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Hard Music Quiz for Music Nerds

Trickier picks for those who know more than just the chorus.

Songs to guess
4287
Fits
Quiz foxes
Level
Hard – for those who know more than the chorus
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Among the songs: Broken, Beat & Scarred – Metallica, I Am John – Loney, Dear, Fate of Norns – Amon Amarth…

The same list can also be played as Music Quiz · The Timeline.

Every day: Daily challenge – the same songs for everyone, one attempt, a leaderboard until midnight.

Free · first round without an account · no app · no Spotify

Playlist · The Music Nerd – Trickier picks for those who know more than just the chorus.

What's typical for The Music Nerd

The Music Nerd is the biggest list, with thousands of songs from 1970 onwards, and the only one that deliberately skips the obvious hits. The song examples above therefore show the list's lesser-known end, not its biggest artists. Kent, Ghost, In Flames, Europe, Sabaton and ABBA are all in there, but it's their track three and track seven that get played, not the singles.

The level is Hard. Rounds are drawn from songs with lower recognition in the hit catalogue, so a round with three correct out of ten can be a good result. Fox Ear's scoring rewards guessing in a few seconds, and here those seconds are what separates the real nerds.

Good for quiz foxes, aspiring music journalists, and groups for whom Friday Party got too easy. Don't play it as the first list with a new group – it'll scare off the people who are there to sing along.

Songs you might meet

A sample from the list's 4287 songs. Every round draws new ones, so no two games are alike.

  1. 1Broken, Beat & Scarred – Metallica2008
  2. 2I Am John – Loney, Dear2007
  3. 3Fate of Norns – Amon Amarth2004
  4. 4Frantic – Metallica2003
  5. 5Here Is Gone – Goo Goo Dolls2002
  6. 6Ordinary Girl – Blu DeTiger2023
  7. 7Pulling Our Weight – The Radio Dept.2006
  8. 8Rejection Role – Soilwork2002
  9. 9Sulfur – Slipknot2008
  10. 10The Blister Exists – Slipknot2004
  11. 11Waiting on a War – Foo Fighters2023
  12. 12Apricots – Bicep2021
  13. 13Black & Blue – Miike Snow2009
  14. 14Broadway – Goo Goo Dolls2002

How to play The Music Nerd

Play solo

Tap Guess the song and the round begins. You hear a clip and guess the song – no room, no code, and the first round without an account.

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Create a room, set up the stage on the TV, and let everyone join with a code or a QR code. The app handles playback, judging and scoring – you don't have to be the referee.

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