# One Hit Wonder Lyrics Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363 "2001-08-07T21:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/1 "2001-08-07T21:58:29Z")
Seemed like a good time for another one of these. Identify the song & artist for the lyrics given below. Each line comes from an act that was a one-hit wonder (only one Top 40 Hit) in the US. 1. “Meanwhile, back in the states.” 2. “I want a brave man, I want a cave man.” 3. “My social life’s a dud.” 4. “It’s a good thing for me they don’t bottle the stuff.” 5. “Poor old Johnny Ray.” 6. “I gotta boogie-woogie like a knife in the back.” 7. “CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others.” 8. “Cancer…And my name is Larry.” 9. “Take it seriously or take it somewhere else.” 10. “Try some, buy some, fee-fi-fo-fum.” 11. “I was the black sheep of the family.” 12. “Got my sun roof down, got my diamond in the back.” 13. “This train’s got the disappearing railroad blues.” 14. “Give me southern kisses beneath the moon.” 15. “We will live each day in springtime.” 16. “Life’s for living, that’s our philosophy.” 17. “Can’t get no love, can’t get satisfaction.” 18. “He can’t even run his own life, I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine.” 19. “Beware of the handshake that hides a snake.” 20. “He’s never near you, to comfort and cheer you.” 21. “I got pictures, candy, I’m a loveable man.” 22. “I want a doctor to take a picture.” 23. “I felt so left out 'til I got to know her.” 24. “Go ahead and hate your neighbor.” 25. “Don’t let the screen door hit you on your way out.” ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/2 "2001-08-07T22:01:22Z")
1. come on eileen -dexys midnight runners ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/3 "2001-08-07T22:03:33Z")
5: Dexys Midnight Runners, “Come On Eileen” 10: M, “Pop Muzik” 22: Vapors, “Turning Japanese” 24: “One Tin Soldier”. I have no idea whose one-hit it was though. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/4 "2001-08-07T22:06:42Z")
1. “Try some, buy some, fee-fi-fo-fum.” - Pop Music by M? 2. “Go ahead and hate your neighbor.” - One Tin Soldier (Ode to Billy Jack) by Coven ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/5 "2001-08-07T22:08:41Z")
1. “He can’t even run his own life, I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine.” Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/6 "2001-08-07T22:09:52Z")
1. “This train’s got the disappearing railroad blues.” City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (whose father was not a one hit wonder) ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/7 "2001-08-07T22:10:09Z")
Thanks for getting the only ones I could, **ruadh** … …except for number eight, which I think is “Float On” by The Floaters. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/8 "2001-08-07T22:10:58Z")
1. “I was the black sheep of the family.” Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jack ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/9 "2001-08-07T22:12:03Z")
1. - **Life is a Rock (but the Radio Rolled Me)**, by somebody or other. 2. Kind of sounds like **Nationwide** by _ZZ Top_ but I don’t specifically recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/10 "2001-08-07T22:14:10Z")
1. **I Suck at This Game** by Jack Batty and the Flaming Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/11 "2001-08-07T22:41:00Z")
2)“Johnny Get Angry,” by…oh damn, is it Shelley Fabares? 1. “Loving You,” by Minnie Riperton 2. “I’m No Better Than Jack Batty,” by Persephone and the Hades Homeboys ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/12 "2001-08-07T22:43:31Z")
16 : _In the Summertime_ by **Mungo Jerry** 21 : _Vehicle_ by **The Ides of March** ---
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/13 "2001-08-07T23:45:42Z")
1. “I want a brave man, I want a cave man.” _Johnny Get Angry_ by Joanie Sommers 2. “It’s a good thing for me they don’t bottle the stuff.” _Double Shot (of my Baby’s Love)_ by The Swingin’ Medallions. 3. “Don’t let the screen door hit you on your way out.” _Smoke of a Distant Fire_ by Sandford-Townsend Band. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/14 "2001-08-07T23:50:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ruadh \* > \*\*24: “One Tin Soldier”. I have no idea whose one-hit it was though. \*\* The Small Faces, I believe. Unless I’m thinking of the wrong song. ---
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/15 "2001-08-07T23:54:41Z")
1. “My social life’s a dud.” _Talk Talk_ by Music Machine ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/16 "2001-08-08T00:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*12) Kind of sounds like **Nationwide** by _ZZ Top_ but I don’t specifically recognize it. \*\* **Shame, Shame, Shame** by _Shirley and Company_. Covered in the early 90’s, by a girl. Another one hit wonder. Isabella? Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Knight16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@Knight16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knight16)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/17 "2001-08-08T00:44:59Z")
(1) Stranded in the Jungle by the Coasters (?) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/18 "2001-08-08T00:46:24Z")
“Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)” is by Reunion, the lead singer was the guy who sang that “Yummy yummy yummy, I’ve got love in my tummy,” song or however it went. My sig also has a one-hit wonder lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/19 "2001-08-08T00:49:51Z")
Number 19 is the song “Smiling Faces” but I can’t remember the group that recorded it. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363/20 "2001-08-08T11:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fish42 \* > \*\*Seemed like a good time for another one of these. > > Identify the song & artist for the lyrics given below. Each line comes from an act that was a one-hit wonder (only one Top 40 Hit) in the US. > > 1. “Meanwhile, back in the states.” Stranded in the Jungle – The New York Dolls. > 2. “I want a brave man, I want a cave man.” > 3. “My social life’s a dud.” > 4. “It’s a good thing for me they don’t bottle the stuff.” > 5. “Poor old Johnny Ray.” Come on Eileen. > 6. “I gotta boogie-woogie like a knife in the back.” > 7. “CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others.” > 8. “Cancer…And my name is Larry.” > 9. “Take it seriously or take it somewhere else.” > 10. “Try some, buy some, fee-fi-fo-fum.” > 11. “I was the black sheep of the family.” > 12. “Got my sun roof down, got my diamond in the back.” > 13. “This train’s got the disappearing railroad blues.” City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie > 14. “Give me southern kisses beneath the moon.” > 15. “We will live each day in springtime.” Loving You > 16. “Life’s for living, that’s our philosophy.” > 17. “Can’t get no love, can’t get satisfaction.” > 18. “He can’t even run his own life, I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine.” Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards > 19. “Beware of the handshake that hides a snake.” > 20. “He’s never near you, to comfort and cheer you.” Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam > 21. “I got pictures, candy, I’m a loveable man.” > 22. “I want a doctor to take a picture.” > 23. “I felt so left out 'til I got to know her.” > 24. “Go ahead and hate your neighbor.” > 25. “Don’t let the screen door hit you on your way out.” \*\* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-lyrics-quiz/75363.md?page=2)