Sad Songs Quiz

You hear one second of a real sad songs recording and name it. Land it straight away and the round is worth five points. Miss or skip and the clip grows to two seconds, then four, seven and eleven, worth less every time. Five sad songs tracks per run, roughly two minutes, and the guess box suggests titles as you type so spelling never costs you a round.

Tracks are pulled live from the public catalogue, so the five you get change every run. Expect titles like Someone Like You, when the party's over, Fix You, drivers license. Each round also starts at a random point in the recording, so Someone Like You opening on a verse and Someone Like You opening on the chorus are two completely different puzzles.

Usually, yes. Narrowing every round to sad songs strips out the genre and era clues you would normally use in the first second, so recognising Someone Like You or when the party's over comes down to knowing the actual record rather than placing its style.

No. Every round of the Sad Songs Quiz is audio, so nothing is printed on screen and no lyrics are stored or reproduced anywhere on this site. You are naming sad songs tracks by ear.

Yes. No sign-up, no download, no cost. The Sad Songs Quiz runs in any browser on phone, tablet or desktop, and you can replay it as many times as you like because the sad songs tracks reshuffle each run.