| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $600: Their 1977 song "Dreams" claims, "thunder only happens when it's raining"; that's not always the case Fleetwood Mac |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $800: Elvis Presley,
Cheap Trick
(Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird) "Surrender" |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | ONLY FANS $600: Portmanteau name for fans of Barry, singer of "I Write The Songs" Fanilows |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | Y IS THE ONLY VOWEL $400: Until the 1500s these songs were mostly sung in Latin--everybody! "Sancti, venite" hymns |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $200: About the Joshua Tree Tour, he declared, "It's only taken me 30 years to learn how to sing these songs" Bono |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve Rudolph |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $400: She had 3 of Billboard's Top 20 songs of 2015, including "Bad Blood" Taylor Swift |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | SONGS TO JINGLES $1000: This song from "South Pacific" was used by Clairol, only "man" is replaced with "gray" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | THESE SONGS COULD KILL YOU $1000: Hall & Oates sang that this title killer will "only come out at night...watch out boy she'll chew you up" "Maneater" |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | OH, HELLO SONGS $1000: Not only did the Beastie Boys get "No Sleep Till" this borough, the group also said "Hello" to it as well Brooklyn |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1600: ABBA had 14 songs on the Billboard chart, but only this disco-themed one made it to No. 1 "Dancing Queen" |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | YANKEE STADIUM $800: Stadium swan songs include this immortal center fielder's, getting the Yanks' only hit off Luis Tiant Sept. 25, 1968 Mickey Mantle |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | CHARACTERS IN BEATLES SONGS $800: This Beatles song introduced "to you the one and only Billy Shears" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | SONGS IN ANIMATED MOVIES $400: The only Oscar nomination for "The Lego Movie" was for this ridiculously catchy tune "Everything Is Awesome" |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | PARENTHETICAL SONGS $400: Rihanna:
"(In The World)" "Only Girl" |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "It Only Takes A Moment" & "Before The Parade Passes By" Hello, Dolly! |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | GOOD WORKOUT SONGS $800: This only Top 40 hit by Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It" |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | RAINY SONGS $200: The clouds parted enough for Prince to take this tune to No. 2 in 1984; I only wanted to see you responding in the... "Purple Rain" |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SONGS $200: A parched Alan Jackson:
"It's only half past 12 but I don't care, it's ____ o'clock somewhere" five |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (I'm Andy Richter.) Usually my iPod has songs by this '60s British soul singer of "I Only Want To Be With You" & "Son Of A Preacher Man" Dusty Springfield |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SONGS ABOUT GIRLS $1200: This single-named singer, a girl from Barbados, had a No. 1 hit in 2010 with "Only Girl (In The World)" Rihanna |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $1600: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" & "One Night Only" Dreamgirls |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | THE NON-BEATLES ROCK BAND $1200: "Be Somebody" & "Sex On Fire" are songs off 2008's "Only By the Night" from this band Kings of Leon |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | JOHNNY'S CLASSIC TV THEME SONGS $2000: "Makin' their way the only way they know how, that's just a little bit more than the law will allow" The Dukes of Hazzard |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | MANILOW! $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite the title of this 1976 No. 1 hit of Barry's, the words & music are by Bruce Johnston "I Write The Songs" |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | MORE SONGS $1000: This Billy Joel song says, "Sinners are much more fun" "Only The Good Die Young" |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | EVEN STEPHEN $1200: "Camptown Races" is only one of the many popular songs written by this 19th century composer Stephen Foster |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE ONLY $600: "The Lady In My Life" & "Baby Be Mine" were the only 2 songs on this 1983 album not to be Top 10 hits Thriller |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | INSPIRED SONGS $200: The song heard here was written in the '70s for a movie about this boxer
"Because the greatest love of all..." Muhammad Ali |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | '80s SONGS $1200: The video for this song, Toni Basil's only hit, featured cheerleaders "Mickey" |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | ONLY 351 SHOPPING DAYS TO XMAS $400: This device from Apple can put 10,000 songs in a music fan's pocket iPod |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $1000: This singer heard here was the first to perform onscreen during a Bond title sequence Sheena Easton ("For Your Eyes Only") |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1000: This legendary Broadway duo won only one Best Song Oscar, for the theme to "Gigi" Lerner and Loewe |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | TV THEME SONGS $1000: Jan Hammer had only one Top 40 hit, but it was a big one: the No. 1 theme from this police drama Miami Vice |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | MOVIE SONGS $200: She only made it to No. 4 with "Fame", but topped the charts with "Flashdance... What A Feeling" Irene Cara |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | THIS ONE TIME AT BAND CAMP $400: We only had a day to learn the "Aggie War Hymn", which is, appropriately, one of these college "songs" a fight song |
| #3928, aired 2001-10-03 | IF IT'S WEDNESDAY THEY MUST BE BELGIANS $800: David Bowie & Frank Sinatra have recorded songs by this prolific Belgian who is eternally "Alive... in Paris" Jacques Brel |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | THE SONGS OF THE CARPENTERS $600: This song says, "And when the evening comes we smile, so much of life ahead" "We've Only Just Begun" |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $200: She's the only performer to have 3 songs debut at No. 1: "Fantasy" & "One Sweet Day" in 1995 & "Honey" in 1997 Mariah Carey |
| #3592, aired 2000-03-28 | POP SONGS BY THE NUMBERS $400: According to the title of a Spice Girls ballad, when this happens, "It's the only way to be" "2 Become 1" |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | SONGS OF THE '60s $1000: "Love Is All Around" was this "Wild Thing" group's only other Top 10 hit The Troggs |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | TV THEME SONGS $300: For the Professor, Mary Ann & the rest, the "tour" was only supposed to be this long 3 hours |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | THE BLUES $1000: Said to have sold his soul to the Devil for his guitar skills, he recorded only 29 songs & died at age 27 Robert Johnson |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | BOND THEME SONGS $300: You can ask her father Frank who this singer is: Nancy Sinatra |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | BOND THEME SONGS $400: The Bond singer heard here may have taken the "Morning Train" to the recording studio: Sheena Easton |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | LOVE SONGS $3,100 (Daily Double): Henry Mancini topped the pop charts just once, with this movie theme heard here: "Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet" |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | SONGS $200: Bette Midler's only No. 1 pop record, this song from "Beaches" is also known as "Hero" "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | "FOOL"ISH SONGS $600: This question precedes "Who never fell in love, it seems that I'm the only one that I have been thinking of" "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | SONGS & SINGERS $400: In 1971 this pop star had his only No. 1 hit with "You've Got A Friend" James Taylor |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | SONGS & SINGERS $500: This was Janis Joplin's only Top 40 hit as a solo performer "Me and Bobby McGee" |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | "DAY" SONGS $800: In 1963 Ruby & The Romantics had their only No. 1 hit with this song "Our Day Will Come" |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ROCK SONGS $100: This Bill Haley number was only a minor hit until featured in the movie "Blackboard Jungle" "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #2286, aired 1994-07-11 | REALLY OLD SONGS $500: He not only wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band", he co-wrote "Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" (Irving) Berlin |
| #2246, aired 1994-05-16 | POP SONGS $400: This ballad begins, "Wise men say only fools rush in" "I Can't Help Falling in Love" |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | NO. 1 SONGS $500: "It's Only Make Believe" was his only No. 1 pop hit, but he had dozens of No. 1 country records Conway Twitty |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | MOVIE SONGS $600: This song from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was Sammy Davis' only No. 1 pop hit "The Candy Man" |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | SONGS OF THE '70s $400: Released in 1977, it was Debby Boone's only Top 40 hit "You Light Up My Life" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: The only line from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that contains the word "Christmas" "Then one foggy Christmas Eve" |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | TV THEME SONGS $500: He not only narrated "The Dukes of Hazzard", he wrote & sang the theme song as well Waylon Jennings |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | SONGS $300: "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was the only song from this film nominated for an Oscar—it lost Grease |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POP MUSIC $100: "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen" made him the only ex-Beatle to have two consecutive songs reach #1 in the U.S. Ringo Starr |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | MOVIE SONGS $400: Title line preceding "It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring" love is a many-splendored thing |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | POP SONGS $300: It was Don McLean's only No. 1 Hit "American Pie" |
| #1730, aired 1992-02-21 | POP SONGS $500: This 1962 hit named for a communications satellite was the only No. 1 record for the Tornadoes "Telstar" |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $200: Title of the song that says, "From this happy day, no more blue songs, only whoop-dee-doo songs" "From This Moment On" |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | "MY" SONGS $500: In 1972 Chuck Berry had his first & only No. 1 hit with this novelty song "My Ding-A-Ling" |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $300: Rod Stewart earned his only platinum record for this 1978 song in question "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | POTPOURRI $200: This rock star not only had the most No. 1 songs by a solo performer, he also had the most No. 2 hits Elvis Presley |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | SONGS OF THE '60S $100: Louis Armstrong's only No. 1 hit, it hit the charts for 19 weeks in 1964 "Hello, Dolly!" |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | SONGS OF THE '60S $200: Sonny & Cher's only No. 1 hit, they used to sing it at the close of their TV show "I Got You Babe" |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | MOVIE MUSICALS $500 (Daily Double): The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance" George & Ira Gershwin |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | POETS $1,000 (Daily Double): 20th century American poet heard here, reading one of his own works:
"With a Dutchman, I went once to Rembrandt Square, and down to Zanfra too. I should have stayed & spent my lifetime on that beach. I might have been a sailor, singing songs to myself only, or to a friend in Amsterdam..." Rod McKuen |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | STATE SONGS $1000: It is the only state to have official Spanish & English state songs New Mexico |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | SONGS OF THE '70s $300: In the group's only Top 40 tune, Edison Lighthouse told us that "Love grows where" she goes Rosemary |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | SONGS OF THE '70s $100: In his only No. 1 hit, Johnny Nash sang, "I can see clearly now" because this "has gone" the rain |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $400: The 1st verse of the song "I Only Have Eyes For You" opens with this question Are the stars out tonight? |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | TEENY THINGS $300: "Singles" in this format can have 4 songs & are only 3" in diameter little CDs |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | SONGS OF THE '70s $500: In the '70s Elvis had only 2 top 10 hits, "The Wonder of You" & this hot number of 1972 "Burning Love" |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | '60s SONGS $200: The only Top 10 hit he ever had was 1966's "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | '60s SONGS $500: Gerry & the Pacemakers not only had a hit with this 1965 boating song, they starred in the movie too "Ferry Cross The Mersey" |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1000: Not only did this 1944 film win "Best Picture", it provided the year's best song, "Swinging on a Star" Going My Way |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | SILLY SONGS $300: "It's the only thing that I could do half right, and it's turnin' out all wrong, Ma" "(What Have They Done To) My Song (Ma)" |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | AUTHORS $600: Besides some songs, he wrote only 1 major poem, "Tam o' Shanter", after age 27 Robert Burns |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | AMERICAN SONGS $400: In this 1918 hit, subtitled "The Stammering Song", she's "the only g-g-g-girl that I adore" "K-K-K-Katy" |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORDY SONGS $500 (Daily Double): It's the only hit song by The Mamas & The Papas to fit this category:
"If you love her then you must send her / Somewhere where she's never been before / Worn out phrases and longing gazes / Won't get you where you want to go..." "Words Of Love" |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | "PLEASE"ING SONGS $600: Though Dave Loggins asked his lady to come to 3 cities, this, the song's title, includes only one "Please Come To Boston" |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | "IF"FY SONGS $500: "We could go on loving in the same old way. A Garden of Eden just made for 2" under these conditions If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | "WORLD"LY SONGS $500: Though one of the greatest of country artists, Eddy Arnold had only this song break into the Pop Top 10 "Make The World Go Away" |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | SEA SONGS $600 (Daily Double): Though many have recorded it, only the Righteous Bros. had a Billboard Top Ten hit with this song:
"Then rolls out to sea /
And the sea is very still once more..." "Ebb Tide" |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | "SONG" SONGS $1,100 (Daily Double): Title of the following:
"People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one / And we've only just begun / Think I'm gonna have a son / He will be like she and me, as free as a dove..." "Danny's Song" |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:
"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /
Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /
Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream..." "Undercover Angel" |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | "IF"FY SONGS $400: Circumstances under which "ev'ry man would be as free as a bird, ev'ry voice would be a voice to be heard" "If I Ruled The World" |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $400: Song in which Anthony Newley says, "It seems that I'm the only one that I have been thinking of" "What Kind of Fool Am I?" |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | BIRD SONGS $500: "Since her beauty was sold for an old man's gold," she's only this "A Bird In A Gilded Cage" |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | NAMES IN SONG $800: 1 of the only 2 Oak Ridge Boys songs that made the pop top 40, they both fit this category "Elvira" or "Bobbie Sue" |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | "ONLY" SONGS $100: According to The Platters, it's who "can make this world seem right" only you |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | "ONLY" SONGS $200: #2 hit for the Carpenters which has become a wedding standard "We've Only Just Begun" |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | "ONLY" SONGS $300: In Roy Orbison's 1st big hit, the ones who know how he feels "Only the Lonely" |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | "ONLY" SONGS $400: Both Sam Cooke & Dr. Hook said "she was too young to fall in love" because she was this only sixteen |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | "ONLY" SONGS $500: It was Sheena Easton's 2nd biggest hit as well as the theme of a James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only" |
| #663, aired 1987-06-24 | '60s SONGS $300: Sinatra's only #1 solo hit of the decade was about these solitary souls "Strangers In The Night" |
| #656, aired 1987-06-15 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $800: Consisting only of questions, this song asks, "Do you miss me tonight, are you sorry we drifted apart?" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DON'T" $600: David Soul's only song to break into the Top 40, in 1977 it skyrocketed to #1 "Don't Give Up On Us" |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | OSCAR-LOSING SONGS $400: 1934 nominees "Love in Bloom" & "The Carioca" are the only 2 songs which share this distinction first 2 nominees and did not win |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | STARRY SONGS $200: It begins, "Are the stars out tonight, I can't tell if it's cloudy or bright" "I Only Have Eyes For You" |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | SUMMER SONGS $300: Only animals mentioned in George Gershwin's "Summertime (An; the Livin' is Easy)" fish |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | SINGERS $400: He not only wrote songs for Jim Henson's film "Labyrinth", but played the Goblin King David Bowie |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | "WORLD"LY SONGS $400: Pop-religious song of 1958 that was Laurie London's only song to make Billboard Top 40 "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | BABY SONGS $400: In his only #1 hit, Mac Davis urged his baby not to do this (Don't) "Get Hooked On Me" |
| #488, aired 1986-10-22 | ANGELIC SONGS $600: In her only #1 hit, Shelley Fabares exclaimed, "How I Love Him!" "Johnny Angel" |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | '60s SONGS $800: The Stone Ponies' only top 40 hit, this 1968 song is also considered Linda Ronstadt's first hit "Different Drum" |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | "LONG" SONGS $500: Other than a bass, the only instrument used in this 1984 Billy Joel song was his voice "The Longest Time" |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | RIVER SONGS $400 (Daily Double): In England many say this Phil Spector song written for T. Turner is greatest pop record ever: "When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll / It was the only doll that I've ever owned..." "River Deep, Mountain High" |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | #1 SONGS $300: This rock legend only had one #1 hit, "That'll Be The Day" Buddy Holly |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | SONGS WITH "HEART" $200: Neil Young had his only solo #1 hit while "searching for" this in 1972 "Heart of Gold" |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | '60s SONGS $400: Of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Oogie Boogie", & "Um Um Um Um Um", 1 not a hit in '64 "Oogie Boogie" |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | MONEY SONGS $500: Lefty Frizzell said, "We'll go honky tonkin"', but only under these terms if you've got the money, honey, I've got the time |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | OSCAR SONGS $100: Only Oscar winner sung by a cricket, it's Disney's theme "When You Wish Upon a Star" |
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