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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music  Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:26 am |
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Quite a few songs from 80s movies hit #1 on the Billboard singles chart. I count 12 #1 hits that include the title of the movie in the song title. The song title may be exactly the same as the movie title, or may have more words ("Batdance" does NOT count.) How many can you name? List the song title and the artist(s) who recorded it.
No Googling please.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:32 am |
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:34 am |
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Jimbo wrote: Quite a few songs from 80s movies hit #1 on the Billboard singles chart.
I count 12 #1 hits that include the title of the movie in the song title.
The song title may be exactly the same as the movie title, or may have more words ("Batdance" does NOT count.)
How many can you name? List the song title and the artist(s) who recorded it.
No Googling please. I can think of one off the top of my head: ghostbusters...ray parker jr
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Frank L. Sisko
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:32 am |
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I love 80's music, but I paid no attention to BILLBOARD charts at the time.
Call Casey Kasem if you want to get down with that shit.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:08 am |
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Footloose by Kenny Loggins
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:30 am |
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Well, while we're here, how about "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" by Irene Cara?
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:25 am |
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"Fame" (Irene Cara?) had the movie title in the song title.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:52 am |
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"Chariots of Fire", Vangelis.
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Dave Powell
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:16 am |
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For Your Eyes Only
Purple Rain
Flashdance (What a Feeling)
Fame
St Elmo's Fire
Breathless
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Beyond Thunderdome (We Don't Need Another Hero)
Some of those might not have been #1's
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:46 am |
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Dave Powell wrote: For Your Eyes Only
Purple Rain
Flashdance (What a Feeling)
Fame
St Elmo's Fire
Breathless
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Beyond Thunderdome (We Don't Need Another Hero)
Some of those might not have been #1's St. Elmo's Fire was a really huge #2, in my opinion. 
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:15 am |
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OK, so far we got:
Ghostbusters--Ray Parker Jr.
Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
Chariots of Fire - Titles--Vangelis
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)--John Parr
Footloose--Kenny Loggins
Purple Rain peaked at #2.
Thunderdome peaked at #2.
Fame peaked at #4.
For Your Eyes Only peaked at #4.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:43 am |
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What about Kenny Rogers' The Gambler?  I know the song came out first, but...well, it still fits the criteria.  That song had to have been a hit. He was on The Muppet Show and everything.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:55 am |
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Didn't girls just want to have fun hit number 1? I know that was a cheesy movie with sarah jessica parker.
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:48 am |
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Don't know if the song hit #1 but...
Back to the Future (Back in Time) - Huey Lewis & The News
Don't think this one meets your requirement but I'm sure it hit #1...
Back to the Future (The Power Of Love) - Huey Lewis & The News
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:56 am |
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Goonies "R" Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper?
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:33 am |
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Hank wrote: Goonies "R" Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper? Hank has just taken us all on a "voyage to the bottom of the barrel". On page one!
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:15 am |
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"The Power of Love" did hit #1, but since it's not the movie title, it doesn't fit the criteria.
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" peaked at #2. I was thinking songs written for movies rather than vice versa, but I would've moved the number of answers to 13 (if it had hit #1).
"Goonies R Good Enough" peaked at #10.
"The Gambler" peaked at #16. Same deal as "Girls..." above. Wasn't it a made-for-TV movie?
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:17 am |
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A View to a Kill by Duran Duran?
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:20 am |
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote: A View to a Kill by Duran Duran? That's another one!  6 down, 6 to go...
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:20 am |
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Would you count Axel F since it is the name of the main character?
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:21 am |
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And, how about this for a loophole? Did the song "Stand by Me" ever hit #1 when it was originally released? 
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Post subject: More 80s Movie Trivia: The Music Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:23 am |
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Joe Mayer wrote: Would you count Axel F since it is the name of the main character? Doesn't count. We need the movie title in there someplace.
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