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

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

Whip it good - Divo

The song "Shaddup you face" prevented which artist and song from reaching the number one spot in 1981?

Vienna

Which band named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song?

• ref the question a while back, Green Gartsides real name is Paul Strohmeyer

Ultravox.... (see below)

@custardbear....I will be watching for the answer to the scritti politti question, it's going to bug me all day!

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Wet Wet Wet named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song

Which band named themselves after a line from a Scritti Politti song?

There She Was after the song, Boom! There She Was.

Who sang 'You're givin' me the chills, baby, please baby don't'

@Bluesheep8 @isabellerossignol got it right - Wet Wet Wet 🥳

Toni Basil - Mickey

What was Duran Duran’s 2nd single release?

@custardbear - correct - Paul Strohmeyer - changed to Gartside. (He lived in my hometown in the early 70s.

@rosegoldwatcher - I'm so jealous!! I LOVED Green when I was younger - wish they'd done more stuff!

Careless Memories

Who sang 'If This Is It'?

Huey Lewis and The News.

Who sang I Am The Beat ?

The look

Who did "Walk out to Winter"?

Aztec Camera! Fantastic track.

Which two bands sang Only You in the 80s?

Only You was Yazoo and The Flying Pickets

What was The Flying Pickets' follow-up single ?

When You're Young and in Love

Apart from The Power Of Love, what was the other Huey Lewis and The News song on the Back to the Future soundtrack?

Back in Time

What was the surname of the Five Star family?

Pearson?

Only know because Gary Davies keeps playing an audio clip of her every week on Sounds is the 80s.

What is the name of the single and artist in which Ade Edmonson appeared as Durand Durand in the music video of?

Pass. Can I get this going again please ? Sorry, xsquared !

What is the name of Barbra Streisand's 1980 album that has Barry Gibb all over it ?