"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is so tied to West Virginia that the state made it an official state song. John Denver sang about it like a homesick local. But there's a catch buried in how that song got written. What is it? Denver originally wrote it about Tennessee, then swapped the state name None of the song's three writers had ever actually been to West Virginia The song was rejected by West Virginia's legislature twice before being adopted "Country Roads" was written as a joke and never meant to be released None In 1996, one song became completely impossible to escape — weddings, ballgames, every birthday party in America. But its trip to the top of the Billboard charts was bizarrely slow. How long did "Macarena" take to finally hit No. 1? It debuted at No. 1 in its very first week About 4 weeks About 12 weeks About 33 weeks — it took more than half a year to climb to the top None The Beatles didn't just dominate the charts in the 1960s — for one week in April 1964, they did something no act has done before or since in quite the same way. What was it? They held all five of the top five spots on the Billboard Hot 100 at once They had a No. 1 song on every chart in every country simultaneously They released five albums in a single day They had the same song at No. 1 in both 1964 and 1974 None "Tubthumping" — the "I get knocked down, but I get up again" song — was a 1997 sing-along smash. But the band behind it, Chumbawamba, had a secret identity that would shock the people who played it at frat parties. What was it? They were a Christian worship band They were committed anarchists who'd spent 15 years playing political benefit shows The "band" was actually just one person using studio musicians They were a country group who recorded it as a parody None "Spirit in the Sky" — that fuzzy, gospel-flavored 1969 rock song about meeting Jesus when you die — has been a movie-soundtrack staple for decades. Here's the twist about the man who wrote it. What is it? He wrote it for a church and never intended it to be a pop song Norman Greenbaum, who wrote and sang it, is Jewish and knew almost nothing about gospel music The song was actually written in the 1940s and re-recorded in 1969 Greenbaum recorded it as a protest against organized religion None Here's a stumper. In December 1963, a song knocked the rock 'n' roll competition off the very top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The artist behind that No. 1 hit had an occupation almost no chart-topper has ever had. What was it? The singer was a sitting U.S. congressman The singer was a professional astronaut The singer was a nun The singer was an Olympic gold medalist None Time's up
