You Wouldn’t Get This From Any Other Guy

The week is almost over, so it’s time for a new Friday 10! Last week we got 4 out of 10 with Frodis Caper identifying 3 and Fred identifying 1!

One of the unidentified tracks was Run DMC’s “My Adidas,” which I’m fairly sure has gone unidentified twice now since I started doing this game again. It’s the single track that is most credited with creating our current state of musical product placement in the American industry — although it was originally written without Adidas’ input and the sport shoe brand only bought into the promotional value of being rapped about after the song hit the charts.

But let’s get into this week! 10 lyrics — if you know the artist and the title, get in the comments and name them! Aside from that, the only rules are: Please name it off the top of your head, no searching up the title and artist on Genius/Google/Kagi, etc; and, if you guess a different cover version that I can find then I’ll give you credit for the identification!

1. When my friends rang the doorbell, it scared me — they said, “We’re so glad you’re home” (1983)
2. This masquerade is getting older — lights are low, the curtain down (1994)
3. You always keep me waiting because it’s only make believe (1987)
4. Blue masquerade, strangers look on (1987)
5. I’m that voice you’re hearing in the hall (1983)
6. So don’t stop me fallin’, it’s destiny callin’ — a power I just can’t deny (1987)
7. Put her canine teeth in the side of my neck (2023)
8. You can raise welts like nobody else (1959)
9. And since the day you came, you tried to take control of me (1987)
10. The victims have been bled, red velvet lines the black box (1979)

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk