Name That Tune, Game Forty-Four

The Rules:

  • MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses with the words “OFFICIAL UPDATE.” “Guess” is officially defined as “attempting to identify any one song.” Therefore, one comment that lists three songs counts as three guesses.
  • While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation.

How the game is played: I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Please bear in mind that both my record collection and knowledge of music are probably 5% of that of Scraps’, so these quizzes won’t be nearly as comprehensive – or even hit-based – as his were. I will use mostly well-known songs, but I reserve the right to use something obscure if it suits my needs, like it does this week. Live versions and covers are also fair game, though I will stay away from remixes, because that’s just mean.

There is a puzzle this week, and the songs in the game will offer a clue as to the puzzle song’s identity.

And here are the clips:

  1. clip 1
  2. clip 2
  3. clip 3
  4. clip 4
  5. clip 5
  6. clip 6
  7. clip 7
  8. clip 8
  9. clip 9
  10. clip 10
  11. clip 11
  12. clip 12
  13. clip 13
  14. clip 14
  15. clip 15
  16. clip 16
  17. clip 17
  18. clip 18
  19. clip 19
  20. clip 20
  21. clip 21
  22. clip 22
  23. clip 23
  24. clip 24
  25. clip 25
  26. Lastly, here’s the puzzle song:
    Puzzle Song

    I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post to more easily follow the progress of the game. Remember — please! — NO MORE THAN THREE GUESSES between updates of the list. Have fun!

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  • tippos
    2. Men at Work - Down Under
    4. John Cafferty et al. - Dark Side
    8. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
  • MarkoP
    1. U2 - Until the End of the World
    5. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
    12. The O Jays - For the Love of Money
  • #10: Rush, "Between the Wheels"
  • #6: Squeeze, "Up the Junction"
  • TuffGong
    3. Billy Squier - In The Dark
    14. Wings - With A Little Luck
    15. Benny Mardones - Into The Night
  • #19: Roxy Music, "While My Heart Is Still Beating"?
  • Make that "Over You".
  • By the way, here are the answers to the unguessed songs from the last game:

    2. "Jimmy's Fantasy," Redd Kross
    3. "Danny Boy," Rufus Wainwright
    Puzzle: "He's a Man,' The Other Ones

    All guesses so far are correct, except for Wall of Voodoo
  • volley
    #13 - Saga - On the loose
  • RLB
    7. In a Big Country, Big Country.
    25. Under the Milky Way, The Church


    I stand for the preposition that this is a clever one.
  • Eric
    #12 For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
  • Eric
    Oops, Someone beat me!
  • RLB
    Is the puzzle "Just What I Needed" by the Cars? Hmm.
  • Not the Cars. Good guess, though. All right, let's do a speed round version of the game today. Here is your first OFFICIAL UPDATE:

    1. "Until the End of the World," U2 (MarkoP)
    2. "Down Under," Men at Work (tippos)
    3. "In the Dark," Billy Squier (TuffGong)
    4. "On the Dark Side," John Cafferty (tippos)
    5. "Under Pressure," Queen & David Bowie (MarkoP)
    6. "Up the Junction," Squeeze (Francis)
    7. "In a Big Country," Big Country (RLB)
    8.
    9.
    10. "Between the Wheels," Rush (Francis)
    11.
    12. "For the Love of Money," The O-Jays (MarkoP)
    13. "On the Loose," Saga (volley)
    14. "With a Little Luck," Wings (TuffGong)
    15. "Into the Night," Benny Mardones (TuffGong)
    16.
    17.
    18.
    19. "Over You," Roxy Music (Francis)
    20.
    21.
    22.
    23.
    24.
    25. "Under the Milky Way," The Church (RLB)
    Puzzle:
  • #22: Asia, "Without You"?
  • Yes.
  • I'll take a stab at the puzzle song -- "Up Up Up Up Up Up" by Ani DiFranco?
  • JerryM
    Is 18 'Til I Hear it From You by Gin Blossoms?
  • RLB
    I was just thinking that myself. Definitely has that 90s Toad-Blossoms sound.
  • JerryM
    Ha! I ran through all the Toad songs I could think of in my head before I settled on this guess.
  • Not the Gin Blossoms, though I thought about using it. Check your Toad records a little closer.

    Puzzle song is not Ani DiFranco.
  • tippos
    11. Like a Prayer - Madonna?
  • tippos
    I can't believe I missed this one earlier:

    8. Underworld - Underneath the Radar
  • luffy66
    17. For all We Know- Carpenters
  • Madonna, Underworld and the Carpenters are correct.
  • 21. Crowded House - "In My Command"
  • JT
    18-Inside -Toad the wet sprocket
    23-In your room- bangles
  • JT
    8-Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
  • JT
    My bad- looks like 8 is Underworld, but hey- its Underworld, maybe they sampled!
  • Nope, the Underworld song came 10 years before the Harvey Danger song.
  • Crowded House, Toad and the Bangles are correct. Only a few left. Let's do an UPDATE with CLUES:

    1. "Until the End of the World," U2 (MarkoP)
    2. "Down Under," Men at Work (tippos)
    3. "In the Dark," Billy Squier (TuffGong)
    4. "On the Dark Side," John Cafferty (tippos)
    5. "Under Pressure," Queen & David Bowie (MarkoP)
    6. "Up the Junction," Squeeze (Francis)
    7. "In a Big Country," Big Country (RLB)
    8. "Underneath the Radar," Underworld (tippos)
    9. Top 40 hit by monster arena rock band
    10. "Between the Wheels," Rush (Francis)
    11. "Like a Prayer," Madonna (tippos)
    12. "For the Love of Money," The O-Jays (MarkoP)
    13. "On the Loose," Saga (volley)
    14. "With a Little Luck," Wings (TuffGong)
    15. "Into the Night," Benny Mardones (TuffGong)
    16. Big MTV song by band whose singer would save the world
    17. "For All We Know," The Carpenters (Luffy66)
    18. "Inside," Toad the Wet Sprocket (JT)
    19. "Over You," Roxy Music (Francis)
    20. Rock radio hit from SF rock band
    21. "In My Command," Crowded House (Gary Oxford)
    22. "Without You," Asia (Francis)
    23. "In Your Room," The Bangles (JT)
    24. New wave band teamed up with classic rock producer
    25. "Under the Milky Way," The Church (RLB)
    Puzzle: Fire. Boom.
  • tangstrom
    16. Up All Night - The Boomtown Rats
  • 20. The Tubes - "Talk To Ya Later"
  • Right band, wrong song.
  • "When You're Ready to Come", maybe?
  • JT
    Im just going throw this out there-
    Puzzle- INXS-New Sensation?
    9-Journey-?
  • Oh, come on, you have to give me at least a song title. :)

    INXS is incorrect.
  • You know, I thought that was Journey, but then I didn't see anything that rang a bell on their greatest hits album. Guess they didn't think getting to #23 counted. "After the Fall."
  • JT
    I thought 20 was also Journey cause of the hint (SF rock band)..
    I dont know their stuff past grt hits so its up to the faithful to figure it out.
    I thought the puzzle was forsure INXS.
  • Journey and the Boomtown Rats are correct. As for the Tubes, I'm sure our friend Terje (Big hint! Big hint!) will know this one.
  • tangstrom
    20. How about "Out of the Business" by The Tubes?
  • "Out of the Business" is correct.
  • RLB
    OK, this might be dumb, but is the Puzzle AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock"?
  • YES! Ding ding ding! "For Those About to Rock" is correct. Nicely done, sir.

    Oh, and #24 is "Like Flames" by Berlin. See you guys in two weeks!
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