'90s Pop Songs
How much do you know about these '90s pop songs?
#1 Type answer 30 seconds
I wanna really, really, really, wanna _______-__?
zigazig-ah
zigazigah
zigazig ah
According to Mel C, zigazig-ah is a word the five of them made up while "having a giggle".
#2 Buttons 20 seconds
According to Zac Hanson, this song represents a frame of time or the futility of life, what is it called?
MMMBop
I Will Come To You
If Only
Two Princes
Paraphrasing Zac, "Things are limited, whether it's your youth or money - all that's going to be left are your people."
#3 Buttons 20 seconds
"Losing My Religion" won the Grammy in 1991 for Best Pop Performance, who were the artists behind this song?
R.E.M.
U2
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
According to Lead Guitarist, Peter Buck, Warner Bros. didn't want the song as a single, no one thought it would succeed.
#4 Buttons 20 seconds
The music in "U Can't Touch This" is sampled from "VIDA LOCA". True or False?
False
True
It's actually based on "Super Freak" by Rick James. "VIDA LOCA" came out in 2020, 10 years after this MC Hammer classic.
#5 Buttons 20 seconds
This song was the only American hit for the band The Verve, what is it called?
Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Drugs Don't Work
Losing My Religion
The Last Time
The Verve released "The Drugs Don't Work" after "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and made it to #1 in the UK
#6 Buttons 20 seconds
This song made it on China's Ministry of Culture's list of 100 songs to be removed from the Internet. True or false?
True
False
Banned 12 years after its release, the ministry claimed it had been released without a mandatory screening process.
#7 Buttons 20 seconds
In 1991, "Good Vibrations" was the very first and most popular single released by which well-known actor?
Mark Wahlberg
Justin Timberlake
Will Smith
Donny Wahlberg
Rumor has it that Wahlberg gets very upset at the mention of his days as a rap singer or his nickname, "Marky Mark"
#8 Buttons 20 seconds
The 1994 Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal goes to Boys ___ Men for "I'll Make Love To You"
II
2
To
Two
Part of this song was even performed by a group of penguins in the 2006 animated film "Happy Feet"
#9 Type answer 30 seconds
This is the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by Celine Dion. What movie was it written for?
Titanic
Released November 7, 1997, this song was the biggest selling single worldwide in 1998.
#10 Buttons 20 seconds
This was the only US Top 40 hit for the group Chumbawamba, what is the name of this well-known single?
Tubthumping
I Get Knocked Down
Knocked Down
Farewell To The Crown
In England, a tubthumper is a politician. In the U.S., tubthumping is equivalent to campaigning.
#11 Buttons 20 seconds
TLC's "Waterfalls" won the Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1995. Who performed back up for this track?
CeeLo Green
Jodeci
Bell Biv DeVoe
112
"I was working at the same studio because we were on the same label, and they just asked me." - CeeLo Green
#12 Buttons 20 seconds
12 different writers are credited as composers on "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It", but who wrote and performed the lyrics?
Will Smith
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Puff Daddy
Ma$e
Smith won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1999 for this song.
#13 Buttons 20 seconds
Two members of Destiny's Child sang on this track but were replaced in the music video. True or False?
True
False
LeTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett alleged they didn't even know they were out of the group until they saw the video.
#14 Buttons 20 seconds
Famous for shutting down bars, "Closing Time" was written by Dan Wilson and performed by which group?
Semisonic
Third Eye Blind
The Wallflowers
Counting Crows
"It's all about being born and coming into the world, seeing the bright lights, cutting the cord.." - Wilson
