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80s and 90s pop quiz - answer one, ask one...

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/09/2019 15:47

City of origin of the band ‘they might be giants’... and go...

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neweeeyebrows · 29/09/2019 10:30

Owen Paul.

What was Madonna’s first UK number one.

x2boys · 29/09/2019 10:30

Owen Paul ? And I think he had a picture disc because my sister had it ,who sang a good heart these days is hard to find?

x2boys · 29/09/2019 10:31

Without googling was it Holiday?

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 10:31

Owen Paul - had that on a Now album.
Who told you to 'hold a chicken in the air' ?

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 10:32

Fergal Sharkey! 💓
Name members of the Travelling Willburys...

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tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 10:32

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Feargal Sharkey

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 10:32

Spirting image - but was there a ‘real band’ behind it though

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x2boys · 29/09/2019 10:34

Did they not base.it on Agadoo which had equally ridiculous lyrucs, ? Who went star tracking across the universe ?

x2boys · 29/09/2019 10:35

Trecking

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 10:40

I may be getting confused but wasn’t that the time lords who became the klf?

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wowfudge · 29/09/2019 11:12

Star Trekking was The Firm.

Three songs with the same title were hits in the same year. What was the title, who were the artists and what was the year?

TinDogTavern · 29/09/2019 11:40

The Power of Love 1985

Jennifer Rush
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Huey Lewis and the News

Which frontman did Chrissie Hynde marry?

KatherineJaneway · 29/09/2019 11:46

Jim Kerr

What was Shakin' Stevens first number one hit?

x2boys · 29/09/2019 12:11

Green door? We used to have the album on tape ,it weather long ago!

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 29/09/2019 12:50

Nobody answered my question 😢 but weirdly the answer IS on this thread as the answer to another question...

KatherineJaneway · 29/09/2019 13:14

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross

Jennifer Rush - Power Of Love kept A-ha from number one

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 16:07

We need more Q's !
Who opened Live Aid ?

bookwormsforever · 29/09/2019 16:12

Charles and Diana?

How many number one singles did Shakin’ Stevens have in the 80s?

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 16:23

4
Which song did George Michael write on the bus ?

x2boys · 29/09/2019 16:48

Careless wisper? Who are Roland Orzabel and Curt Smith better known as?

xsquared · 29/09/2019 16:56

Madonna's first number one was Into the groove.

Curt Smith and Roland are Tears for Fears.

Who can be heard demanding "I want my MTV" on Dire Straits' Money for nothing?

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 17:04

Sing! Who sang backing for Heaven 17?

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wowfudge · 29/09/2019 17:12

Status Quo opened Live Aid with Rockin' All Over the World.

Sting sang BV on Money for Nothing.

Carol Kenyon sang on Temptation for Heaven 17.

Which other Sheffield group was Martin Ware of Heaven 17 formerly associated with?

noideaatallreally · 29/09/2019 17:22

Human League

Which Birmingham nightclub hosted Duran Duran's early live performances?

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 29/09/2019 17:32

Martin Ware was in BEF
Who links The Eurythmics, Donna Summer, Julio Iglesias and Chaka Khan?

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