1980s Music Lyric Trivia ANSWERS by Gary Kern - Issuu - Free Printable

Let’s go through each lyric one by one and match it to the correct song title and artist using the answer key provided.

We’ll list each number, then write the matching answer from the “ANSWERS” column.

1. “I’m just going to keep on counting until you are mine” → 1-2-3 (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine)
2. “I tried my imagination but I was disturbed” → 867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
3. “You’ve got to find a way, say what you want to say” → Break Out (Swing Out Sister)
4. “Food is served and you’re stone cold munchin’” → Bust A Move (Young MC)
5. “And even though I wander, I’m keepin’ you in sight, you’re a candle in the wind on a cold dark winters night” → Can’t Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
6. “You see it all around me, good lovin’ gone bad” → Caught Up in You (.38 Special)
7. “So let’s sink another drink, cause if I give me time to think” → Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
8. “We can feel the motions of a thousand dreams” → Doctor! Doctor! (Thompson Twins)
9. “Buying bread from a man in Brussels, he was 6 foot 4 and full of muscles” → Down Under (Men at Work)
10. “Every chain will shake till I be watching you” → Every Breath You Take (Police)
11. “Let me tell you bout the girl I met last night” → High on You (Survivor)
12. “Darken the city night is a wire, steam in the subway earth is afire” → Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran)
13. “Happiness is so hard to find” → I Can’t Wait (Nu Shooz)
14. “Baby baby when I look at you, I get a warm feeling inside” → I Feel For You (Chaka Khan)
15. “Sail away with me to another world” → Islands in the Stream (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
16. “With my body and soul I want you more than you’ll ever know” → I’ve Had the Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes)
17. “She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand” → Jacob’s Ladder (Huey Lewis & the News)
18. “Don’t let go while I’m hangin’ on, ‘cause I been hangin’ on so long” → Jeopardy (Greg Kihn)
19. “If you say goodbye to me tonight, there will still be music left to write” → Longest Time (Billy Joel)
20. “Tin roof... Rusted” → Love Shack (B-52’s)
21. “And there’s a heart that’s breaking down this long distance line tonight” → Missing You (John Waite)
22. “That little faggot’s got a millionaire” → Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)

All answers are matched correctly based on the provided answer key.

Final Answer:
1. 1-2-3 (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine)
2. 867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
3. Break Out (Swing Out Sister)
4. Bust A Move (Young MC)
5. Can’t Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
6. Caught Up in You (.38 Special)
7. Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
8. Doctor! Doctor! (Thompson Twins)
9. Down Under (Men at Work)
10. Every Breath You Take (Police)
11. High on You (Survivor)
12. Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran)
13. I Can’t Wait (Nu Shooz)
14. I Feel For You (Chaka Khan)
15. Islands in the Stream (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
16. I’ve Had the Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes)
17. Jacob’s Ladder (Huey Lewis & the News)
18. Jeopardy (Greg Kihn)
19. Longest Time (Billy Joel)
20. Love Shack (B-52’s)
21. Missing You (John Waite)
22. Money For Nothing (Dire Straits)