Song of the Year Game

Guess the year based on the songs! Each round, hear up to five songs: the Billboard Hot 100 top three and, optionally, the Grammy Song and Record of the Year. Guess the year, ranks, and awards.

Players

Everyone guesses on this one device

Year range

Rounds will only play years in this span, inclusive (1960–2025)
Earliest
Latest

Include Grammy winners

You can change players, year range, and Grammy winners between each round.
How scoring works
Exact year
+5
Year within 1 / 2 / 3
+3 / +2 / +1
All 3 ranks / two / one
+5 / +3 / +2
One rank correct, and it was #1
+1
Song of the Year correct
+1
Record of the Year correct
+1
Max per round
12
Chart year vs. award year, and what the awards are

The year you guess is the Billboard chart year. The Grammy ceremony happens the following year but honors that same period, so its winners belong to the year you're guessing. Song of the Year rewards the songwriting; Record of the Year rewards the specific recording (artist and producers), so the two awards can go to different songs.

How songs & audio work

Each round embeds the songs from Spotify. If you're signed in to Spotify Premium in this browser, the players play in full; otherwise you'll hear a 30-second preview. If a player doesn't load for someone — no Premium, region limits, or a track that's gone — open "If a song won't play" to get tap-to-open links for that round's songs in your own Spotify app.

Data: Billboard Year-End Hot 100 & Grammy Song/Record of the Year via Wikipedia · Playback via Spotify · Single self-contained file.