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Any Questions? #44

WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel offer a serious, sobering look at pop music's famous love songs.

Last week's challenge
Start with the name LIANE HANSEN. Drop one letter, then rearrange the remaining 10 letters to spell two one-word movie titles. What are they? (As a hint, one movie is from the 1950s, and the other is from the 1970s.)
Answer: If you drop an N, you can spell SHANE and ALIEN.

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: "LOVE" SONGS
On-air questions: On June 29, 1976, "Silly Love Songs" by Wings was the No. 1 song in the U.S., according to Billboard magazine. So, this week, our quiz is about other top hits with the word LOVE in the title.
1. 1992 number-one hit by Whitney Houston featured on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard
2. 1964 number-one hit by The Beatles with the lyrics "I may not have a lot to give / but what I've got I'll give to you / for I don't care too much for money"
3. 1968 number-one hit by The Doors whose title is followed in the chorus alternately by "won't you tell me your name" and "let me jump in your game"
4. 1984 number-one hit by Tina Turner, the title of which was later used as the name of a 1993 biographical film starring Angela Bassett as Turner
5. 1982 number-one hit by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts later parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "I Love Rocky Road"

Extra credit
1. 1965 number-one hit by The Supremes that is the only song with an exclamation point in the title that fits the category
2. 1981 number-one hit by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie which was the title song to a Brooke Shields movie, and has been called "the greatest duet of all time" by Billboard magazine

This week's challenge
Think of a 1960s number-one hit song whose title starts with the word LOVE. Rearrange the letters in the other two words in the title to spell something a band might record. What is the song and what is the thing?
 

ANSWERS
On-air questions
1. "I Will Always Love You"
2. "Can't Buy Me Love"
3. "Hello, I Love You"
4. "What's Love Got To Do With It"
5. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"

Extra credit
1. "Stop! In The Name of Love"
2. "Endless Love"

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.