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Daily 80s Music Trivia

Monday, April 20, 2026

1

"Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon was their first #1 single. On which album did it appear?

MODERATE
1981 · REO Speedwagon
Good Trouble
✓Hi Infidelity
Nine Lives
You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish

"Keep on Loving You" was the lead single from the 1980 album "Hi Infidelity," which became a commercial breakthrough.

2

Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love for You” became her first U.S. No. 1 single on which chart?

MODERATE
1985 · Whitney Houston
Billboard 200
✓Billboard Hot 100
Dance Club Songs
Mainstream Rock

"Saving All My Love for You" was Whitney Houston's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1985.

3

“Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles was written by which songwriter?

MODERATE
1987 · The Bangles
Desmond Child
Diane Warren
Holly Knight
✓Liam Sternberg

Liam Sternberg wrote “Walk Like an Egyptian,” which became The Bangles’ signature hit.

4

Chaka Khan's "I Feel for You" featured a harmonica intro played by which musician, alongside a rap by Melle Mel?

HARD
1984 · Chaka Khan
Larry Adler
Norton Buffalo
✓Stevie Wonder
Toots Thielemans

Stevie Wonder played the iconic harmonica intro on "I Feel for You," adding a unique element that helped the song stand out.

5

Freddie Mercury's solo hit "Love Kills" was recorded for the restored and re-scored 1984 release of which classic science fiction film?

HARD
1984 · Freddie Mercury
Amadeus
Ghostbusters
✓Metropolis
Purple Rain

"Love Kills" was recorded by Freddie Mercury for the 1984 restored version of Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic "Metropolis."

6

On the hit recording of “Maneater” by Daryl Hall & John Oates, which instrument delivers the best-known solo break?

HARD
1982 · Daryl Hall & John Oates
Guitar
Harmonica
Organ
✓Saxophone

The saxophone solo in "Maneater" is a signature element of the track, adding to its distinct 80s pop sound.

7

“Sun City” by Artists United Against Apartheid was organized primarily by which musician-activist?

EXPERT
1985 · Artists United Against Apartheid
Bono
Little Steven
Peter Gabriel
✓Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt (aka Little Steven) spearheaded the project to raise awareness and protest apartheid with the song “Sun City.”

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