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All these famous faces made songs in the eighties- but can you match the song title to the image? Let's find out in the quiz that tests your facial recognition as well as your music knowledge!

Can You Score Top Of The Pops On This Eighties Music Quiz?

It's Michael Jackson!

Let's start off easy! Which of these famous singers sang 'Billie Jean' in 1988?

Prince

Who sang 'Purple Rain'?

Seal

Who sang 'Kiss from a Rose'?

David Bowie

Who sang 'China Girl'?

Elton John

Who sang 'I'm Still Standing'?

Bryan Adams

Who sang 'Summer of '69'?

Madonna 

Who sang 'Papa Don't Preach'?

Ozzy Osbourne

Who sang 'Shot in the Dark'?

Paul McCartney

Who sang 'Wonderful Christmastime'?

Sananda Maitreya (better known as Terence Trent D'Arby)

Who sang 'Sign Your Name'?

Boy George/ Culture Club

Who sang 'Karma Chameleon'?

George Michael

Who sang 'Careless Whisper'?

Bobby Brown

Who sang 'Cool It Now'?

Rick Astley

Who sang 'Never Gonna Give You Up'?

Terry Hall/ The Specials

Who sang 'Ghost Town'?

LL Cool J

Who sang 'I'm Bad'?

Kenny Rogers

Who sang 'Lucille'?

Kate Bush

Who sang 'Babooshka'?

Jimmy Somerville/ The Communards

Who sang 'Disenchanted'?

Tracy Chapman

Who sang 'Fast Car'?

Steve Winwood (the Whitney Houston remix was not the original!)

Who originally sang 'Higher Love'?

Alice Cooper

Who sang 'Bed of Nails'?

Jason Donovan

Who sang 'Too Many Broken Hearts'?

Sting/ The Police

Who sang 'Message in a Bottle'?

Cher

Who sang 'We All Sleep Alone'?

Freddie Mercury/ Queen

And, finally for the quiz, who sang 'Another One Bites the Dust'?

Well, you didn't do the best on this quiz! Your knowledge of the music from this time period isn't great, maybe you should go and listen to some  songs!

Not Too Sharp

Your score isn't the worst it could be. Maybe you have heard a few of these on the radio but you don't really pay attention to who they're by. I hope this quiz has helped you brush up on your music knowledge!

Is that the best you got?

You got half of them right! This quiz certainly doesn't feature your favourite genre of music and I'm sure with a little focus you could have done better. Hopefully this quiz has helped improve your skills.

We're Halfway there

It's not terrible and it's not excellent, you did alright!  I hope this quiz helped you brush up your knowledge!

Mediocre

You have an decent amount of music knowledge from this era- you are aware of the basics. Not too bad!

Getting there

You got a pretty good score! You know a good few of these songs and recognise the people who sang them! Congratulations!

Yaaaaaas

Yaaaaaaas

Almost there!

Good job, it's fair to say that you know your stuff about music- congratulations! 

23 is an ace score, well done! Here is an image of Julian Cope with an interesting hair style to celebrate your success.

Top of the Pops 

Almost there- you were two away from the top spot! You know your stuff when it comes to music of this era, congratulations!

Top of the Pops

Damn, you were so close to the glory of full marks! You are almost an expert at everything on this quiz, congratulations!

Yay, you couldn't have done any better! You are a total expert when it comes to this sort of thing. You are probably wondering why I didn't make it any harder for you. Impressive- well done!

TOP of the Pops

Well, that could have gone better! Maybe this really isn't your thing, maybe you live somewhere where they don't play this music. Nevermind, at least you made it this far!

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