2000s music quiz: play the noughties online
Pop punk, R&B and songs you first heard as a ringtone. The 2000s are close enough to remember and far enough to get wrong.
Free to try. Log in with an email code, no password and no app to install.
People are most sure about the years that just passed, and most wrong about them. A 2002 song and a 2008 song feel equally recent, so this decade produces the loudest disagreements.
The sound of the era helps if you listen: early 2000s production is dry and sharp, later in the decade autotune and big electro synths took over. Use the preview, not your memory of the video.
How it works
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Log in with a code
Enter your email address and type the code we send you. No password, no app.
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Pick a deck
Choose a popular deck, one of your own, or scan the QR code of a deck you have.
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Add the players
Add everyone who plays and choose how many cards are needed to win. One phone is enough.
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Listen and place
Hear a 30 second preview and place the song on your timeline. Right answers grow your timeline, the first to fill it wins.
The timeline in one look
Every player builds a timeline of songs in release order. You never see the year of the new song: you listen, then decide where it fits between the songs you already placed.
Tips for this game
Watch for autotune
Heavy autotune and club synths push a song toward 2006 or later.
Think of your phone
The phone you owned when you heard the song places it in time better than the song does.
Let a teen go first
They know the songs from playlists, not from living through them, which levels the field.
What you get
One phone, whole group
The phone goes from hand to hand. Nobody needs their own device or an account.
Real music
Songs play as 30 second previews, enough to recognise a chorus and argue about the year.
Free decks to start
Popular public decks are free to play. Want your own songs? Turn any playlist into a deck, the first 100 cards are free.
Prefer real cards?
The same game also exists on printed cards with a QR code on every card. See how that works for this subject.
Frequently asked questions
Does the game cover the 2000s?
It covers any songs you put in a deck. Browse popular decks or paste a 2000s playlist for a deck of your own.
What is the difference with the 2010s page?
The 2000s deck sits between the CD era and streaming, so its sound changes more per year. See the 2010s page for the streaming era.
Do I need to install an app?
No. The game runs in your phone browser. You only log in with a code sent to your email address.
Can we play together on different phones?
Not yet. The game is made for one phone that the group passes around, the way you would pass a stack of cards.
Ready to play?
Open the game, log in with a code and start your first round in a minute.
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