Classic Hit Quiz: Song + Year (1)

[B] Bohemian Rhapsody | Six-minute suite smashed radio rules. Built at Rockfield with stacked harmonies and no chorus; Wayne’s World sent it roaring back up charts in 1992.

[A] Imagine | Cut at Ascot and the Record Plant. A secular hymn that topped the UK in 1980; Yoko Ono later received official co‑writer credit.

[D] Angels | Written after snowfall in Dublin. Radio hesitated; Britain made it their karaoke weepie and terrace sing‑along. Williams has requested hazard pay ever since.

[C] Hey Jude | Apple’s debut single. Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon; that endless ‘na‑na‑na’ coda turned pub crowds into choirs before last orders.

[B] Smells Like Teen Spirit | A deodorant joke became a generational detonation. Butch Vig’s polish met Cobain’s fuzz; the cheerleader‑riot video threw hair‑metal out of homeroom.

[C] Live Forever | Noel’s bright reply to grunge gloom. Recorded fast, sung like a victory lap. The solo still smells like wet pavement and 1994 optimism.

[A] Wonderwall | Named from a Harrison film. Liam’s one‑take vocal made an eternal pub standard; Noel sometimes regrets gifting every busker their set opener.

[D] One | Born from a near‑breakup Berlin session. It rescued Achtung Baby and doubled as a charity single, all while Edge’s chime out‑preached sermons.

[B] Bitter Sweet Symphony | That string sample triggered a legal saga with the Stones’ camp; decades later Ashcroft finally got his royalties back. Bittersweet was an understatement.

[C] With Or Without You | First U2 US No.1. A homebuilt ‘Infinite Guitar’ sustained those sighing notes, turning heartache into widescreen desert romance.

[D] Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever | A double A‑side that somehow peaked at UK No.2. Two Liverpool memories: Paul’s brass‑bright suburbia, John’s dreamy strawberry haze.

[A] Good Vibrations | Brian Wilson’s ‘pocket symphony’ spliced from modular tape sections and an Electro‑Theremin. Pop radio suddenly heard surfboards and science fiction in stereo.

[B] Losing My Religion | Mandolin‑led, not religious, but near‑spiritual obsession. Title is Southern slang for ‘at my wits’ end.’ MTV slow‑mo turned angst elegant.

[D] Like A Rolling Stone | Six minutes, no chorus, and Al Kooper’s accidental organ line. Folk plugged in and the charts never put the genie back.

[A] God Only Knows | A love song with ‘God’ up front, rare then. French horn and stacked vocals float heartbreak like a message in sea‑spray.

[C] Everybody Hurts | Written deliberately simple so anyone could sing it when it hurts. Bill Berry steered it; the freeway‑jam video made empathy go widescreen.

[B] Waterloo Sunset | Ray Davies’ Thames postcard. Lovers watch the river while London’s melancholy hums underneath; those ‘sha‑la‑las’ count as vitamin D.

[D] Don't Look Back In Anger | Noel on lead vocal, Lennon‑ish piano and a chorus made for arm‑around‑shoulder catharsis. Manchester turned it into a civic hymn after 2017.

[C] A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Bach‑tinged organ and surreal lines reportedly drafted after an all‑nighter. English gained ‘skip the light fandango’ and never gave it back.

[A] Stairway To Heaven | No UK single release, yet it taught every guitar shop a ‘no Stairway’ sign. A whisper‑to‑cyclone arrangement built for goosebumps.