What songs are in the 80s R&B & Soul quiz?

101 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie and Sade 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 R&B & Soul 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 pass-the-phone party games.

80s R&B & Soul Music Quiz

Post-disco funk, quiet storm, and the first drum-machine soul. Synth bass and gated drums under most of it, and the voices are among the most famous in the genre. R&B & Soul from the 80s, narrowed to 101 records (1980–1989). Luther Vandross and Lionel Richie are both in here. A tighter pool than either quiz on its own, which means the records repeat less and the ones you do not know stand out more.

101 records
Free, no sign-up
30 seconds each

Song 1

80s R&B & Soul — 0

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Worth right now

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0:00

Nothing heard yet

— cold — at 0:15 — floor

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

Which one is playing?

Music previews on Apple Music. Apple and Apple Music are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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 R&B & Soul quiz

Press the record and pick the cover that is playing the moment you know it. Each of the 101 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the 80s R&B & Soul 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 R&B & Soul quiz

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

Records by year

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

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

Questions

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

What songs are in the 80s R&B & Soul quiz?: 101 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie and Sade 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 R&B & Soul 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 pass-the-phone party games.