Music Quiz World   |   1982 Song Lyrics Quiz

Back in time to 1982. It was the year of E.T., The Falklands Conflict and the World Cup in Spain.

If you remember 1982, you'll remember the great music that was around - test your memory with this twenty question music quiz. Each question in this quiz features a lyric from a song that hit the charts in 1982 - can you name the song and artist?


Q1. You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me...

Human League - Don't You Want Me

Q2. I heat up, I can't cool down...

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Q3. The love we share seems to go nowhere...

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Q4. A hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts...

The Jam - A Town Called Malice

Q5. Down below the cars in the city go rushing by, I sit here alone and I wonder why...

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Q6. Who broke my heart? You did, you did...

ABC - Poison Arrow

Q7. Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear?

Haircut 100 - Love Plus One

Q8. Are you the kind to put your heart on the line, or one who stays out of reach...

Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good

Q9. In touch with the ground, I'm on the hunt, I'm after you...

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Q10. Good morning miss, can I help you son?

Madness - House Of Fun

Q11. I'll never do something to hurt you, though, oh but the feeling is bad, the feeling is bad...

Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance

Q12. And I'm so tall, I'm so tall, you raise me and then you let me fall...

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

Q13. And then you realise you got nothing left to lose...

The Mighty Wah - Story Of The Blues

Q14. It's not the way you look, it's not the way that you smile...

Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

Q15. It was a cool and lovely breezy afternoon, how does it feel when you've got no food?

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

Q16. Give me time, to realise my crime, let me love and steal...

Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Q17. So many times, it happens too fast, you change your passion for glory...

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Q18. Can't stop now, don't you know, I ain't never gonna let you go...

Yazoo - Don't Go

Q19. Poor old Johnny Ray, sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono...

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Q20. You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?

Captain Sensible - Happy Talk