For those of you who enjoy Penguin Board Games as well as Penguin Quizzes, I've attempted here to construct a lyrics quiz where the artists are chained by the first and last 2 letters.

Example: AbBA would chain to B.A. Robertson.

Limit 3 for now.

Finished off by maddog 'cos no-one got #16 for a looooong time

1. I taught you how to vote, and I told you 'bout school
nally - Elected - Alice CoopER

2. The truth is harder than the pain inside yeah
karen - Sometimes - ERasuRE

3. The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide
mandamoo - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.

4. He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
jaytee - Lose Yourself - EMinEM

5. Cos, baby, I believe in honesty and then be strong and true
mandamoo - What Took You So Long? - EMma BuntON

6. I'm fed up 'cause all you wanna do is...
Paul - Criticize - Alexander ONeAL

7. Where the eastern sea’s so blue
Paul - Big In Japan - ALphavilLE

8. I want to love you like a lover should
Paul - Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee LEwIS

9. The world was on fire, no one could save me but you
cornwallis - Wicked Game - Chris ISaAK

10. Twenty-one years in captivity
Indy Gent - Nelson Mandela - Special AKA

11. Lay your weary head to rest
Indy Gent - Carry On Wayward Son - KAnsAS

12. I don't want you seeing me crying
nally - Don't Turn Around - ASwAD

13. So you want to be free, to live your life the way you wanna be
Paul - Killer - ADamsKI

14. We gotta go, o-oh, o-oh-ohh
Gwen - Louie Louie - The KIngsmEN

15. They'll be watching and waiting and cheering every move
Paul - Back Home - ENgland World Cup SquAD

16. I once had pride, now that's all behind, I want to get rich quick
nobody! - Dirty Cash - ADventures Of SteviE V

17. I die each time I hear this sound
Gaylon - Cathy's Clown - The EVerly Brothers

Hi maddog ! :)

Great quiz ! One for now, from me...

#3 & #5  It's The End Of The World (As We Know It) - R.E.Mma Bunton - What Took You So Long

Hi maddog ! :)

Great quiz ! One for now, from me...

#3 & #5  It's The End Of The World (As We Know It) - R.E.Mma Bunton - What Took You So Long

Hi mandamoo, and thanks!

Both of your answers are correct.
However, the chains are consecutive so that #3 actually links to #4 and #4 to #5 and so on.
You have however linked #3 and #5 because the artist for #4 (coincidentally) has the same first and last 2 letters in his name.
Sorry if this is confusing!

Hi mandamoo, and thanks!

Both of your answers are correct.
However, the chains are consecutive so that #3 actually links to #4 and #4 to #5 and so on.
You have however linked #3 and #5 because the artist for #4 (coincidentally) has the same first and last 2 letters in his name.
Sorry if this is confusing!


Aah !  I get ya ! ;)

Hi maddog...good to see you back...

Three in a row...

#6. Criticize - Alexander O'Neal
#7. Big In Japan - Alphaville
#8. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

#2 is Sometimes by Erasure

Is #10 Rivers of Babylon by Boney M?

Hi maddog...good to see you back...

Three in a row...

#6. Criticize - Alexander O'Neal
#7. Big In Japan - Alphaville
#8. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Hiya Paul! Yes, good to be back (here at least, if not back to work :().
All correct - tick v.g :).

#2 is Sometimes by Erasure

Is #10 Rivers of Babylon by Boney M?

#2 is correct karen :).
#10 is not correct but I can see where your thought process is going with that one...

Hi Maddog - long time no see :)

#4  Lose Yourself - Eminem

Hi Maddog - long time no see :)

#4  Lose Yourself - Eminem

Hiya jaytee - I was away for 2 weeks' holiday in Spain :) :)

#4 is correct, that's the missing link from mandamoo's earlier answer.

10. Free Nelson Mandela-The Specials AKA
12. Carry On Wayward Son-Kansas

10. Free Nelson Mandela-The Specials AKA
12. Carry On Wayward Son-Kansas

Both correct Indy, well done :) (actually Kansas is #11).

9.  Chris Isaak  "Wicked Game"

---cornwallis

17 sounds like "Cathy's Clown" by Phil and Don, the Everly Brothers

14. BlackDog by Led Zepplin?

14. BlackDog by Led Zepplin?


I think you may be thinking of D'yer Mak'er  :)

#12 is "Don't Turn Around" by Ace Of Base.

9.  Chris Isaak  "Wicked Game"

Correct :)!

17 sounds like "Cathy's Clown" by Phil and Don, the Everly Brothers

It does sounds like it, Gaylon, because it IS it :).

14. Louie Louie by The Kingsmen ?

14. Louie Louie by The Kingsmen ?

Aha! Very well spotted Gwen, I wasn't sure if anyone would get this one as these were about the only lyrics I could remember or ever really decipher!

#12 is "Don't Turn Around" by Ace Of Base.

Sorry nally, that's not it. From the previous link in the chain, the artist for #12 begins with "AS".

Sorry nally, that's not it. From the previous link in the chain, the artist for #12 begins with "AS".

Okay then, I looked it up on Google, and found out that the band was Aswad, which I've never heard of. They must have done a cover version of the song or something.

Modified to add:
#1 is "Elected" by Alice Cooper.

Okay then, I looked it up on Google, and found out that the band was Aswad, which I've never heard of. They must have done a cover version of the song or something.

Modified to add:
#1 is "Elected" by Alice Cooper.

Hey nally, sorry if I appeared pedantic there....the artist for this chain is indeed Aswad, a Britsh reggae band who had a UK No.1 hit with this song in 1988. Ace Of Base did another version in 1994. A bit of further research however reveals that neither of these artists wrote the song, the lyrics are by Albert Hammond, he of the "Free Electric Band" and the father of Albert Hammond Jr., the guitarist in The Strokes!

#1 is correct also :).

A bit of further research however reveals that neither of these artists wrote the song, the lyrics are by Albert Hammond, he of the "Free Electric Band" and the father of Albert Hammond Jr., the guitarist in The Strokes!


Hi again...

'Don't Turn Around' first saw the light of day as the B-side to Tina Turner's 'Typical Male'...certainly gave that one away didn't she?!

#13. ...was driving me mad, until I thought to myself 'How many acts start with AD and end with KI?!! Soon became obvious!
The excellent 'Killer' - Adamski (also the career launch pad for Seal who vocalised, but wasn't credited on said record...)

#15. The rousing 'Back Home' - England World Cup Squad 1970
A nice little tie-in what with the Euros going on, maddog! This was the first 'football' song to chart when England went (unsuccessfully) in defence of their World Cup triumph of '66 (great game against the eventual winners, Brazil, tho'...)

As if being knocked out by 'the old enemy' Germany wasn't bad enough, this song was written by two Jocks!! What was the world coming to?

Hi again...

'Don't Turn Around' first saw the light of day as the B-side to Tina Turner's 'Typical Male'...certainly gave that one away didn't she?!

#13. ...was driving me mad, until I thought to myself 'How many acts start with AD and end with KI?!! Soon became obvious!
The excellent 'Killer' - Adamski (also the career launch pad for Seal who vocalised, but wasn't credited on said record...)

#15. The rousing 'Back Home' - England World Cup Squad 1970
A nice little tie-in what with the Euros going on, maddog! This was the first 'football' song to chart when England went (unsuccessfully) in defence of their World Cup triumph of '66 (great game against the eventual winners, Brazil, tho'...)

As if being knocked out by 'the old enemy' Germany wasn't bad enough, this song was written by two Jocks!! What was the world coming to?

Hiya Paul....#13 and #15 are both correct :).