QUIZ: Guess The ’80s Song By The First Line

“Now in the street there is violence”

Retry Correct Incorrect Guyanese-British reggae artist Eddy Grant was inspired by the first street to feature electric lights in Brixton, England, and a series of riots that struck the area in 1981 when he wrote “Electric Avenue.” And since he addresses that fact in the very first line, that makes it easy to see which listeners are paying attention.

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“Now in the street there is violence”

• “Bad Boys”
• “Tumblin’ Down”
• “Electric Avenue”
• “Pass the Dutchie”