What songs are in the 80s Pop quiz?

10 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Michael Jackson, a-ha and Cyndi Lauper 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 Pop 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.

80s Pop Music Quiz

Gated drums, DX7 pianos, and synth basses that place a record in a year before the melody starts. The most production-identifiable decade in pop, which is why a second is often enough. Pop from the 80s, narrowed to 10 records (1982–1989). Michael Jackson and a-ha are both in here. Michael Jackson carries 3 of them, so expect to hear a lot of one act.

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

Song 1

80s Pop — 0

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Worth right now

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Nothing heard yet

— cold — at 0:15 — floor

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

Name the song

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The game needs JavaScript to play a record and keep score. Everything written on this page — how the scoring works, what is in this quiz — reads fine without it.

How to play the 80s Pop quiz

Press the record and type the title or the artist the moment you have it. Each of the 10 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the 80s Pop 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 Pop quiz

10 playable records, released between 1982 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
Cyndi Lauper
Eurythmics
George Michael
Phil Collins
Roxette
Wham!

Questions

What songs are in the 80s Pop quiz?: 10 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Michael Jackson, a-ha and Cyndi Lauper 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 Pop 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.