What songs are in the World quiz?

343 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Elissa, Nancy Ajram and Rema 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 World 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.

World Music Quiz

Records that travelled a long way from where they were made. The widest-ranging pool on the site, and the one most likely to teach you something.

343 records
Free, no sign-up
30 seconds each

Song 1

World — 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.

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 World quiz

Press the record and pick the cover that is playing the moment you know it. Each of the 343 records here is worth the most the instant it starts and less for every second you let run, so the World 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 World quiz

343 playable records, released between 1955 and 2026. We don’t list the tracks: that would be the answer key.

Records by year

1955–62

1963–70

1971–78

1979–86

1987–94

1995–02

2003–10

2011–18

2019–26

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

Elissa
Nancy Ajram
Rema
Tarkan
Asake
Burna Boy
Davido
Wizkid
Ayra Starr
Manu Chao
Sertab Erener
Amr Diab
AP Dhillon
Gurinder Gill
Buena Vista Social Club
Legião Urbana
Money Musik
Youssou N'Dour
Salif Keïta
Cesária Evora
Master KG
Mohammad Abdu
Amadou
Diljit Dosanjh
and 79 more

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 World quiz?: 343 real records, drawn from the same catalogue the Guess The Song app uses, with Elissa, Nancy Ajram and Rema 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 World 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.