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st poll: I give you a list of songs from artists/groups that only had 2 hit songs, can you tell me what the other song is?

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Jul 9 '13, 12:34

I will even give you the year it made it into the top 40 and the highest rank it got. bonus points for the correct artist i guess.

Take On Me (#1-1985)
One Week (#1-1998)
Unbelievable (#1-1991)
Rock Me Amadeus (#1-1986)
Blaze Of Glory (#1-1990)
The Morning After (#1-1973)
Love Song (#2-1989)
Couldn't Get It Right (#3-1977)
High Enough (#3-1991)
Thankyou (#3-2001)
The Safety Dance (#3-1983)
Back To Life (#4-1989)
3 A.M. Eternal (#5-1991)
Blurry (#5-2002)
Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) (#15-1976)
Hitchin' A Ride (#5-1970)
Steal Away (#6-1980)
Rico Suave (#7-1991)
Something About You (#7-1986)
What Would You Do? (#8-2001)
Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (#8-1991)
Bad Boys (#8-1993)
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? (#8-1997)
Backfield In Motion (#10-1969)
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (#11-1985)
Living In The Past (#11-1973)
Tight Rope (#11-1972)
Brazil (#11-1975)
Wipeout (#12-1987)
Milkshake (#3-2003)
Games People Play (#12-1969)
Kiss Me Deadly (#12-1988)
Never Ending Song Of Love (#13-1971)
Radar Love (#13-1974)
Money (#13-1973)
Runaway Train (#5-1993)
Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) (#14-1967)
Just The Way It Is, Baby (#14-1991)
Fill Me In (#15-2001)
Elvira (#5-1981)
Make It Easy On Yourself (#16-1965)
Spy In The House Of Love (#16-1988)
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong (#17-1992)
Love Ballad (#20-1976)

Responses:

couple of these threw me cause I was thinking: thank you is called kind and generous and what would you do is called sour girl -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:58 4
- dumbass. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 13:01 3
  - all I know is the names made me instantly think of better songs with the same words -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 13:02 2
    - that is why there were years included. - groiny Jul 9, 13:03 1
      - and that is why I didn't guess the wrong songs -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 13:04
White Flag, Dido. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:55
here is the whole list (spoilers i guess) (song, artist, song) - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:54 6
- Great quiz... but it had a built-in discouragement to name the artist, since that might tip other people off to the right answer if your song is wrong -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 13:10
- half credit for pop goes the world -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 13:01 4
  - dumbass. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 13:02 3
    - "bonus points for the correct artist i guess." - dogbert Jul 9, 13:03 2
      - pop goes the world is the artist????? - groiny Jul 9, 13:06 1
        
        "can you tell me what the other song is?" - dogbert Jul 9, 13:08
Rock Me Amadeus is Falco. -- nm - Shaun Jul 9, 12:52 2
- you're so pretty. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:53 1
  - Duh. -- nm - Shaun Jul 9, 12:54
Oh oh oh! "Money" must be Pink Floyd, so Another Brick in the Wall. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 9, 12:52 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:53
Gerardo We Want The Funk/Rico Suave -- nm - CQ Jul 9, 12:50 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:50
Kelis - Bossy also PFunk had Flashlight, but George Clinton had a few, Atomic Dog etc. -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 12:49 1
- flashlight for tear the roof off, yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:50
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:47
Onw Week is the Barenaked Ladies, but tough to pick their other hit (US-based I assume) since a bunch of their songs were hits here. -- nm - Shaun Jul 9, 12:47 2
- pinch me -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:51
- If I Had $1,000,000? -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 9, 12:48
Brand New Lover - Dead of Alive. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:46 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:48
EMF I Believe/ Unbelievable -- nm - CQ Jul 9, 12:46 3
- right artist, wrong song (if the list if have is correct) -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:46 2
  - Lies? -- nm - CQ Jul 9, 12:47 1
    - yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:47
Steal Away, Hotrod Hearts -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:45 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:47
She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:44 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:45
Gypsy Woman / 100% Pure Love. I'm a little embarrassed I know that. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 9, 12:44 2
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:47 1
  - La da dee, la da dow. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 9, 12:47
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?, I Don't Want to Wait -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:44 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:46
Coming of Age - Damn Yankees. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:44
Guessing now: Tear The Roof Off The Sucker/Atomic Dog, Love Song/Lullaby -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:41 2
- no, no -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:44 1
  - Just Like Heaven? -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:48
The Morning After, Maureen McGovern, Different Worlds (Theme to Angie) -- nm - amoxy Jul 9, 12:41 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:43
Sun Always Shines on TV, A-ha. -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:41 5
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:42 4
  - Seriously? That's my favorite a-ha song but I assumed Crying in the Rain would have ranked higher. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 9, 12:48 3
    - I do not even know Crying in the Rain. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:49 2
      - That's because you're a-ha ignorant. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 9, 12:51 1
        
        I knew the right answer though. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:51
Love Song, Signs? -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:41 1
- no -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:42
Just The Way It Is Baby/ I'll Be There For You -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 12:40 1
- yes -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:41
alone, twilight zone -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:38 8
- living on a prayer -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:40 6
  - pop goes the world -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:41 5
    - lies -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:43 4
      - two princess (or whatever it's called by the spin doctors) -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:47 3
        
        i am so confused by all of this, but yes, two princes is an anser -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:52 2
        
        sorry, wasn't giving the artists. at least half of mine are wrong though -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:53 1
        
        dumbass. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 12:56
- It's 3AM. - Spawn Jul 9, 12:39
Radar Love/Twilight Zone, Kiss Me Deadly/Close My Eyes Forever -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:38 1
- crap, I was thinking heart, not lita -- nm - dogbert Jul 9, 12:39
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong/Two Princes, Spy In The House of Love, Walk the Dinosaur, Runaway Train/Somebody To Shove? -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 12:36 1
- yes, yes, no -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:40
Fill Me In is by Craig David (he's my favorite singer), his other US hit was "7 Days" - MDH Jul 9, 12:36 1
- yup -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 12:39

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