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Quiz 12: 1980s mix 2

Choose the artist credited for each song. Score all 25 questions when you are ready.

25 songs. Can you name the artists?

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QUESTION 1 OF 25Human Nature

Listening-list year: 1983

Randy Newman Wilson Phillips Cliff Richard Michael Jackson

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QUESTION 2 OF 25Out of Touch

Listening-list year: 1985

Eddie Money Gordon Lightfoot Redbone Daryl Hall & John Oates

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QUESTION 3 OF 25Walk of Life

Listening-list year: 1986

Eric Clapton Dire Straits Goo Goo Dolls Hanson

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QUESTION 4 OF 25Respect Yourself

Listening-list year: 1987

Bruce Willis Linear Bad English Shania Twain

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QUESTION 5 OF 25Glory Days

Listening-list year: 1985

Janet Jackson John Lennon Bruce Springsteen Sophie B. Hawkins

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QUESTION 6 OF 25You Could Have Been with Me

Listening-list year: 1982

Silver Sheena Easton a-ha Wham!

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QUESTION 7 OF 25Drivin' My Life Away

Listening-list year: 1980

Eddie Rabbitt Rosanne Cash Sammi Smith Lionel Richie

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QUESTION 8 OF 25Whip It

Listening-list year: 1981

The Greg Kihn Band Billy Joel Fleetwood Mac Devo

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QUESTION 9 OF 25A Hazy Shade of Winter

Listening-list year: 1988

Bryan Adams Rod Stewart Lauryn Hill The Bangles

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QUESTION 10 OF 25Close My Eyes Forever

Listening-list year: 1989

Jefferson Starship Pink Floyd Rod Stewart Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne

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QUESTION 11 OF 25Karma Chameleon

Listening-list year: 1984

702 Neil Diamond The Beatles Culture Club

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QUESTION 12 OF 25Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

Listening-list year: 1982

Elton John Take That Peter McCann Berlin

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QUESTION 13 OF 25Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

Listening-list year: 1984

Stories Billy Ocean Morris Albert Natalie Cole

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QUESTION 14 OF 25Tonight, I Celebrate My Love

Listening-list year: 1983

Hi-Five Curtis Mayfield Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack El DeBarge

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QUESTION 15 OF 25Overkill

Listening-list year: 1983

Alannah Myles Queen Men at Work The Escape Club

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QUESTION 16 OF 25Keep on Movin'

Listening-list year: 1989

Soul II Soul Total Shanice Crystal Waters

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QUESTION 17 OF 25Walk on Water

Listening-list year: 1989

Collective Soul Eddie Money Neil Young The B-52's

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QUESTION 18 OF 25The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

Listening-list year: 1982

The KLF Juice Newton Amazing Rhythm Aces Glen Campbell

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QUESTION 19 OF 25Party All the Time

Listening-list year: 1986

Raydio Eddie Murphy Dionne Farris Betty Everett

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QUESTION 20 OF 25On the Radio

Listening-list year: 1980

Carol Douglas Blondie Donna Summer Sister Sledge

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QUESTION 21 OF 25Neutron Dance

Listening-list year: 1985

The Pointer Sisters Brian McKnight Mariah Carey Color Me Badd

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QUESTION 22 OF 25Everything Your Heart Desires

Listening-list year: 1988

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band .38 Special Daryl Hall & John Oates Atlanta Rhythm Section

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QUESTION 23 OF 25Cover Me

Listening-list year: 1984

Bruce Springsteen Bachman-Turner Overdrive Michael Jackson Wings

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QUESTION 24 OF 25I Want to Be Your Man

Listening-list year: 1988

Anita Baker Queen Roger Ready for the World

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QUESTION 25 OF 25The Second Time Around

Listening-list year: 1980

Amii Stewart Royal Philharmonic Orchestra John Paul Young Shalamar

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