
The 80's was one of the best decades for entertainment; mainly movies, TV, video games and music. 80's rock ran the gamut from punk to prog to hair metal. Rock bands like Guns N' Roses and Def Leppard blew people away with hit after hit.
Bring back some memories of the 80's by taking this quiz. See whether you can name the rock song from just a few lines of lyrics. You know you grew up in the 80's if you know every song in this quiz!
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1980s Rock Songs Quiz ๐ธ! Can You Identify Them? Questions
"Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it. No one wants to be defeated. Showin' how funky strong is your fight. It doesn't matter who's wrong or right."

Michael Jackson โ Beat It
Europe โ The Final Countdown
Poison โ Every Rose Has It's Thorn
"Mark my words believe my soul lives on. Don't worry now that I have gone. I've gone beyond to seek the truth."

Whitesnake - Still of the Night
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Fugazi - Waiting Room
"Steve walks warily down the street. With the brim pulled way down low. Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet. Machine guns ready to go."

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Winger - Seventeen
Ratt - I Want A Woman
"Turn it down you say, Well all I got to say to you is time and time again I say, "NO!" NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!"

The Clash โ This is Radio Clash
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
Kiss โ I Love It Loud
"Me and some guys from school, Had a band and we tried real hard. Jimmy quit, Jody got married, I should've known we'd never get far."

Bryan Adams โ Summer Of '69
18 & Life โ Skid Row
Wait โ White Lion
"That one guitar, felt good in his hands. Didn't take long, to understand, Just one guitar, slung way down low, Was one way ticket, only one way to go."

Hooters โ And We Danced
Motorhead โ Ace of Spades
Foreigner โ Juke Box Hero
"Darkness.... Imprisoning Me, All That I See, Absolute Horror, I Cannot Live, I Cannot Die, Trapped in Myself, Body My Holding Cell."

Metallica โยย One
White Lion โ Little Fighter
Poison โ Cry Tough
โYou say you want, Diamonds on a ring of gold, Your story to remain untold, Your love not to grow coldโฆโ

U2 โยย All I Want Is You
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Heart โ These Dreams
"Born down in a dead man's town. The first kick I took was when I hit the ground. You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up."

Bruce Springsteen โ Born in the U.S.A.
Van Halen โ When Its Love
Guns N Roses โ Welcome to the Jungle
"I keep looking at the sky cause it's gettin' me high, Forget the hearse cause I'll never die. I got nine lives, cat's eyes, Using every one of them and runnin' wild."

Cinderella - Gypsy Road
AC/DC โ Back in Black
Judas Priest - Heading Out to the Highway
โThough his mind is not for rent, Don't put him down as arrogant. His reserve, a quiet defense, Riding out the day's events. The river.โ

Rush โ Tom Sawyer
Bruce Hornsby & The Range โ The Way It Is
Corey Hartโ Never Surrender
"Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry."

Europe โ Carrie
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
Tesla โ Love Song
"Hey! C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up. Break the bubble, break it up."

The Hooters - Day by Day
Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
"Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip To the sound of the beat."

The Clash โ Police On My Back
Van Halen โ Jump
Queen โ Another One Bites The Dust
โTommy used to work on the docks, Union's been on strike. He's down on his luck... It's tough, so tough.โ

Dio โ Holy Diver
Bon Jovi โยย Livingยย On A Prayer
I Can't Drive 55 โ Sammy Hagar
โI've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools. I've watched all the dropouts, Who make their own rules. One person conditioned to rule and control, The media sells it and you live the role.โ

Depeche Mode โ People Are People
Dire Straghts โ Money For Nothing
Ozzy Osbourne โ Crazy Train
โFace to face, out in the heat, Hanging tough, staying hungry, They stack the odds still we take to the street, For the kill with the skill to survive.โ

Twister Sister โ We're Not Gonna Take It
Dokkenโ Alone Again
Survivor โ Eye of the Tiger
"I saw him dancing there by the record machine I knew he must have been about seventeen The beat was going strong Playing my favorite song"

Joan Jett โ I Love Rock And Roll
Europe โ The Final Countdown
Born to Be My Baby โ Bon Jovie
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