Today, the challenge is to name some songs with parentheses in the title!
Pop Culture Wake-Up Call is a weekly quiz about either movies, TV or music.
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Here’s our first one!
I Want to Hold You in Parentheses
The following 20 parenthetical statements appear in notable song titles. Name rest of the song titles that go with each parenthetical statement.
1. (And I’ll Go Mine)
2. (I’m in Heaven When You Smile)
3. (But She Can Rock ‘n’ Roll)
4. (Hard Goin’ In)
5. (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
6. (It’s In His Kiss)
7. (But I Like It)
8. (If Loving You is Wrong)
9. (But You Better Not Touch)
10. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)
11. (Young Man’s Blues)
12. (Out of the Blue)/(Into the Black)
13. (I’m Only Bleeding)
14. (The Way I Love You)
15. (The Hockey Song)
16. (This Ain’t No Party…This Ain’t No Disco….This Ain’t No Foolin’ Around)
17. (The Lukeworm)
18. (Come Out Tonight)
19. (Everything’s Alright)
20. (I Think it’s Going to be a Long, Long Time)
ANSWERS AND THE WINNER!
Here are the answers:
1. (And I’ll Go Mine) – Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way
2. (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) – Jackie Wilson Said
3. (But She Can Rock ‘n’ Roll) – Your Sister Can’t Twist
4. (Hard Goin’ In) – Easy Comin’ Out
5. (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – I Don’t Believe You
6. (It’s In His Kiss) – The Shoop Shoop Song
7. (But I Like It) – It’s Only Rock and Roll
8. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right
9. (But You Better Not Touch) – You Can Look
10. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) – Higher and Higher
11. (Young Man’s Blues) – Screw You
12. (Out of the Blue)/(Into the Black) – My My Hey Hey/Hey Hey My My
13. (I’m Only Bleeding) – It’s Alright, Ma
14. (The Way I Love You) – I Never Loved a Man
15. (The Hockey Song) – Hit Somebody!
16. (This Ain’t No Party…This Ain’t No Disco….This Ain’t No Foolin’ Around) – Life During Wartime
17. (The Lukeworm) – 2 + 2 = 5
18. (Come Out Tonight) – Rosalita
19. (Everything’s Alright) – Uptight
20. (I Think it’s Going to be a Long, Long Time) – Rocket Man
The winner was reader Ken B., who got 15 out of the 20 correct! Congrats, Ken!