Monday, July 31, 2023

Music Trivia: R

All of these songs have one-word titles that begin with the letter R.  How many can you get?

1.  This late-70s Styx hit was written by Tommy Shaw, but fellow guitarist JY played the guitar solo on it.

2.  This mid-70s Fleetwood Mac song cemented Stevie Nicks' witchy persona.

3.  This late-70s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers hit reached #15 on the Billboard charts and, according to Wikipedia, "is widely regarded as one of Petty's best songs."

4.  This late-90s Collective Soul hit was from their platinum-certified 4th album. 

5.  This early-90s Black Crowes hit is said to be about the war on drugs.

8 comments:

Pseudotsuga said...

I could only get the first two without resorting to the internet.
I'm a lamer... ;-)

Anonymous said...

#3. Refugee?

Darren said...

Of course it is! Interestingly enough, though, it's not my favorite song on that album. That title goes to Here Comes My Girl.

Anonymous said...

1. Renegade
2. Rhiannon
3. Refugee

Anonymous said...

Early ’70s Yes hit whose title relates to traffic management infrastructure.

Anonymous said...

1980 Herb Alpert #1 hit later sampled by Biggie Smalls.

Anonymous said...

The Police broke through in 1979 with this song about the world’s oldest profession.

Darren said...

4. Run
5. Remedy