Can You Identify These 60's Hits Using Just the First Line of the Song?

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The 1960s were a time of breaking outside of cultural norms, and one of the lasting ways it managed to do this was through music. During this time, the old wholesome songs were thrown aside in favor of the new and the now. No more pretending everything was fine when it most certainly wasn't. The younger people were tired of war and tired of authority. See if you can guess these famous songs based on their first lines – 9 out of 10 people fail!


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60's Hits Quiz Questions

34 Questions · 99.4K Plays · 8 Comments

Question 1

Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste

  • A
    Hope You Guess My Name
  • B
    Hello, I Love You
  • C
    Sympathy for the Devil
  • D
    I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Question 2

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day / When it's cold outside I've got the month of May

  • A
    My Girl
  • B
    I Guess You'd Say
  • C
    She's Mine
  • D
    I Won't Turn Back

Question 3

Hello darkness my old friend/ I've come to talk with you again

  • A
    Silence
  • B
    The Sound of Silence
  • C
    Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In
  • D
    Bridge Over Troubled Water

Question 4

When the moon is in the Seventh House/ And Jupiter aligns with Mars

  • A
    Here Comes the Sun
  • B
    Pleasant Valley Sunday
  • C
    Let The Sun Shine In
  • D
    Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

Question 5

There are places I'll remember / All my life, though some have changed

  • A
    In My Life
  • B
    All My Life
  • C
    She Loves You
  • D
    Hey Jude

Question 6

There's something happening here / What it is ain't exactly clear

  • A
    Stop Hey, What's That Sound?
  • B
    For What It's Worth
  • C
    Everybody Look What's Going Down
  • D
    Spirit in the Sky

Question 7

Well no one told me about her/ The way she lied

  • A
    It's Too Late
  • B
    What Could I Do?
  • C
    The House of the Rising Sun
  • D
    She's Not There

Question 8

We skipped the light fandango / Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

  • A
    A Lighter Shade of Pale
  • B
    Seasick
  • C
    A Whiter Shade of Pale
  • D
    A Day in the Life

Question 9

When the truth is found to be lies/ And all the joy within you dies

  • A
    Somebody to Love
  • B
    Can Anybody Find Me?
  • C
    Come Together
  • D
    White Rabbit

Question 10

Get your motor runnin' / Head out on the highway

  • A
    Mannish Boy
  • B
    Born to Be Wild
  • C
    Magic Carpet Ride
  • D
    Born in the USA

Question 11

I was born by the river in a little tent / Oh and just like the river I've been running ev'r since

  • A
    Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay
  • B
    Dirty Water
  • C
    Up On Cripple Creek
  • D
    A Change Is Gonna Come

Question 12

There must be some kind of way outta here / Said the joker to the thief

  • A
    All Along the Watchtower
  • B
    Kashmir
  • C
    Purple Haze
  • D
    Hey Joe

Question 13

I bet you're wonderin' how I knew/ Bout your plans to make me blue

  • A
    Mony Mony
  • B
    You Broke My Heart
  • C
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • D
    Rumors and Lies

Question 14

I thought love was only true in fairytales/ Meant for someone else but not for me

  • A
    Then I Saw Her Face
  • B
    I'm In Love
  • C
    I'm a Believer
  • D
    Wild Thing

Question 15

Some folks are born made to wave the flag/ Ooh, they're red, white and blue

  • A
    Fortunate Son
  • B
    Fortunate One
  • C
    Senator's Son
  • D
    Bad Moon Rising

Question 16

Calling out around the world/ Are you ready for a brand new beat

  • A
    Summer's Here
  • B
    All Around the World
  • C
    Come Together
  • D
    Dancing In the Street

Question 17

In this dirty old part of the city/ Where the sun refused to shine

  • A
    The Good Will Die Young
  • B
    We Gotta Get Out of This Place
  • C
    Don't Hesitate
  • D
    Leavin' It All Behind

Question 18

Ah, now I don't hardly know her/ But I think I can love her

  • A
    Crimson and Clover
  • B
    That Was the Night
  • C
    She Blew Me Away
  • D
    Get Over It

Question 19

People say I'm the life of the party/ Because I tell a joke or two

  • A
    Teenage Wasteland
  • B
    I Miss You
  • C
    Track of My Tears
  • D
    Come Back to Me

Question 20

Tonight you're mine, completely/ You give your love so sweetly

  • A
    Let You Go
  • B
    Will You Love Me Tomorrow
  • C
    I Can't Make You Love Me
  • D
    Don't Go

Question 21

Come here sister, Papa's in the swing/ He ain't too hip, about that new breed babe

  • A
    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
  • B
    Your Momma Don't Dance
  • C
    Your Daddy Don't Rock n' Roll
  • D
    Hip to Be Square

Question 22

Well, he walked up to me/ And he asked me if I wanted to dance

  • A
    You Broke My Heart
  • B
    Dance to the Music
  • C
    You Should Be Dancing
  • D
    Then He Kissed Me

Question 23

You keep saying you got something for me/ Something you call love but confess

  • A
    Walk All Over You
  • B
    Walk Like a Man
  • C
    These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
  • D
    When I See You

Question 24

You need cooling/ Baby I'm not fooling

  • A
    Whole Lotta Love
  • B
    Get Outta the Heat
  • C
    Cool Down
  • D
    Light My Fire

Question 25

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray/ I've been for a walk on a winter's day

  • A
    Such a Winter's Day
  • B
    California Dreamin'
  • C
    Good Vibrations
  • D
    I Wish They All Could Be

Question 26

We're caught in a trap/ I can't walk out

  • A
    Suspicious Minds
  • B
    Because I Love You Too Much
  • C
    Can't You See?
  • D
    Our Love Can't Wait

Question 27

Mm--"Is she really going out with him?/ "Well, there she is, Let's ask her"

  • A
    My Boyfriend's Back
  • B
    I Chose Him
  • C
    He Would Never Leave
  • D
    Leader of the Pack

Question 28

The night we met I knew I needed you so/ And if I had the chance I'd never let you go

  • A
    Be My Baby
  • B
    Never Let You Go
  • C
    You Belong to Me
  • D
    You're Mine

Question 29

I read the news today, oh boy/ About a lucky man who made the grade

  • A
    Revolution
  • B
    Paperback Writer
  • C
    A Day in the Life
  • D
    You Didn't Know

Question 30

Ground control to Major Tom

  • A
    The Planets Aligned
  • B
    Space Oddity
  • C
    Space Time
  • D
    The Best of the World

Question 31

You know that it would be untrue/ You know that I would be a liar

  • A
    Light My Fire
  • B
    Hello, I Love You
  • C
    Riders on the Storm
  • D
    Girl We Couldn't Get Much Higher

Question 32

What you want/ Baby, I got it

  • A
    Never Loved a Man
  • B
    Respect
  • C
    All I'm Askin'
  • D
    Never Gonna Get It

Question 33

Sittin' in the mornin' sun / I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come

  • A
    Dirty Water
  • B
    Have You Ever Seen the Rain
  • C
    Welcome the Dawn
  • D
    (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Question 34

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime/ Girl I want to be with you all of the time

  • A
    All Day and All of the Night
  • B
    The Only Time
  • C
    Time Passages
  • D
    My Back Pages

Comments (8)

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32/34. I’ve heard everyone of these songs thousands of times.

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31 out of 34. I knew all songs except one. I just did not know the name of the song, they made it a bit tricky.

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I meant 32 out 34. Pardon the typo.

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Before I was born but I got 32 out of 24.

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I may be 15 but that doesn't mean i ain't cultured. I would prefer to listen to 60's-80's music if anything man.

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Yes glad I knew most of those songs! Yes I'm OLD!

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Good quiz and it beat me.

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Good questions in a good era of music.

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