Time to break out those bell bottoms and tie-dyed t-shirts. Get out your pet rock and your mood ring. It's time to relive the groovy 1970s, musically that is. Name the title and artist of the song that gave us these classic, or not so classic, lyrics.
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You can participate in this page. The percentages that appear in front of the numbers indicate the percentage of visitors who have correctly identified the lyric and artist. Send your answers to us, and we'll include your guesses in our tally. (Excel spreadsheets available upon request if you want to send your answers that way).
98% | 1 | February made me shiver |
78% | 2 | All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover |
73% | 3 | Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough |
96% | 4 | You don't have to be coy, Roy |
64% | 5 | Fly me away to the bright side of the moon |
88% | 6 | But there were planes to catch and bills to pay |
45% | 7 | He gave his life for tourism |
58% | 8 | Coloured lights can hypnotize |
55% | 9 | To think that only yesterday I was cheerful, bright and gay |
34% | 10 | Her name was Ann and I'll be damned |
35% | 11 | Almost rang the phone off the wall |
58% | 12 | In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps |
90% | 13 | Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose |
75% | 14 | Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls. |
63% | 15 | Hey ramblin' boy now wontcha settle down? |
20% | 16 | You don't give a heck about the man with the bible in his hand |
78% | 17 | Well we got no class and we got no principles |
25% | 18 | Time was drifting, this rock had got to roll |
46% | 19 | At a tombstone bar in a juke-joint car |
26% | 20 | I ain't never been with a woman long enough for my boots to get old. |
53% | 21 | Conventionalitly belongs to yesterday |
43% | 22 | Music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a chance |
80% | 23 | I never knew me a better time |
38% | 24 | Gonna fly right out of here without a single word |
44% | 25 | Give me a dime so I can phone my mother |
10% | 26 | Too much of anything is not good for you |
30% | 27 | With a bit of rock music, everything is fine |
71% | 28 | Papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done |
11% | 29 | Vernon'll meet me when the Boac lands |
15% | 30 | I wanna be your be your rubber ball |
13% | 31 | I feel a warmth in my heart and my soul that I never knew |
20% | 32 | Gonna dance with my baby till the night is thru |
31% | 33 | Why in the world would anybody put chains on me? |
68% | 34 | You gave away the things you loved |
40% | 35 | I'm not supposed to be alone with you |
56% | 36 | He was born in the summer of his 27th year |
58% | 37 | The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz |
48% | 38 | Lions and tigers who wait in the shadows |
15% | 39 | Born a man-child of the sun |
55% | 40 | All of the bad feelings have disappeared |
46% | 41 | Mount your horses draw your sword |
49% | 42 | I got a funny feeling when she walked in the room |
70% | 43 | Just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed |
41% | 44 | Seven horses seem to be on the mark |
58% | 45 | Mama, take this badge off of me |
55% | 46 | It's got a back beat, you can't lose it |
25% | 47 | Well, it's no big sin to stick your two cents in |
46% | 48 | 'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler and a sweet-taIking-ladies man |
25% | 49 | I'll shine up my old brown shoes |
13% | 50 | Everyday is such a perfect day to spend alone with you |
14% | 51 | Do you think I'm home just sitting around? |
50% | 52 | We've come too far to leave it all behind |
43% | 53 | If I can't find me a honey to help me spend my money |
23% | 54 | Your kisses lift me higher |
25% | 55 | Now, I really want to see you |
35% | 56 | You drink the night away and forget about everything |
75% | 57 | Did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today |
43% | 58 | Sometimes in our lives we all have pain |
63% | 59 | Don't know the reason that I stayed here all season |
44% | 60 | The soldier-blues were trapped on a hillside |
29% | 61 | You know that's a game that I hate to lose |
33% | 62 | Don't you know that it's wrong to take what is given you |
54% | 63 | Used to be my life was just emotions passing by |
61% | 64 | If you give a little more then you're asking for |
54% | 65 | I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's lovin' me |
59% | 66 | Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head |
28% | 67 | It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June |
16% | 68 | Let the music take your mind |
39% | 69 | Thunder is your night light |
20% | 70 | Til forever on it goes,through the circle fast and slow |
51% | 71 | Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking |
55% | 72 | You know sometimes words have two meanings. |
46% | 73 | Before you can eat you gotta dance like Fred Astaire |
50% | 74 | I remember to this day the bright red Georgia clay |
13% | 75 | I don't understand what you're lookin' to find |
68% | 76 | Young and beautiful, but someday your looks'll be gone |
61% | 77 | Turned on some music to start my day |
25% | 78 | I might have to move heaven and earth to prove it to you, baby |
34% | 79 | He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee |
70% | 80 | Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name |
45% | 81 | Close your eyes and think of me |
16% | 82 | Honey doggone it I depend upon it |
21% | 83 | Reflexes got the better of me |
85% | 84 | In my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me |
54% | 85 | He came on a summer's day bringin' gifts from far away |
55% | 86 | I won't share you with another boy |
30% | 87 | I wonder if I'm dreaming, I feel so unashamed |
25% | 88 | Running around as you do with your head up in the clouds |
41% | 89 | The rich relationed hometown queen married into what she needs |
49% | 90 | I knew her smile in an instant |
35% | 91 | There's a reason why I'm feelin' so high |
36% | 92 | I've been waiting in the hall, been waiting on your call |
20% | 93 | You had me down, 21 to zip |
68% | 94 | There's something wrong here, there can be no denying |
75% | 95 | The operator says 40 cents more for the next three minutes |
35% | 96 | I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday |
68% | 97 | So if I call you, don't make a fuss |
21% | 98 | Your ability to reason is swept away |
41% | 99 | Stranger dressed in black, she's a hungry child |
38% | 100 | You got your spell on me, baby. |
50% | 101 | Like a picture she was layin' there |
63% | 102 | Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming |
83% | 103 | Players only love you when they're playing |
35% | 104 | You better get yourself together darlin' |
74% | 105 | Our love is like a ship on the ocean |
15% | 106 | The sudden motion made me skip |
38% | 107 | I'm a loveable man and I can take you to the nearest star |
69% | 108 | Sail on silver girl |
78% | 109 | You got your demons, you got desires |
73% | 110 | I never understood a single word he said |
34% | 111 | Will you be ready when I call your bluff |
68% | 112 | Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school |
41% | 113 | Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young |
79% | 114 | I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud |
41% | 115 | I could not run away it seemed, we'd seen each other in a dream |
21% | 116 | You'll always be the only one for me |
39% | 117 | I would kiss the ground she walks on |
33% | 118 | I can see in your eyes, I'm happy you know it |
31% | 119 | Never heard nothin' but bad things about him |
18% | 120 | I got no fare to ride a train |
44% | 121 | These are the lips that can't help callin' your name |
69% | 122 | You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself |
44% | 123 | There is wonder in most every thing I see |
49% | 124 | I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie |
13% | 125 | Whatever you want to do is all right with me |
8% | 126 | They stand when I walk through the neighborhoods |
50% | 127 | She ain't got no money her clothes are kinda funny |
43% | 128 | You step inside but you don't see too many faces |
23% | 129 | Togetherness, well that's all I'm after |
48% | 130 | Oh, babe I wanna taste your lips |
53% | 131 | You like your life in a free-form style |
68% | 132 | Rubbing sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite |
26% | 133 | She danced without a net upon the wire |
20% | 134 | Everything I do always takes me home to you |
45% | 135 | Well you're dirty and sweet, clad in black |
39% | 136 | Take time to make time, make time to be there |
28% | 137 | You started this fire down in my soul |
38% | 138 | Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley |
28% | 139 | There's too many places I gotta see |
33% | 140 | I looked at your face every day |
61% | 141 | It was like lightning, everybody was frightening |
9% | 142 | She's wearing my high school ring on her chain |
60% | 143 | If it were easy as fishin' you could be a musician |
59% | 144 | You make my motor run, my motor run |
45% | 145 | The boss don't mind sometimes if you act the fool |
23% | 146 | You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot |
30% | 147 | Just because a record has a groove don't make it in the groove |
45% | 148 | Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash |
20% | 149 | Way down around Vicksburg around Louisiana way |
49% | 150 | We weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit |
44% | 151 | Used to be's don't count anymore |
49% | 152 | If you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you |
20% | 153 | Things ain't what they used to be, no, no |
58% | 154 | Well, I don't know but I say love is kind |
28% | 155 | I gotta catch a noon train |
23% | 156 | When the music stopped I returned to my seat |
53% | 157 | At night we ride through mansions of glory |
36% | 158 | Demonstrating sweet love and affection |
60% | 159 | You can sing it with a cry in your voice |
61% | 160 | On board I'm the captain so climb aboard |
43% | 161 | When it all was over we had to find another place |
44% | 162 | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
15% | 163 | You've brought a lot of sunshine into my life |
26% | 164 | The dying embers of the night, a fire that slowly fades to dawn |
20% | 165 | We've just begun to get our share of the world's delights |
59% | 166 | You tell yourself you're not my kind but you don't even know your mind |
28% | 167 | When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitter |
86% | 168 | I'll stay on the bus forget about us |
58% | 169 | If anyone should ever write my life story |
54% | 170 | So many nights I'd sit by my window |
88% | 171 | Some people call me the space cowboy |
73% | 172 | You walked out of my dreams and into my arms |
55% | 173 | There are times when all the world's asleep |
64% | 174 | So smile for a while and let's be jolly |
29% | 175 | We let so many dreams just slip through our hands |
40% | 176 | The breakup we had has made me lonesome and sad |
60% | 177 | See the curtains hanging in the window |
30% | 178 | There'll be no parade, no TV or stage |
33% | 179 | Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields |
58% | 180 | There's been a hoot owl howling outside my window now |
53% | 181 | All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see |
75% | 182 | The stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach |
28% | 183 | No man does it all by himself |
30% | 184 | You can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away |
36% | 185 | You're fine and you're mine and you look so divine |
30% | 186 | You're a genie in disguise |
51% | 187 | Your dreams were your ticket out |
44% | 188 | I'm a soldier in the war on poverty |
13% | 189 | Fever, temperature's risin' now |
50% | 190 | I broke a heart, that's gentle and true |
84% | 191 | Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality |
49% | 192 | Sweet, sweet Connie, doin' her act |
55% | 193 | Talk about your childhood wishes |
16% | 194 | Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire |
18% | 195 | Ah, peace throughout the land |
45% | 196 | Nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain |
33% | 197 | Sometimes I can't help seeing all the way through |
46% | 198 | Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed |
20% | 199 | There is none so blind as he who will not see |
65% | 200 | Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants |
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