| Song Name | Artist | Release Year | Hint | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice | 1990 | Vanilla Ice wrote his only number one hit when he was sixteen. | 91%
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| Take On Me | a-ha | 1984 | This catchy love song is perhaps better known for its sketchy animated music video. | 87%
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| Who Let the Dogs Out | Baha Men | 2000 | This enduring party anthem wants to know the identity of whoever released the canids. | 83%
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| Barbie Girl | Aqua | 1997 | This cheery Scandinavian pop tune led to a lawsuit by toy company Mattel. | 80%
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| 99 Luftballons | Nena | 1983 | This German-language new wave hit is actually about nuclear war. | 70%
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| Don't Worry, Be Happy | Bobby McFerrin | 1988 | This feel-good smash hit gains its title from an Indian guru's personal mantra. | 70%
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| Video Killed the Radio Star | The Buggles | 1979 | This synth-pop hit heralding the popularity of television was the first music video played on MTV. | 70%
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| Come on Eileen | Dexys Midnight Runners | 1982 | This jaunty tune about escaping a quiet town contains Celtic folk influences. | 67%
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| It's Raining Men | The Weather Girls | 1982 | This disco-inspired hit was originally offered to Donna Summers, who turned it down. | 67%
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| My Sharona | The Knack | 1979 | This love song was allegedly written in just fifteen minutes about the lead singer's girlfriend. | 65%
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| Macarena | Los Del Rio | 1993 | This famously catchy dance hit is actually about a woman cheating on her boyfriend in the military. | 63%
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| Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm | 2001 | This nu-metal track is a rendition of a Michael Jackson hit from 1988. | 61%
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| Whip It | Devo | 1980 | This new wave song, supposedly about American optimism, was one of the most unexpected smash hits of the 1980s. | 57%
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| Teenage Dirtbag | Wheatus | 2000 | This song about unrequited high school love is also a protest against musical censorship. | 50%
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| Somebody That I Used to Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra | 2011 | This duet has a music video consisting of a naked Gotye being painted into a wall. | 48%
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| You're Beautiful | James Blunt | 2005 | This deceptively dark song was inspired by a meeting with Blunt's ex-girlfriend on the subway. | 48%
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| In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry | 1970 | This carefree skiffle hit eventually sold 30 million copies. | 43%
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| Closing Time | Semisonic | 1998 | This enduring rock song is about the transition between two periods of life (or about being born). | 39%
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| Wipe Out | Surfaris | 1963 | This instrumental surf rock hit may be the most recognizable song of the genre. | 39%
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| In the Year 2525 | Zager and Evans | 1969 | This cautionary tale describes humanity's future in one-thousand-year snapshots. | 35%
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| Just a Friend | Biz Markie | 1989 | This rap song is the story of a man trying to uncover his girlfriend's infidelity. | 28%
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