiz. Who knew the decade produced so much bounty? (The artists we repeated were such massive 90s stars that we felt they deserved more love.)
Have fun everyone!
The Ultimate 90s Music Quiz, Part II
By MARK BLANKENSHIP and JOE REID
Here are 105 more lines from 105 more songs of the nineties. You provide artist and title. For Part I, go here.
Per house rules, please limit yourself to posting five answers per day.
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1. “All I wanna do a-zooma-zoom-zoom-zoom”
2. “Put one hand up, can you repeat that?”
3. “Never disrespectful, ’cause his mama taught him that”
4. “I’ve never had to knock on wood”
5. “I’m gonna put that new black mini on my charge anyway”
6. “Que tu cuerpo es pa darle alegria y cosa buena”
7. “Happiness lies in your own hand”
8. “The record company’s gonna give me lots of money and everything’s gonna be alright”
9. “The nights are lonely, the days are so sad”
10. “Feel a little poke coming through”
11. “But I won’t stop now, ’cause I can’t stop now”
12. “You’re still in bed at ten and work began at eight”
13. “French kiss the morning”
14. “I’m losing my mind, everything’s fine”
15. “It’s a secret no one knows”
16. “Sex is a Texas drought”
17. “Many moons since first we did the do”
18. “He’s all alone (all alone) in his time of need”
19. “Never had I imagined living without your smile”
20. “Would it be my fault if I could turn you on”
21. “Shakes the devil when he misbehaves”
22. “We’ll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside”
23. “Would you take me for a funky ride”
24. “One day I’ll make a play, and she will say, ‘Okay’”
25. “All we wanna do is make you bounce”
26. “She acts as if she doesn’t even know that I exist”
27. “It knocks me right off of my feet”
28. “I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul”
29. “In the corner of my mind, baby it feels like we’re running out of time”
30. “I’m the bitch you hated, filth infatuated”
31. “Hey you, what do you see? Something beautiful, something free?”
32. “Hey, hey, hey, It’s like being stoned”
33. “I wanna see sweat coming out your pores”
34. “Past your door, but you don’t live there anymore”
35. “‘Cuz you might get run over or you might get shot”
36. “Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug”
37. “I wanna hold you in parentheses”
38. “It’s always summer, they’ll never get cold”
39. “I’m feeling more alone than I ever have before”
40. “Through the hard times and the good”
41. “She calls me from the cold just when I was low”
42. “It’s taken me all this, all this time.”
43. “Only two of you had dinner, found your credit card receipt”
44. “You are the girl that I never had, and I want to get to know you better”
45. “The lack thereof would leave me empty inside”
46. “Don’t know who I’m kidding, imagining you care”
47. “I’ve been down this road, walking the line”
48. “I am still dreaming of your face”
49. “As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”
50. “Today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you”
51. “We had a drink, we had a smoke, she took off her overcoat”
52. “Your kisses are as wicked as an F-16″
53. “Take your hat off when you’re talking to me”
54. “If you’re mad, get mad”
55. “How will I ever, ever survive”
56. “Won’t you come and wash away the rain?”
57. “The long farewell of the hunger strike”
58. “It’s in your face but you can’t grab it”
59. “There’s a heaven above you, baby”
60. “Close to me you’re like my brother”
61. “You looked into my eyes, wiped the tears away”
62. “The comfort of another is a rise above the sky above”
63. “Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom”
64. “I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra, and Rita”
65. “Show me where to go, tell me will love be there”
66. “Sixteen Candles down the drain”
67. “I hope to God I’m talking metaphorically”
68. “I’m just a sucker with a lump in my throat”
69. “You know me and Jesus, we’re of the same heart”
70. “My lovely daughter, I took her home”
71. “There is definitely, definitely, definitely no logic”
72. “Dear, I fear we’re facing a problem”
73. “And I’m gonna miss everybody”
74. “I was there when they dropped the bomb”
75. “So I missed a million miles of fun”
76. “Boogaloo shrimp and pogo sticks”
77. “I’m the reason they made the dress code”
78. “I want to take a breath that’s true”
79. “Beneath the milky twilight”
80. “I’m the last splash”
81. “Rally round the family with a pocket full of shells”
82. “This love I’ve got for you could take me ’round the world”
83. “You must be blind if you can’t see the gaping hole called reality”
84. “Hanging on to the past, it only stands in our way”
85. “I’m a million different people from one day to the next”
86. “My best friend took a week’s vacation to forget her”
87. “You might feel a shaft of light make its way across your face”
88. “The next stop is the Eastside motel”
89. “When I want something I don’t want to pay for it”
90. “How we gonna get around on your bus pass?”
91. “I’ll be the one to get you through the night (night)”
92. “If only I’d thought of the right words, we wouldn’t be breaking apart”
93. “To a place where blind men see”
94. “Oh so lonesome for you”
95. “But it’s on the table, the fire is cooking”
96. “Let the boys be boys!”
97. “I was disgusted by all the injustice”
98. “You wore a shirt of violent green (uh-huh)”
99. “I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you”
100. “That another could replace me, the one and only”
101. “Everybody one, everybody two, everybody three”
102. “I could make a move but I won’t”
103. “Not like I faint every time we touch”
104. “I been married long time ago.”
105. “You know you’ve got to have hope, you know you gotta be strong”
60 responses so far ↓
1 Mark Blankenship // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I’m creating this comment as a buffer zone, just in case you don’t want to come across any answers just yet.
Scroll past this comment to see answers that have already been provided, ask your fellow readers for tips, etc.
Have fun!
2 Rube Goldberg // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm
3. “Whatta Man” ~ Salt and Pepa & En Vogue
18. “The Distance” ~ Cake
30. “Firestarter” ~ The Prodigy (that line is sometimes a mantra of mine)
71. “Human Behaviour” ~ Bjork
80. “Cannonball” ~ The Breeders
3 Maria // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm
13. “Bed of Roses” by Bon Jovi (Jersey represent!)
38. “The Way” by Fastball
41. “Shimmer” by Fuel
87. “These are (the?) Days” by 10,000 Maniacs
96. “Slam” by Onyx
4 Cori // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:40 pm
16. “Bad Touch” by the Bloodhound Gang
85. “Bittersweet Symphony” by the Verve
5 Cori // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:40 pm
oh, and
103. “Crush” by Jennifer Paige
6 Destiny // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:45 pm
28. Creep- Radiohead
34. Missing- Everything but the Girl
50. Wonderwall- Oasis
56. Epic- Faith no More
85. Bitterweet Symphony- The Verve
7 K. // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Yay!
1.“Rump Shaker,†Wrecks N Effects (I think I spelled that wrong, but you know what I mean.)
2.“Where My Girls At,†702
14. “Mother Mother,†Tracy Bonham
64. “Mambo Number Five,†Lou Bega (HATE)
86. “Freshmen,†Verve Pipe
8 Carrie Ann // Apr 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm
4. Knock on Wood, Mighty Mighty Bosstones
6. Macarena, Los Del Rio
8. Sellout, Reel Big Fish
10. Too Close, Next
55. How Do I Live (LEEEEEVE), Tricia Yearwood (LEEEEVE version by LeAnn Rimes)
9 PallasJay // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:02 pm
7. Secret – Madonna
75. Steal my Sunshine – Len
22. Come Undone – Duran Duran
20. Mouth – Merril Bainbridge
49. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
I love these quizzes!
10 K. // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Can someone help with #37? My ex used to sing it to me to annoy me and it’s driving me nuts that I can’t remember it now. I’d never heard it before (he’s a recent ex, not one from the ’90s) but he would sing it ALL THE TIME.
11 Seth Christenfeld // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:07 pm
4. “The Impression That I Get,” Reel Big Fish
46. “Barely Breathing,” Duncan Sheik
101. “Closer to Free,” Bodeans
12 Jennifer // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:25 pm
5. I Love Your Smile – Shanice
81. Don’t know the song, but the artist is Rage Against the Machine
88. Regulate – Nate Dogg and Warren G
12. The theme to Friends (probably not the official title) – The Rembrandts
24. Round and Round – Tevin Campbell, with the video featuring Prince creepily watching Tevin singing and dancing.
13 Sarah // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:27 pm
90. Can I Get A … – Jay-Z
14 Sarah // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:28 pm
79. Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
15 joe // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm
For the record, I didn’t think #37 was a real song. Just something people used to sing to each other to annoy them. So you’re totally justified, K!
16 Sarah // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Last one as my lunch break’s over!
43. It’s Not Right, But it’s Ok – Whitney Houston
17 Lee // Apr 17, 2009 at 1:59 pm
32) Low, Cracker
35) What I Got, Sublime
37) I Love You Period, Dan Baird – can’t believe I remember this one!
40) Praise You, Fatboy Slim
70) Down By The Water, PJ Harvey
This list is far more representative of what I listened to in college and immediately beyond! Love the quiz!
18 InfoMofo // Apr 17, 2009 at 2:05 pm
81. “Rally round the family with a pocket full of shellsâ€
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls on Parade
89. “When I want something I don’t want to pay for itâ€
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
90. “How we gonna get around on your bus pass?â€
Jay-Z “Can I get A”
97. “I was disgusted by all the injusticeâ€
Michael and Janet Jackson – Scream
99. “I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like youâ€
Chris Issak – Wicked Game
19 Mark Blankenship // Apr 17, 2009 at 2:39 pm
@ Lee — You’re right about number 37, which was actually a real song. Though Joe is right… it’s incredibly annoying.
@K — See above. No wonder you guys broke up!
20 Emily // Apr 17, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Love!
39. “Brick” – Ben Folds Five
49. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” – Deep Blue Something
51. “I Kissed a Girl” – Jill Sobule
52. “Supernova” – Liz Phair
69. “Shame on You” – Indigo Girls
21 pamie // Apr 17, 2009 at 2:47 pm
31. Marilyn Manson: “The Beautiful People”
48. Everclear: “Santa Monica” (a song i hate so damn much)
53. Belly: “Feed the Tree”
and 56. is actually “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden, right?
22 K. // Apr 17, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Thanks Lee, Joe, and Mark! The relationship lasted years after he first sang the song, so I guess I have a high tolerance for annoying songs.
23 joe // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm
56 IS “Black Hole Sun,” yes.
And Everclear might be my most loathed band of that era. Which makes me sad that that was, like, the first lyric I thought of.
24 michelle @ TNS // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm
17. All Mixed Up, 311
56. Yes, it’s Black Hole Sun.
72. Lovefool, The Cardigans.
25 Jackie // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:09 pm
21. Cradle of Love – Billy Idol
34. Missing – Everything but the Girl
66. – Molly – Sponge
86. The Freshman – Verve Pipe
98. What’s the Frequency (Kenneth)? – REM
26 Destiny // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Yeah, 56 is black hole sun, I meant 58 is epic. OOPS!
27 michelle @ TNS // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:14 pm
also:
57. Save Me, Aimee Mann
28 michelle @ TNS // Apr 17, 2009 at 3:15 pm
also also:
Everclear = HATE
29 Carrie // Apr 17, 2009 at 4:16 pm
44. Aisha – ABC (Another Bad Creation!)
95. I’m Going Hungry – Temple of the Dog
77. Feel So Good – Mace
73. Crossroads – Bone Thugs n’ Harmony
Aaand, now I’ve got Bone Thugs in my head for the foreseeable future. Super.
Love this quiz!
30 Jen // Apr 17, 2009 at 5:06 pm
105 is “You Gotta Be” by Des’ree, right?
31 Jamie // Apr 17, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Taking my cue from InfoMofo, I’m including the lyrics. Yay for less scrolling!
18. “He’s all alone (all alone) in his time of needâ€
Cake – The Distance
45. “The lack thereof would leave me empty insideâ€
Eve 6 – Inside Out
54. “If you’re mad, get madâ€
The Pretenders – I’ll Stand By You
63. “Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tomâ€
Everlast – What It’s Like
74. “I was there when they dropped the bombâ€
Chantal Kreviazuk – Surrounded
Some of these are KILLING me!
32 joe // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm
105 = not Des’ree (sounds like something she’d say, though)
33 Maggie // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm
9. Nobody Knows – Brian McKnight
19. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey
60. All My Life – K-Ci & JoJo (this song always takes me back to 8th grade dances)
102. The First Night – Monica
104. Cotton-Eyed Joe – (I have no idea who sang it)
34 Gonzalo // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:41 pm
12- I believe the actual name is “I’ll Be There For You”, by (as guessed correctly by Jennifer) The Rembrandts
15- Mmmbop, by Hanson (my spelling may be off on the title… how many M’s are there?)
47- Searching My Soul, by Vonda Shepard
35 Carrie // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Oh! And 27. Weak – SWV
36 K. // Apr 17, 2009 at 7:46 pm
#9 isn’t Brian McKnight, but a similar crooner.
37 Jen K // Apr 17, 2009 at 7:50 pm
62. Here and Now, by Letters to Cleo
83. Connected – Stereo MC’s
38 Maggie // Apr 17, 2009 at 8:27 pm
K. You’re right! I had a brain burp. It’s the Tony Rich Project
39 Sarah // Apr 17, 2009 at 8:35 pm
93. Higher – Creed
40 Jen K // Apr 17, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Oh, and @Maggie, Cotton Eye Joe was done by Rednex.
41 Jenn D. // Apr 18, 2009 at 2:32 am
42. Comedown – Bush
76. Summer Girls – LFO (I am beyond embarrassed that I know this one. What an awful, awful song.)
42 K. // Apr 18, 2009 at 11:53 am
I think #9 is by Babyface.
33. “Good Vibrations,” Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch (I want to kill myself for knowing this, and for having it stuck in my head now.)
93. “Higher,” Creed
I think #95 is actually called “Hunger Strike.”
43 joe // Apr 18, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Jenn D., come on! That is an AWESOME song. Every single line is pure gold! Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole BUNCH of sonnets!
44 LH // Apr 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm
23. Do Anything by Natural Selection
45 Michael E // Apr 19, 2009 at 2:35 am
25. Monifah – Touch It. You had to try really, really hard to find the one line of that song that isn’t completely filthy. Kudos!
46 joe // Apr 19, 2009 at 10:01 am
Ha! That was the problem exactly! Thank you for recognizing our epic struggle.
47 Maria // Apr 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
65. “Shine” by Collective Soul
78. “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
94. “Blue” by Leann Rimes
48 littlesilverboulder // Apr 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
82: “Show Me Love” – Robyn
49 zarathelawyer // Apr 19, 2009 at 10:59 pm
52. Supernova – Liz Phair
50 Rube Goldberg // Apr 19, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Here’s the rundown of the ones left to guess:
11, 26, 29, 36, 59, 61, 67, 68, 84, 91, 92, 100, 105
I was hoping to knock off a couple of those when I went through the list, but I’m stumped.
51 Destiny // Apr 20, 2009 at 1:03 am
92. Pictures of You- The Cure
52 K. // Apr 20, 2009 at 9:22 am
Not sure but I think #11 is “Hate Me Now,” Nas (although I’m hearing the line in P. Diddy’s voice)
29. “Tearin’ Up My Heart,” N Sync (kill me)
53 Louise // Apr 20, 2009 at 9:56 am
Here’s the only one I know that hasn’t already be identified (I think)…
#36. A Tribe Called Quest – “Can I Kick It?”
54 PallasJay // Apr 20, 2009 at 11:21 am
# 67 – Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
55 Andy // Apr 20, 2009 at 2:31 pm
So embarrassed to be the guy who knows this one:
68. “Nookie” – Limp Bizkit
56 Carrie // Apr 20, 2009 at 3:12 pm
61 is so close to The First Time, but not quite – driving me crazy!
57 Mark Blankenship // Apr 20, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Hey Carrie… The management may have made an error about #61. Please note the corrected version and… um… try that song you were about to guess.
58 Carrie // Apr 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Sweet!
61. The First Time – Surface
When weeee fell in looove…
59 Andre Cecil Ishael Philander // Apr 22, 2009 at 12:23 pm
1. rump shaker – wreck n effect
2. where my girls at – 702
3. whatta man en vogue, salt n pepa
5. i love yor smile – shanice wilson
7. secret – madonna
9. nobody knows – tony rich project
12. i’ll be there for you – rembrandts
20. mouth – merrill bainbridge
25. touch it – monifah
28. creep – radiohead
31. beautifull people – marylin manson
34. missing – ebtg
43. its not right, but its ok! – whitney houston
49. deep blue something – breakfast at tiffany’s
50. wonderwall – oasis
51. jill sobule – i kissed a girl
54. i’ll stand by you – pretenders
55. how will i live – leann rimes
56. black hole sun – soundgarden
60. steep – loren christie
71. human behaviour – bjork
79. kiss me – sixpence none the richer
85. Bittersweet Symphony symphony – the verve
88. regulator – warren g
97. scream – michael and janet
99. wicked game – chris isaak
103. crush – jennifer paige
60 Andre Cecil Ishmael Philander // Apr 22, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Crap, got all excited and just reread article then saw the five answers rule, so here’s mine, and really fun blog!
1. rump shaker – wreck n effect
2. where my girls at – 702
3. whatta man en vogue, salt n pepa
5. i love yor smile – shanice wilson
7. secret – madonna
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