Sunday, September 7, 2008

September Gurls - Random Trivia Answers

  • A1) "Gonna Fly Now". Sorry, no points for "Theme from Rocky" because it doesn't fit the quiz theme.
  • A2) "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)". In the U.K., the single from her number one album Whitney took over the top spot from Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", another song that could have been included in this list.
  • A3) "Never Gonna Give You Up". Nearly two decades later, Astley's first #1 song zoomed back into popularity in a prank called Rickrolling, in which web links are intentionally redirected to a video of this song instead of the content that the user expects.
  • A4) "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You". The lip-syncing duo took over the #1 spot from Gloria Estefan's "Don't Wanna Lose You", another eligible tune.
  • A5) "Nothing Compares 2 U". Prince originally wrote this song for his R&B band called the Family.
  • A6) "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)". The song from the album of the same name (minus the parenthetical modifier) led to a lawsuit by Martha Wash, whom Columbia Records had considered unmarketable and had not originally credited with the vocals.
  • A7) "I Don't Wanna Cry". This song marked the beginning of Carey's song-writing partnership with Narada Michael Walden after a string of hits with Ben Marguiles.
  • A8) "Wannabe". The signature song became the all-time best-selling song by a female group, topping the charts in 31 countries and surpassing six million sales.
  • A9) "U Remind Me". If the song reminds you of Mary J. Blige, that's because Usher borrowed snippets from her similarly titled song "You Remind Me" from a decade earlier.
  • A10) "Shake Ya Tailfeather". The single from the movie Bad Boys II begins with Florida State University's famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) war chant.
  • A11) "In Da Club". The hip hop song from Get Rich or Die Tryin' helped the first half of the album's title come true as 50 Cent's first Hot 100 #1 song.
  • A12) "Hey Ya!". The upbeat single held the top spot for an impressive nine weeks, from December 13, 2003 to February 7, 2004.

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