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Kicking and screaming (a musical connect wall)

Puzzling Asked on August 1, 2021

An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls


In this puzzle, the melodies of 16 songs are given in sheet music form. You first must identify the 16 songs from the melodies. Then, arrange the songs into four groups of four, with each group of songs related by a common theme. The final answer will be a song which is related to each of the four themes.

  • Unlike my previous musical connect wall, the themes are not necessarily related to the song titles. They may also relate to the artists, genres, or other aspects of the songs.
  • Each melody contains the part where the song title appeared in the song, except for #6 which contains an instrumental only part of the song.
  • The songs cover a variety of genres and decades. As a guide, here are the number of songs by decade:
    • 70’s: 1
    • 80’s: 6
    • 90’s: 5
    • 00’s: 3
    • 10’s: 1
  • It’s not expected for you to be able to sight read the sheet music to identify the songs. Instructions for playing the melodies are located below the sheet music section. From feedback on my last musical connect wall, I added tempo information to each song and tried to keep each song in its original key.

Songs 1-8
Songs 9-16

To play the melodies, I have pasted the songs below in ABC notation. Copy and paste each song (starting with "X:#") to this site which I used to create the music or this alternate site. Then press the play button to hear the song.


X:1
T:1
L: 1/16
K: A
Q:1/4=94
| z8 z2 [cea]2 [cea]2[cea][cea]- | [cea]4 [dfa]2[dfa]2 [cea]6 [Beg][Beg]- | [Beg]8 z2 [cea]2 [cea][cea][cea][cea] | [dfa][dfa]2[dfa]2[dfa]2 [cea]4 [cea] [cea][Beg]3 | [Beg]4- [Beg][Acf][GBe]2 [Beg]4- [Beg][cfa][Beg]2 | [Acf]8 z8 |

X:2
T:2
L: 1/16
K: G
Q:1/4=77
| z8 z2 GG- Gd2B- | B4 z4 z2 GGG- Gd2B- | B4 z8 z2 AB | c4 B4 A6 G2 | G4 z12 | z4 dd2e- ee2e- ede2 | e4 z12 |

X:3
T:3
L: 1/8
K: Bb
Q:1/4=90
| z2 dd e2 ff- | f e3/2 z4 | z6 BB | f3 d1/2c1/2 B4 | z3 F (3e2d2c2 | B8 |

X:4
T:4
L: 1/16
K: G
Q:1/4=100
| z4 [EG]GGG A2B2[EA]2G2 | E2 z2 [EG]GGG A2B2[EA]2G2 | E4 z2 [FA][FA] [FA][EG][EG][EG]- [EG]2B,2 | [EG]4 [FA]4 [GB]4 [DA]4 | C4 z4 z8 |

X:5
T:5
L: 1/8
K: Db
Q:1/4=67
| z AAB c3/2e1/2e2- | eA E3/2c1/2 B4- | BABc =G3 E | F3/2E1/2 C6- | CAAB c3/2e1/2e2- | eA E3/2c1/2 B4- | BABc e3 E | F3/2A1/2 A6 | z AEc B3 A | A8 |

X:6
T:6 (Instrumental)
L: 1/8
K: G
Q:1/4=120
| [E,E]3 [E,E] .[G,G] z1/2.[E,E] z1/2.[D,D] | [C,C]4 [B,,B,]4 |

X:7
T:7
L: 1/8
K: F
Q:1/4=108
| z2 A,C DF z F, | A,CDF D2 C2- | C2 z C BBAG  | DDFD G2 F2 |

X:8
T:8
L: 1/16
K: C
Q:1/4=82
| DEEE E3/2 z1/2EE E2E3/2 z1/2 EEEE | E3/2 z1/2 ED EDE2 A2G2G DE3/2 z1/2 | EE3/2 z1/2 DE2- E1/2 z1/2 DE2E2 E3 z | DDD2 D2B,2 A,G,E,3/2 z1/2 E,2B,D | [G,G]4 [^F,^F]4 [E,E]4 [D,D]4 | [E,E]2 [E,E]6 z8 |

X:9
T:9
L: 1/16
K: Gb
Q:1/4=122
| [dg][ea] z2 [ea]2[dg][g_c']- [gc']2[ea]6 | [dg][ea]z [ea]2[dg][ea]-[ea]8 | [dg][ea] z2 [ea]2[ea][g_c']- [gc'][ea][gc']6 | [dg][ea][ea]2 [ea]2[dg][ea]- [ea]4 z4 |

X:10
T:10
L: 1/8
K: C
Q:1/4=98
| z3 e agcc | d2-d z z4 | z2 c c1/2c1/2e ddc | (d c3-c4) | z2 cc1/2d1/2-d1/2cB1/2-B1/2cB1/2- | B2 A G3 z2 | z2 cc BABc | A4 z4 |

X:11
T:11
L: 1/8
K: C
Q:1/4=150
| C2 C2 EGAc- | c2 _B BBBB | C2 C2 EGAc- | c2 _B BBBB |

X:12
T:12
L: 1/8
K: B
Q:1/4=210
| z2 E=D E2 ED | E =D2 E2 F3 | [B,E]4 [=A,=D]4 | [CF]4 [=A,=D]4 | z2 [B,E]2- [B,E][=A,=D][F,B,] | [=A,=D]4 [B,E]4- | [B,E]6 z2 | z8 | z2 B,2 B,3 =A, | =A,2 B,2 F,4 |

X:13
T:13
L: 1/16
K: G
Q:1/4=125
| z8 D4 ^D3E- | EEDB, EEDB, EF2G- GE2D- | DDB,A, DDB,2 DE2F- FD2E- | EEDB, EEDB, EF2G- GE2D- | DDB,A, DDB,2 DE2F- FD2[Ee]- | [Ee]2 z2 z4 z8 |

X:14
T:14
L: 1/8
K: C#m
Q:1/4=180
| [ceg]3 [ceg]- [ceg]2 [ceg]2- | [ceg] [ceg]2 [ceg]4 z | [Bd][Bd][Bd][Bd]- [Bd][df]2 [df]- | [df][ce]3-[ce]2 c2 | [ceg]3 [ceg]- [ceg]2 [ceg]2- | [ceg] [ceg]3 [ceg]3 z | [Bd][Bd][Bd][Bd]- [Bd]e2 d- | d c6 z |

X:15
T:15
L: 1/8
K: Eb
Q:1/4=116
| z4 z F-F1/2G3/2 | z A AA1/2A1/2-AGFE | EFGF z F-F1/2G3/2 | A z AA AG F1/2E3/2 | G2 F2 z4 |

X:16
T:16
L: 1/8
K: F#
Q:1/4=135
| fc c2 c2 c2 | b, d2 c-c (a,1/2g,1/2f,) |

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Correct answer by Prince Deepthinker on August 1, 2021

As with the last musical Connect Wall by this OP, this is the kind of puzzle which might benefit from shared expertise, so here's a community wiki answer to collect the identified songs... (16/16 now identified)

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Answered by Stiv on August 1, 2021

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