50 free love song trivia questions with answers. Every wedding playlist and slow-dance mix leans on the same few dozen songs, and this quiz is about the stories behind them. Fifty love song trivia questions cover who actually wrote the classics (Dolly Parton, Prince, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison all turn up in unexpected places), who the songs were written for, the films that turned album tracks into number ones, the samples and borrowed melodies hiding inside them, and the chart records they set. The easy questions ask which movie revived "Unchained Melody" or who duets on "Die with a Smile"; the hard ones want the poet behind "Layla", the saxophonist on "Just the Way You Are" and the soul group sampled on "Crazy in Love". It works for a date night, a pub quiz round or a wedding-week game with the bridal party. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on the song itself, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up. No lyrics are quoted, so nothing here is a finish-the-line test; it is a quiz about the songs, not the words.
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Q 01Who wrote and originally recorded "I Will Always Love You" in 1973?
Dolly Parton
She wrote it as a farewell to her mentor Porter Wagoner when she left his show to go solo.
Q 02How many weeks did Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' spend at number one on the Hot 100?
14
It was a record at the time and made it the best-selling single ever by a female solo artist, with over 25 million copies sold.
Q 03Which Beatles song did Frank Sinatra call "the greatest love song of the past 50 years"?
Something
It was written by George Harrison and became the first Harrison composition issued as a Beatles A-side.
Q 04George Harrison said the inspiration for his 1969 ballad on Abbey Road was which person?
Pattie Boyd
He imagined the composition in the style of Ray Charles, but the muse was his wife at the time.
Q 05"Unchained Melody" was originally written as the theme for what kind of 1955 film?
A prison drama
The film was simply called Unchained, and Todd Duncan sang the song on its soundtrack; it earned an Oscar nomination.
Q 06Which member of the Righteous Brothers sang the 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody" as a solo?
Bobby Hatfield
The duo's most famous record features only one of them singing; it later became the jukebox standard and is considered the definitive version.
Q 07The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" returned to the charts in 1990 thanks to which film?
Ghost
The revival sent the original 1965 recording to number one in the UK, where it became the year's top-selling single.
Q 08Who wrote and produced "Endless Love", the 1981 duet with Diana Ross?
Lionel Richie
It was written for the film of the same name starring Brooke Shields, and Billboard has called it the greatest song duet of all time.
Q 09Who composed the music for Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"?
James Horner
It grew out of his instrumental motif for Titanic; Will Jennings wrote the lyrics and the song won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Q 10Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" was written about which person?
Cherry Seaborn
She was his wife-to-be; the song went on to become the 2017 UK Christmas number one.
Q 11Who co-wrote "Thinking Out Loud" with Ed Sheeran?
Amy Wadge
The Wales-based singer-songwriter had known Sheeran since his teens; the song won Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Q 12"At Last" was written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for which 1941 film?
Sun Valley Serenade
Glenn Miller's orchestra took it to number two in 1942, long before it became Etta James's signature song.
Q 13Whose 1960 recording turned "At Last" into her signature song?
Etta James
Beyoncé later sang it at the Neighbourhood Ball for the Obamas' first dance on inauguration night in 2009.
Q 21Robert Smith of The Cure wrote "Lovesong" as what?
A wedding present for his fiancée
The 1989 Disintegration single reached number two in the US, the band's biggest American hit; Adele later covered it on 21.
Q 22Which jazz musician plays the saxophone solo on Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are"?
Phil Woods
Joel wrote the song for his first wife Elizabeth Weber and rarely performed it live for years after their divorce.
Q 23Whose 1983 comeback single was a cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together"?
Tina Turner
Green's original was his only Hot 100 number one; Barack Obama famously sang a line of it at the Apollo Theater in 2012.
Q 14Elvis Presley recorded "Can't Help Falling in Love" in 1961 for which film?
Blue Hawaii
It became his standard concert closer and was the last song he performed live, in Indianapolis in June 1977.
Q 15"Can't Help Falling in Love" is based on "Plaisir d'amour", a 1784 love song from which country?
France
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini's tune was borrowed by writers Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss.
Q 16Which reggae band's 1993 "Can't Help Falling in Love" spent seven weeks atop the Hot 100?
UB40
It also topped the charts of 11 other countries and featured in the film Sliver.
Q 17Who wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Your Song"?
Bernie Taupin
He says he scribbled them on a lined notepad at breakfast at Elton's mother's flat in 1969.
Q 18Who wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U", the 1990 hit for Sinéad O'Connor?
Prince
He recorded a demo in 1984 and first gave it to his side project The Family, whose 1985 album included it.
Q 19Sinéad O'Connor said her real tears in the "Nothing Compares 2 U" video were for whom?
Her mother
The video, mostly a single close-up of her face, was directed by John Maybury; her mother had died in a car accident in 1985.
Q 20"Crazy in Love" is built on a horn sample from a 1970 track by which soul group?
The Chi-Lites
Sampling "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" earned the group's Eugene Record a writing credit; the song won two Grammys.
Q 24In the United States, how was "Careless Whisper" credited on its 1984 release?
Wham! featuring George Michael
Steve Gregory won the sax part because he could play the main phrase in one breath; the single topped charts in 25 countries.
Q 25Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" became a US number one after being featured in which 1995 film?
Batman Forever
Seal wrote it in 1987 and was so embarrassed he threw the tape in a corner; it went on to win Record and Song of the Year Grammys.
Q 26Which producer, famous for Buggles and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, produced Seal's "Kiss from a Rose"?
Trevor Horn
Seal credited that production with turning a song he was unsure of into another eight million record sales.
Q 27John Legend dedicated "All of Me" to which person?
Chrissy Teigen
It became his first US number one in 2014, and a Tiësto remix won a Grammy for Best Remixed Recording.
Q 28Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" is a cover of a song written by whom?
Bob Dylan
Billy Joel actually released it a month before the writer's own 1997 version on Time Out of Mind.
Q 29The Goo Goo Dolls' 1998 hit written for City of Angels was named after which country-folk singer?
Iris DeMent
John Rzeznik spotted the name in an LA Weekly concert listing; the song, written for City of Angels, spent 18 weeks atop the airplay chart.
Q 30Savage Garden, who took "Truly Madly Deeply" to number one in 1998, come from which country?
Australia
The song was a rework of an earlier track called "Magical Kisses" and its video was shot in Paris.