Kia ora koutou ē hoa mā
Welcome to Friday morning and a quick tea break to send you some answers.
“We Like to Party!” and “Party Rock Anthem” were both correctly identified by everyone who sent in an answer; Kesha’s “Party at a Rich Dude’s House” caused the most confusion.
1980s: “1999”, Prince
1990s: “We Like to Party!”, The Vengaboys
2000s: “Party Hard”, Andrew W.K.
2010s (solo): “Party at a Rich Dude's House”, Kesha
2010s (band): “Party Rock Anthem”, LMFAO
2020s: “365”, Charli XCX
Your leaderboard this week:
🥇 on 12/12: Vercisca, Team Impoverished, The Bogan Crūe, I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Quiz Team Name, Kimberley and Ilona, and Team LSP
🥈 on 11.5/12: WDPTBTI
🥉 on 11/12: Siobhan M, Megan and The Chamberlains, Lore in Order, and All the worlds a song
Have a great weekend, party safe, and I’ll see you on Monday for the final quiz of the year!
Kirsti.
1980s: “1999”, Prince
I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go too fast
But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last
Hint: You may know this artist from his songs “Little Red Corvette” or “Purple Rain”…this song was played a lot in the late 90s. And also afterwards. Song title not in lyrics quoted.
1990s: “We Like to Party!”, The Vengaboys
The Vengabus is coming
And everybody's jumping
New York to San Francisco
An intercity disco
The wheels of steel are turning
And traffic lights are burning
So if you like to party
Get on and move your body
We like to party
Hint: I cannot think of this Dutch Eurodance group without thinking of a German guy I flatted with at Uni who played their songs so loud the vibrations made our clock fall off the wall halfway across the flat. Good times. You may know this band from their songs “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!”, “We're Going to Ibiza”, or “Up & Down”, and there’s a hint to their name in these lyrics. Song title in lyrics.
2000s: “Party Hard”, Andrew W.K.
'Cause we will never listen to your rules (No)
We will never do as others do (No)
Know what we want and we get it from you
We do what we like and we like what we do
So let's get a party going (Let's get a party going)
Now it's time to party and we'll party hard (party hard)
Let's get a party going (Let's get a party going)
When it's time to party, we will always party hard
Hint: It is very important to me that you also have the knowledge that this artist’s favourite My Little Pony is Pinkie Pie and that he once delivered a motivational speech to a My Little Pony convention called “How to Party Like Pinkie Pie” knocking around in your head, because this man is an expert partier - other songs of his you might know include “Party Party Party”, “It’s Time to Party”, “Party Mindset”, “The Party Never Dies”, “Party Til You Puke” and “She is Beautiful” - not actually about a party, but one of only other songs of his I know that charted here in NZ. This artist shares his first name with an actor with the family name Garfield, a tennis player with the family name Murray, and a former Canterbury and All Blacks first five-eighth with the family name Mehrtens; professionally he’s known by two initials as his family name, both of which are found in the word “knowledge”. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2010s (solo): “Party at a Rich Dude's House”, Kesha
Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
There's a party at a rich dude's house
If you wanna go, then you know
We're gonna fight 'til we do it right
So let's whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
Tonight (Tonight)
Wake up in the front yard
We don't care
Wine stain on the sofa
We don't care
I threw up in the closet
But I don't care
'Cause we're young and we're broke
And I can't find my coat
Hint: This is a very fun bop from the same album that gave us “Your Love Is My Drug”, “Tik Tok”, “Take It Off”, “Blah Blah Blah”, and “Backstabber”. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2010s (band): “Party Rock Anthem”, LMFAO
Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it, baby!)
And we gon' make you lose your mind
We just wanna see you...
Shake that!
Every day I'm shufflin'
(Shake)
Shufflin', shufflin' (Shake)
Hint: This song is the third best-selling digital song in US history, and for any further hints: go back to last week’s quiz. Song title in lyrics quoted.
2020s: “365”, Charli XCX
When I'm in the club, yeah I'm (Bumpin' that)
When I'm at the house, yeah I'm (Bumpin' that)
365, party girl (Bumpin' that)
Should we do a little key?
Should we have a little line? (Ah-ah, ah)
Hint: Cocaine will definitely help you party every day. This English singer-songwriter began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene - you may know this brat from “Fancy” with Iggy Azalea, “Boom Clap”, “Speed Drive” from the Barbie soundtrack, or “Apple”, one of the biggest songs of this year. Song title in lyrics quoted.
