Behind the Scenes Quiz: The Stories Behind the Songs

Which Swedish singer co-wrote “Love Me Like You Do” for Ellie Goulding?

On which Italian project’s record is the voice not that of the man who appears in the video?

Which American group includes the member who popularised the backslide, the move Michael Jackson turned into the moonwalk?

Which artist wrote “Children” to give DJs a calming track for the end of the night, hoping to cut the number of road accidents on the way home?

Which band opened its biggest hit on the date of 21 September, chosen only because it sounded right?

Which artist licensed all eighteen tracks of one album to advertising or film, a first on that scale?

Which French duo built its one and only hit on a sample of “Soup for One” by Chic?

Which American artist saw a 2022 track become a worldwide hit two years later, carried by social media?

Which French singer saw “Makeba”, released in 2015, explode six years after it came out?

Which British artist owes one of his best-known tracks to a drum break that happened by accident in the studio?

🎁 Which Scottish band first turned down the song that became its only American number one?

🎁 Which German DJ produced the remix of “Prayer in C” by the duo Lilly Wood & The Prick?

🎁 Which band’s most famous song runs five minutes and fifty-five seconds, a length judged impossible for radio at the time?

🎁 Which singer wrote “Diamonds” for Rihanna before singing “Chandelier” herself?

🎁 Which singer made two rival Jamaican political leaders shake hands on stage in 1978?

🎁 On which duo’s only UK number one is the harmonica solo played by Stevie Wonder?

🎁 Which British band won four MTV Video Music Awards for a video shot on a moving floor?

🎁 Which band’s recent catalogue versions are built on the original tapes, remixed by the son of its own producer?

🎁 Which British singer recorded her biggest hit on a song written by her father and her brother?

🎁 Which German duo was assembled by producer Dieter Bohlen around the singer Thomas Anders?