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Music Round

Music Round - Lights out and away we go!

Two points per track:
1: Name of the artist/band
2: Title of the song

  1. Released in January 1983, this funk-pop classic became the artist’s breakthrough hit in the US, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 but later becoming one of his most celebrated songs, with Rolling Stone ranking it among the greatest songs ever written.
  2. Released in July 1979 as the title track from their breakthrough album, this hard rock anthem reached #24 in the UK. Rolling Stone ranked it among their “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.
  3. Released in August 1979, this synth-pop landmark shot straight to #1 while also reaching #9 in the US. The song’s cold, robotic atmosphere helped define the sound of the emerging new wave movement.
  4. Released in 1964, this rock and roll classic reached #10 in both the UK and the US. Built on the same melody as an earlier hit by the same artist, it retells that song’s story, but with a jammed seatbelt getting in the way of romance.
  5. Released in 1986 as the lead single from the Top Gun soundtrack, this arena rock anthem reached #2 in the US and #45 in the UK. The film’s enormous success turned the song into a cultural touchstone of the decade.
  6. Released in 1984, this jazz soul classic reached #19 in the UK and broke the singer into the US market, reaching #5 there. It appeared on her debut album which went on to win the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1986.
  7. Released in October 1963, this surf rock ode to hot rod culture reached #15 in the US. The group went on to release an entire album of car-themed songs the same year.
  8. Released in April 1988, this one reached #5 in the UK and #6 in the US. It won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal in 1989 and was one of the defining songs of the era.
  9. Released in 1966, this soul classic reached #23 in the US and became one of the most covered songs of its era, and this version is the definitive one. UK audiences will know it well thanks to its appearance in the 1991 film The Commitments.
  10. Released in June 1982, this ska-pop single reached #4 in the UK and became one of the band’s most loved hits. The accompanying video featuring the band crammed into a battered old car became a staple of early music television.
  11. Released in June 2007, this rock-influenced pop track reached #5 in the UK and #15 in the US. The song marked a deliberately harder-edged direction for this Barbadian artist. The album it came from produced four UK top ten singles.
  12. This blues classic was written in 1946, but this version appeared on this band’s debut album in 1964. The song celebrates the iconic American highway stretching from Chicago to LA.