Test your knowledge of Reba McEntire's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
Her biggest songs announce themselves through their stories: a mother dressing Fancy, a wife waiting on a straying husband, a courtroom twist in Georgia. Name the Reba McEntire hit from the opening bars.
The facts behind her hits are where the questions get sharp: a signature borrowed from Bobbie Gentry, a first Grammy in 1987, a plane crash that shaped a whole album. The details that decide a close game.
Her catalog splits into tiers: the story-hits casual fans place fast, the twist endings that trip players up, the remakes she made her own, and the duets and late singles only superfans reach.
Start here for the easy points. 'Whoever's in New England' (her 1986 breakthrough and first Grammy), 'Is There Life Out There' and 'Fancy' are the story-songs even casual listeners can place from the plot alone: a straying husband, a young mother going back to school, a girl sent out to escape poverty. If you grew up on country radio, this tier is where you rack up your score.
Reba loves a sting in the tale, and that is where the quiz gets interesting. 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' hides a courtroom reveal most first-time listeners miss, 'Does He Love You' plays out as a wife and the other woman trading verses, and 'Somebody Should Leave' lands on a marriage nobody will walk away from. Know the ending and the title comes fast.
Here is the trap that catches confident players: several Reba classics started as someone else's hit. 'Fancy' was Bobbie Gentry's in 1969, 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' was Vicki Lawrence's 1972 chart-topper, and 'Cathy's Clown' was an Everly Brothers original before Reba took it to number one in 1989. Assuming she wrote them is the easiest way to miss a question.
The top tier lives past the radio staples. Superfans place the 1991 album 'For My Broken Heart', the Vince Gill duet 'The Heart Won't Lie', her Kelly Clarkson remake of 'Because of You' (2007), and the long-running number one 'Consider Me Gone' (2009). These are the deep cuts that separate a good Reba score from a perfect one.
Play the Reba McEntire quiz on Songtrivia and find out. You guess her songs from a short clip and answer trivia across the story-songs she is known for. Naming 'Fancy' or 'Whoever's in New England' is the easy part; the twist endings and remakes are what sort the real fans.
Expect the signatures everyone knows, 'Fancy', 'Is There Life Out There', 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' and 'Consider Me Gone', plus deeper cuts like 'Somebody Should Leave' and the duet 'Does He Love You' that separate longtime fans.
Because so many of her hits are story-songs, you often have to know the plot, not just the hook, and several signatures are remakes she made her own. 'Fancy' came from Bobbie Gentry and 'Cathy's Clown' from the Everly Brothers, which trips up confident players.
That is half the game. A straying husband ('Whoever's in New England'), a courtroom twist ('The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia') or a wife and the other woman trading lines ('Does He Love You') will often give away the title before the chorus.
Her full name is Reba Nell McEntire. She was born on March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, and grew up in a rodeo family; her father was a champion steer roper.
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