80s Music Quiz

The decade production forgot to be subtle in, which is a gift here — a gated snare or a particular synth patch will place a record before the melody starts.

18 records · free, no sign-up · 30 seconds each

Song 1
80s — 0
—
Worth right now
of —
0:00
Nothing heard yet
— cold — at 0:15 — floor

Replaying is free — the price only falls past the furthest point you have heard.

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    How to play the 80s quiz

    Press the record and type the title or the artist the moment you have it. Each of the 18 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the 80s quiz is a bet on your own ear: commit early and it pays in full, wait for the chorus and it pays half. The full scoring rules are on the hub.

    What’s in the 80s quiz

    18 playable records, released between 1980 and 1989. We don’t list the tracks — that would be the answer key.

    How hard it gets

    Band 1 is the most-played tenth of the catalogue. A quiz weighted to the left is one almost everyone can play.

    Artists you’ll hear

    • Michael Jackson
    • a-ha
    • AC/DC
    • Bon Jovi
    • Culture Club
    • Cyndi Lauper
    • Eurythmics
    • Foreigner
    • George Michael
    • Guns N' Roses
    • Metallica
    • Phil Collins
    • Roxette
    • The Police
    • Toto
    • Wham!

    Questions

    What songs are in the 80s quiz?
    18 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Michael Jackson, a-ha and AC/DC among the artists you'll hear. We don't publish the track list — knowing it would be the answer key, and the point is to name the record from the music. The breakdown above shows the years and the difficulty spread instead.
    Is the 80s quiz free to play?
    Yes, and there's no sign-up. Press play and a record starts. You can play as many rounds as you like here; the app adds ranked duels, friends rooms and the harder difficulty tiers.

    How the scoring works, what a wrong guess costs and whether you need Apple Music are answered once, on the hub.