60s Song Lyrics Quiz Questions & Answers

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Swinging or psychedelic? However you remember this decade (or don’t!), you’ll enjoy our 60s Music Lyrics Quiz.

Test your 60s lyrics trivia with our quiz which features toe-tapping pop songs, guitar screeching rock tunes, passionate love ballads, and a British invasion round.

You’ll find 60s music trivia questions and answers at the bottom of this guide. Feel free to use our quiz to build your own.

Note: There are four rounds, each with five questions, making this 60s song lyrics quiz out of 20 points. If you love music, check out our other music quizzes too!

We’ve shared the 60s song title and artist in the answers section so you can give yourself additional points for guessing them right also.

If you’re not sure how to use this quiz, scroll to the bottom for instructions first.

You may also like our 60s Music Trivia Quiz which includes general knowledge questions, one-hit wonders, and other fun rounds, and our 60s Trivia Quiz covering all things swinging sixties.

Let’s get started with our guess the song lyrics quiz for the sixties.

Challenging 60s Music Lyrics Quiz Questions and Answers

60s Pop Lyrics Quiz Round

1. Pretty woman, walkin’ down the street, Pretty woman the kind I like to meet, Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth, No one could look as good as you

• Help me!
• Mercy!
• Ow!
• Sassy!

2. Be my little baby, my one and only baby, Say you’ll be my

• Darlin’
• Baby
• Sweetie
• Mine

3. Return to sender, address unknown, No such number

• No such home
• No such phone
• No such zone
• No such tone

4. I was five and he was six, We rode on horses made of

• Twigs
• Wigs
• Sticks
• Figs

5. Na na na nananana, nannana

• Lovely Rita
• Lady Madonna
• Hey Julian
• Hey Jude

60s Rock Lyrics Quiz Round

1. Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why, ‘Scuse me while

• I kiss the sky
• Get so high
• Smoke and fly
• Say goodbye

2. While I’m far away from you my baby, I know it’s hard for you my baby, Because it’s hard for me my baby, And the darkest hour is just before

• You’re gone
• Falling in love
• The end of this song
• Dawn

3. People try to put us d-down (talkin’ ’bout my generation), Just because we get around (talkin’ ’bout my generation), Things they do look awful c

• Cool
• Cold
• Chill
• Chilled

4. I look inside myself, And see my heart is

• Red
• Black
• Blue
• Crimson

5. Ah, now I don’t hardly know her, But I think I could love her…

• Cool and colder
• Brighter and bolder
• Crimson and clover
• Over and over

60s Love Songs Lyrics

1. Lonely rivers flow

• To the sea, to the sea
• Are you still mine?
• I need your love
• Wait for me, wait for me

2. At last, my love has come along, My lonely days are over, And life is like a

• Song
• Poem
• Dream
• Spell

3. My Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore, You’re the only girl

• I’ve been waiting for
• That I can’t ignore
• My heart beats for
• I secretly adore

4. Imagine me and you, I do, I think about you day and night, it’s only right, To think about the girl you love and hold her tight

• Sugar sugar
• So happy together
• Poetry in motion
• My girl

5. Before the day I met you, life was so unkind, But you’re the key to

• My soul, so kind
• My heart, I’m love blind
• My head, what a find
• My peace of mind

60s British Invasion Song Lyrics

1. There is a house way down in New Orleans, They call the

• Chosen One
• Rising Sun
• Only Son
• House of Fun

2. Say that you love me, (Say) say that you need me, (Say) say that you want me

• You’ll never leave me
• You’ll never grieve me
• You’ll never tease me
• You’ll never deceive me

3. Girl, you really got me goin’, You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, Yeah, you really got me now

• You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, now
• You really got me
• I always wanna be by your side
• You got me so I can’t sleep at night

4. Well, no one told me about her, what could I do? Well, no one told me about her

• Though they all knew
• But it’s too late to say you’re sorry
• She’s not there
• ’bout the way she looked

5. (What did you feel there?) well

• I got high
• I cried
• I nearly died
• I got fried

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60s Lyrics Trivia Quiz Answers

60s Pop Lyrics Quiz Round Answers

1. Pretty woman, walkin’ down the street, Pretty woman the kind I like to meet, Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth, No one could look as good as you

• Help me!
• Mercy!
• Ow!
• Sassy!

♫ Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

60s Song Lyrics Trivia: Oh, Pretty Woman was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts and the Broadway musical Pretty Woman: The Musical in 2018.

2. Be my little baby, my one and only baby, Say you’ll be my

• Darlin’
• Baby
• Sweetie
• Mine

♫ Be My Baby by The Ronettes

3. Return to sender, address unknown, No such number

• No such home
• No such phone
• No such zone
• No such tone

♫ Return to Sender by Elvis Presley

4. I was five and he was six, We rode on horses made of

• Twigs
• Wigs
• Sticks
• Figs

♫ Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Cher

60s Song Lyrics Trivia: Bang Bang was covered by Nancy Sinatra which was used in a dance song by David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey.

5. Na na na nananana, nannana

• Lovely Rita
• Lady Madonna
• Hey Julian
• Hey Jude

♫ Hey Jude by The Beatles

60s Rock Lyrics Quiz Round Answers

1. Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why, ‘Scuse me while

• I kiss the sky
• Get so high
• Smoke and fly
• Say goodbye

♫ Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix

2. While I’m far away from you my baby, I know it’s hard for you my baby, Because it’s hard for me my baby, And the darkest hour is just before

• You’re gone
• Falling in love
• The end of this song
• Dawn

♫ Dedicated to the One I Love by The Mamas & the Papas

3. People try to put us d-down (talkin’ ’bout my generation), Just because we get around (talkin’ ’bout my generation), Things they do look awful c

• Cool
• Cold
• Chill
• Chilled

♫ My Generation by The Who

60s Song Lyrics Trivia: The singer, Roger Daltrey, who wants us all to f-f-fade away, did have a stutter which he fights but was encouraged to use it in My Generation.

4. I look inside myself, And see my heart is

• Red
• Black
• Blue
• Crimson

♫ Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones

5. Ah, now I don’t hardly know her, But I think I could love her…

• Cool and colder
• Brighter and bolder
• Crimson and clover
• Over and over

♫ Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells

60s Love Songs Lyrics Answers

1. Lonely rivers flow

• To the sea, to the sea
• Are you still mine?
• I need your love
• Wait for me, wait for me

♫ Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers

2. At last, my love has come along, My lonely days are over, And life is like a

• Song
• Poem
• Dream
• Spell

♫ At Last by Etta James

60s Song Lyrics Trivia: The song, At Last was written for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade in 1941.

It was also played by Glenn Miller and his orchestra in 1942, which was a hit in the US Billboard!

Celine Dion and Beyoncé have also sang the classic.

3. My Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore, You’re the only girl

• I’ve been waiting for
• That I can’t ignore
• My heart beats for
• I secretly adore

♫ My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

4. Imagine me and you, I do, I think about you day and night, it’s only right, To think about the girl you love and hold her tight

• Sugar sugar
• So happy together
• Poetry in motion
• My girl

♫ Happy Together by The Turtles

5. Before the day I met you, life was so unkind, But you’re the key to

• My soul, so kind
• My heart, I’m love blind
• My head, what a find
• My peace of mind

♫ (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin

60s British Invasion Song Lyrics Answers

1. There is a house way down in New Orleans, They call the

• Chosen One
• Rising Sun
• Only Son
• House of Fun

♫ House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals

2. Say that you love me, (Say) say that you need me, (Say) say that you want me

• You’ll never leave me
• You’ll never grieve me
• You’ll never tease me
• You’ll never deceive me

♫ Shout by Lulu

3. Girl, you really got me goin’, You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, Yeah, you really got me now

• You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, now
• You really got me
• I always wanna be by your side
• You got me so I can’t sleep at night

♫ You Really Got Me by The Kinks

4. Well, no one told me about her, what could I do? Well, no one told me about her

• Though they all knew
• But it’s too late to say you’re sorry
• She’s not there
• ’bout the way she looked

♫ She’s Not There by The Zombies

5. (What did you feel there?) well

• I got high
• I cried
• I nearly died
• I got fried

♫ Itchycoo Park by Small Faces

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