One Word Song Titles | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast (Mini #70)

Sometimes a title doesn’t have to be long to say what it’s about. This week’s mini episode is all about one-word song titles. I give you a clue, you guess the song.

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A History of Song

This is the story of almost a thousand years of song, from the time of the troubadours to the present day.

Dealing exhaustively with the history and development of secular art-song in the Western world, the book is an indispensable guide to the amateur music-lover, the student, and the singer.

Episode Transcript/Quiz

Episode Introduction

Music trivia for a mini? Why not. This week, it’s all one-word song titles. Nothing more complicated than that. These are all songs that have one word in their title.

Got it? Good. Let’s go.

One Word Song Titles Trivia Questions

Alanis Morissette sang about rain on your wedding day in what 1996 song?
a. Ironic
Despite what you think you remember, it’s only two times that Aretha Franklin spells out the title of what 1967 song?
a. Respect
Vincent Price lends his voice to the end of what 1982 Michael Jackson song?
a. Thriller
What 1998 Cher song helped push autotune forward as part of the artform?
a. Believe
You don’t need to don a lead suit to listen to what 2012 Imagine Dragons song?
a. Radioactive
Pharrell Williams added what upbeat 2012 song to the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack?
a. Happy
In 1988, REM told listeners to do what “in the place where you live”?
a. Stand
What 1993 Cranberries song was about two victims of an IRA bombing and not the undead?
a. Zombie
All my troubles seemed so far away in what 1965 Beatles tune?
a. Yesterday
TLC cautioned people to stick to the rivers and the lakes that they’re used to in what 1995 song?
a. Waterfalls

Episode Conclusion

And that’s it. There were a lot of songs to choose from, so this might make a repeat appearance in a future mini episode. What’s your favorite song from today’s answers? Let me know in the comments or on social media.

Catch you back here on Wednesday.

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