Memorize these and you could recognize 13.8% of all Song Lyrics clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ira Gershwin | 4 | He collaborated with Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen & other composers after the death of his brother George |
| 2 | Mrs. Robinson | 3 | Simon & Garfunkel told her, "God bless you, please...heaven holds a place for those who pray" |
| 3 | downtown | 3 | "When you're alone & life is making you lonely, you can always go" here |
| 4 | "Yesterday" | 3 | In the Beatles hit, "I said something wrong, now I long for" this |
| 5 | "Moon River" | 3 | "Wider than a mile; I'm crossin' you in style some day" |
| 6 | "I am the Walrus" | 3 | "I am the Eggman" |
| 7 | "All You Need is Love" | 3 | This 1967 #1 hit starts off with the word "love" repeated nine times |
| 8 | rose | 3 | "I'm wearing second hand hats — second hand clothes — that's why they call me" this |
| 9 | Love | 3 | "I need love, love to ease my mind, I need to find, find someone to call mine, but Mama said" these 4 words |
| 10 | (Lorenz) Hart | 3 | In the 1948 film biography "Words and Music", Mickey Rooney portrayed this partner of Richard Rodgers |
| 11 | Yip | 2 | Of "Yip", "Yap" or "Yup", the nickname of the lyricist who wrote "Over The Rainbow" |
| 12 | The Police | 2 | Their "Every Breath You Take" went, "How my poor heart aches", not "I'm a pool hall ace" |
| 13 | Strawberry Fields | 2 | "Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going" there |
| 14 | spinning wheel | 2 | "Talkin; 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin, ride a painted pony, let" this "spin" |
| 15 | S.O.S. | 2 | "If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this signal |
| 16 | Rocky Raccoon | 2 | "Now, somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota, there lived a young boy named" this |
| 17 | Penny Lane | 2 | It's "in my ears and in my eyes, wet beneath the blue suburban skies" |
| 18 | La Vida Loca | 2 | Ricky Martin sang,"She's into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls", & no doubt she's livin' this |
| 19 | Joe | 2 | "They call the wind Maria", & the fire is known by this man's name |
| 20 | Jeanie (with the light brown hair) | 2 | According to this song's lyrics, she was "borne, like a vapor on the summer air" |
| 21 | Hal David | 2 | "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" won 1969 Oscars for Burt Bacharach and this lyricist |
| 22 | Cheers | 2 | Sitcom whose theme song begins, "Making your way in the world today takes ev'rything you've got" |
| 23 | Charlie Brown | 2 | "Who walks in the classroom cool and slow? Who calls the English teacher 'daddy-o'?" |
| 24 | Bernie Taupin | 2 | He & Elton John met when both answered an ad placed by Liberty Records in 1967 |
| 25 | a carpenter | 2 | "If I were" one of these "and you were a lady, would you marry me anyway?" |
| 26 | "Time After Time" | 2 | In this 1984 hit, Cyndi Lauper sang, "If you're lost you can look and you will find me" |
| 27 | "The Long and Winding Road" | 2 | "It always leads me here, leads me to your door" |
| 28 | "Old Town Road" | 2 | "Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to" this title place, "I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more" |
| 29 | "Norwegian Wood" | 2 | "I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me" |
| 30 | "Love Me Tender" | 2 | The Elvis song that ends with "For my darlin' I love you and I always will" |
| 31 | "Livin' On A Prayer" | 2 | In this 1987 Bon Jovi song, "Tommy used to work on the docks" & "Gina dreams of running away"--now they're |
| 32 | "Jailhouse Rock" | 2 | In this 1957 Elvis hit, "Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone" & "the whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang" |
| 33 | "I Will Always Love You" | 2 | This Whitney Houston hit begins, "If I should stay, I would only be in your way, so I'll go" |
| 34 | "Hey Jude" | 2 | "Na na nana-na-na-na, na-na-na-na..." |
| 35 | "Hello, Goodbye" | 2 | "You say yes, I say no, you say stop, and I say go, go, go" |
| 36 | "Get Back" | 2 | It begins, "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 37 | "Eleanor Rigby" | 2 | "All the lonely people, where do they all belong?" |
| 38 | "Bad" | 2 | Song in which Michael Jackson insults the opposition with "your talk is cheap, you're not a man" |
| 39 | "Back In The U.S.S.R." | 2 | "Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out" |
| 40 | "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" | 2 | Paul Simon didn't say, "No need to be corduroy" but did advise "No need to be coy, Roy" in this instructional tune |
| 41 | like a heat wave | 2 | "Could it be the devil in me or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like" one of these |
| 42 | the man that got away | 2 | "The winds grow colder and suddenly you're older and all because of" this |
| 43 | the child | 2 | "Mamma may have, papa may have, but God bless" this person "that's got his own!" |
| 44 | the ceiling | 2 | "Oh my darlin', knock three times on" this "if you want me; twice on the pipe if the answer is no" |
| 45 | Dancing Queen | 2 | "…you can jive having the time of your life ooh see that girl watch that scene diggin'" her |
| 46 | Mr. Tambourine Man | 2 | "Hey", this guy, "play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" |
| 47 | Christopher Columbus | 2 | "They all laughed at" this man "when he said the world was round" |