It’s time for the Friday 10! Last week’s 10 set a record for this feature of having eight lyrics identified. Four were identified by John, three by Sidney, and one by Frodis Caper. If you like to see the answers in A/V form, you can watch the playlist on YouTube — or you can check it out on the original post.
Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose” was on the list last week. The 1984 single from the soundtrack to the movie of the same name spent three weeks at #1 and was ranked #4 for the year by Billboard, behind Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’s “Say Say Say” at #3, Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” at #2, and Prince’s “When Doves Cry” at #1. 1984 was a great year for pop music and George Orwell novels.
It’s time for this week’s 10! Get in the comments and identify the artists and songs. And remember the rules: No googlin’, you’ve got to get close to the right answer, and I’ll give you credit for a cover version — but it has to be a cover version I can actually find. Here we go!
- It takes my breath away — up to the sky I go flying
- You can find me on a table full of vodka and tequila, surrounded by some bunnies — and it ain’t fuckin’ Easter
- Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
- I’m José Ferrer, and I remember Lincoln Square
- Some kind of solitude is measured out in you
- Everybody knows I’m her friend, everybody knows I’m her man
- I know it’s everybody’s sin — you got to lose to know how to win
- I wouldn’t have to work at all, I’d fool around and have a ball
- Saving nickels, saving dimes, working ’til the sun don’t shine
- Boy, I like that you ain’t afraid. Baby, lay me down and let’s pray