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1. Name the singer who wrote and released “Give Me One Reason.”
2. What was the full title of the James Brown song “Hot Pants”?
3. What was John Denver’s first No. 1 hit?
4. Who released “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)” and when?
5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I still see her standing by the water, Standing there lookin’ out to sea, And is she waiting there for me?”
Answers
1. Tracy Chapman. She performed the song during a 1988 tour but didn’t release it until 1995. The song netted her the Grammy for Best Rock Song in 1997 and is still her biggest U.S. hit.
2. “Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants),” released in 1971. Side A contained “Hot Pants” part 1, with parts 2 and 3 on side B.
3. “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” originally on the “Poems, Prayers & Promises” album in 1971. As a single, it slowly climbed to the top of the charts in 1974.
4. John Lennon, in 1970.
5. “Galveston,” by Glen Campbell in 1969. Writer Jimmy Webb’s original version was an anti-war song, while Campbell’s revised chart-topping version was more upbeat and patriotic. Campbell wore a military outfit in the video.
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