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ONE DECADE · TEN SONGS · FOUR CHOICES
1990s Song Guesser
From guitar riffs to sampled beats: name the nineties song.
This 1990s song guesser puts ten clips between you and a perfect score. A guitar texture, a vocal harmony or the way a beat lands might bring a title to mind. Compare four nineties choices and answer within fifteen seconds, then see whether your musical memory was right.
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You know more songs than you think.
Queue up ten nineties songs and test your memory against four choices.
10 songs4 choices15 seconds
A little of everything
1990s
Ten songs. Four choices. Trust your ears.
Make your choice
Pick one of four song-and-artist options within fifteen seconds. Tap, click or press keys 1–4. Replaying does not reset the timer.
Review and replay
Finish ten songs, review the answers and copy your score. Start another round in the same style and try to improve your personal best.
The nineties have more than one sound
Distorted guitars, layered vocals and sampled rhythms offer different ways into a nineties song. The useful clue may be a small detail: the space before a vocal, a repeated bass figure or an accent in the drum pattern. Let the four titles guide what you listen for next.
This is a fixed-decade game rather than a survey of every release from the period. Ten distinct songs are selected for each game, and all answer options stay within the nineties pool. Replaying can introduce other tracks, but a familiar song can return in a later game.
Fast correct answers build your score. Incorrect choices and timeouts reveal the song without adding points, so you can learn from the clip and move on. At the end, compare your ten answers, copy your result or switch to the nineties short-clip challenge.
Song Guesser questions, answered
Does the 1990s game mix styles?
Yes. It uses eligible songs across the nineties pool rather than limiting the game to one style. All four choices still belong to the same decade.
Can I narrow this to nineties rock?
Use the general Song Guesser to select Rock and 1990s. If a style-and-era combination cannot support a varied ten-song game, you will be asked to adjust the filters.
Do I need to type a song title?
No. Listen to the clip and select one of four titles. On a keyboard, the number keys 1 to 4 also select the corresponding choice while the timer is running.
What happens when the clock reaches zero?
The question ends with zero points and reveals the answer. Continue when you are ready; the result page includes the songs from the whole game.