With all the remakes leaking out of Hollywood like – oh, I don’t know – an unstoppable oil spill, I started thinking about song remakes… how they don’t happen as often, and when they do, how they tend to be worthy updates or at least interesting spins (outdated pun!) on the original.

That’s when I decided to present a So, Duh! Pop Quiz that will have you match a song remake with a comparable film remake.

1) Anberlin’s version of New Order’s True Faith

a) Psycho
b) Fame
c) Alfie
d) Bedazzled

2) Cake’s version of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive

a) Friday the 13th
b) Clash of the Titans
c) Dawn of the Dead
d) Nightmare on Elm Street

3) Eddie Vedder’s version of Indio’s Hard Sun

a) The Ring
b) The Karate Kid
c)  The Taking of Pelham 123
d) The Wicker Man

4) Flo Rida’s version of Dead or Alive’s You Spin Me Round (called Right Round)

a) Who’s Your Caddy? (Caddyshack)
b) My Baby’s Daddy (Three Men and a Baby)
c) Soul Plane (Airplane!)
d) All of the above

5) Shinedown’s version of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Simple Man

a) The Fly
b) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
c) The Hills Have Eyes
d) The Parent Trap

BONUS: To check out My Top Ten List of 80’s (Music) Remakes, click here.

(Answers… or opinions, I guess… after the jump…)

1) Anberlin’s version of New Order’s True Faith

a) Psycho
b) Fame
c) Alfie
d) Bedazzled

The reason I went with Psycho of the others is it was the most pretentious undertaking.  I mean, come on, Gus Van Sant… you really thought you could take on an Alfred Hitchcock classic?

2) Cake’s version of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive

a) Friday the 13th
b) Clash of the Titans
c) Dawn of the Dead
d) Nightmare on Elm Street

Both versions of the song are incredible in their own right, but the same thing goes for both versions of Dawn of the Dead – Cake and Zack Snyder brought something new and interesting to Gloria Gaynor and George A. Romero’s originals.

3) Eddie Vedder’s version of Indio’s Hard Sun

a) The Ring
b) The Karate Kid
c)  The Taking of Pelham 123
d) The Wicker Man

Indio’s tune and Japan’s unique horror film were both relatively unknown; Eddie Vedder and Gore Verbinski changed that, and made quality remakes.

4) Flo Rida’s version of Dead or Alive’s You Spin Me Round (called Right Round)

a) Who’s Your Caddy? (Caddyshack)
b) My Baby’s Daddy (Three Men and a Baby)
c) Soul Plane (Airplane!)
d) All of the above

All are loose remakes in their own right; they’re meant to be fun and they are.

5) Shinedown’s version of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Simple Man

a) The Fly
b) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
c) The Hills Have Eyes
d) The Parent Trap

Why remake Simple Man and why remake Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?  Well, each remake could have been worse…