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  • Which famously reclusive artist is known for the hits ‘Babooshka’, ‘Army Dreamers’, and ‘Cloudbusting’?
    Kate Bush
  • Which artist was the most charted British female solo act of the 1980s and famed for singing ‘Kid’s in America’?
    Kim Wild
  • What’s Love Got To Do With It’ was a Grammy-award-winning song for which artist?
    Tina Turner
  • Who duetted with Madonna on ‘Love Song’ on her ‘Like A Prayer’ album?
    Boy George
    Sting
    Michael Jackson
    Prince
  • Which Irish woman gave us ‘Orinoco Flow’?
    Enya
  • Which Irish band released the albums ‘War’, ‘The Unforgettable Fire’, and ‘The Joshua Tree’?
    U2
  • What was the first music video aired on the brand new MTV channel launched in 1981? "Video...
    Killed the Radiostar" - The Buggles
  • Which British ska band sang about their ‘Baggy Trousers’?
    Madness
  • Who sang ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’?
    Cyndi Lauper
  • In what year did Michael Jackson release the Bad album?
    1984
    1982
    1987
    1989
  • Sledgehammer’ by Peter Garbriel knocked his former band off the number 1 spot of the billboard hot 100. What was the name of the band?
    Genesis – ‘Invisible Touch’
  • Who sang the hit ‘Celebration’ in 1981?
    Kool and the Gang
    Rufus and Chaka Khan
    Run-DMC
    Diana Ross
  • Guess the song: “ I’m gonna live forever, I’m gonna learn how to fly (high)”
    Fame by Irene Cara
    Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
    Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
    Don’t You Want Me – The Human League
  • What was the theme song for the 1982 film, Rocky III?
    Eye of the Tiger
  • Name the band fronted by the singer Sting.
    The Police
  • Guess the song: “I’m never gonna dance again, Guilty feet have got no rhythm”
    I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston
    Careless Whisper by George Michael
    Fame by Irene Cara
    Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
  • Who wanted to ‘fight for your right to party’?
    Beastie Boys
    Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
    New Order
    Band Aid
  • Guess the song: “You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a fire without a spark”
    Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
    Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
    Don’t You Want Me – The Human League
    Dancing in the Dark Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
  • Who told us to ‘Relax’?
    Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  • Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a hit with which song? "Dancing in..."
    the street
  • Which Lionel Ritchie song is also a salutation?
    Hello
  • Who sang the hits ‘Locomotion’, ‘I Should Be So Lucky’, and ‘Hand on Your Heart’?
    Kylie Minogue
  • Which rocketman had a hit with ‘I’m Still Standing’?
    Elton John
  • What was the biggest selling single of the 80s in the UK?
    I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
    Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants -Wham!
    Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
    Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
  • Which Rick Astley song became number one in 25 countries?
    Never Gonna Give You Up
    Together Forever
    She wants to dance with me
    Wenever You Need Somebody
  • Which band sang about ‘Money for Nothing’?
    Dire Straits