How to play HitParade
HitParade is a name-that-tune music quiz for friends. Choose from four multiplayer modes or play together on one device. The interface is in English, with music from the 1950s to the 2020s and special collections including Norwegian and Swedish songs.
Before you start
- Host: open HitParade in a current browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Choose a mode and categories, then continue to the lobby. Share the host screen with the room if you have a TV or projector.
- Guests: scan the lobby’s QR code or open its join link on your phones and enter a player name. Each phone needs an internet connection. Hosts and guests can play without signing in.
- One device: choose Single Screen if you want everyone to play together without joining on phones. It also works for solo practice.
- Time: allow roughly 10–45 minutes as a planning estimate. There is no fixed session length: the mode, group size and winning target determine how long you play.
Music and audio
Short song previews, usually around 30 seconds, play from the host’s device. Guests use their phones for buzzers and answers. Use speakers everyone can hear, turn up media volume, and tap Play or Enable Audio if the browser blocks autoplay. Single Screen plays music on the shared device.
You do not need a Spotify or Deezer account or a music subscription. An internet connection is required, and individual previews may become unavailable. Try another song if a clip fails. You can test a preview below before creating a game.
Who is this?
Press play
The native app uses the same online game. On iOS, Screen Mirroring can show the host view on a TV while the host’s phone provides controls and audio.
Quick Draw
Play a song on the host screen. Players buzz on their phones, then say the artist and title aloud. The host or chosen boss judges answers and awards points. A wrong answer gives the next player in the queue a chance.
The standard scoring guide awards 1 point for the artist, 1 for the title alone, or 3 total for both together. The host controls the award. First to the chosen winning score wins.
Example: a player on 7 points names both the artist and title. Award 3 points: they reach 10 and win a game with a 10-point target.
Choose Quick Draw screensOpen Mic
Everyone types the artist, song title and release year on their own phone for every song. Submit before the round ends. Artist and title matching tolerates small spelling differences; the host can adjust results.
Each correct part earns 1 point. Getting all three earns an extra bonus point, for 4 total. The host can set an allowed year margin. The game ends when a player reaches the chosen winning score.
Example: correct artist and title but a year outside the allowed margin earns 2 points. All three correct earns 4, including the bonus.
Choose Open Mic on the home screenTimeline
Take turns listening to a song and placing it among the years on your own timeline. Name the artist and title too; the host judges the answer before the song can be kept.
A correct answer and chronological placement locks the song onto your timeline. A wrong placement does not add a song. First to the selected number of locked songs wins.
Example: a 1982 song belongs between songs from 1977 and 1991. Place it there and have the answer accepted to add one locked song.
Choose Timeline on the home screenBingo
Your board contains music categories. The host spins the category wheel and plays a song. Buzz in and name it; the host decides whether your answer earns a mark. Only the player awarded the turn marks a matching category square.
If you have several unmarked squares in that category, choose one. If none remain, you get no new mark. A complete row or column wins; diagonals also count on square boards.
Example: the wheel lands on the 80s. You answer correctly and the host awards your turn, so you mark one unmarked 80s square. Completing a row wins Bingo.
Choose Bingo on the home screenSingle Screen
Use one phone, tablet or computer for the whole group. Add player names, choose categories and play a song. Guess aloud, reveal the answer and award points on the local scoreboard. Guests need no extra devices.
Use the same suggested 1-point artist, 1-point title or 3-point combined award as Quick Draw. The person keeping score controls the points. First to the chosen target wins.
Example: guessing only the artist moves a player from 4 to 5 points. Both artist and title earns 3 total, moving them from 4 to 7.
Set up Single ScreenFree play and accounts
All categories are currently included for everyone, and games are ad-free on the web and in the native app. There are no paid categories or upgrades. Signing in gives you a profile and lets supported modes save your hosted game history; it is optional for play.