80s Hits: Guess the Song
Twenty smash hits from the decade of big hair, neon, synthesizers and the birth of MTV. Hear a short clip of each: can you name the artist and the song?
About this quiz
The 1980s turned pop into a spectacle: music videos made stars overnight, synthesizers and drum machines shaped the sound, and the biggest songs of the decade are still on every party playlist today. This quiz plays a 30-second clip of twenty of its most famous hits, from 1980 to 1987, by pop icons, rock bands and new wave acts from both sides of the Atlantic.
Each clip has two boxes under it, one for the artist and one for the song title, and each box is worth a point. Common short forms are accepted, like a band's name without "The" or a song title without its bracketed part. Once the quiz is over every song shows its cover, the year it came out with its album, and a link to it on Apple Music.
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