Synths, gated drums and choruses built for stadiums. This quiz pulls from the decade that gave pop its biggest hooks — Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Prince, Whitney Houston and the new-wave acts that made the charts strange for a while. One second is usually enough for the drum machine to give it away.
You hear one second of a song and pick the title from four options. Not enough? Listen longer — two, four or eight seconds — but every extra second is worth fewer points. Seven songs, then a score you can argue about. Previews stream straight from Apple iTunes, so you always hear the real recording, and nothing is stored: hit play again for a fresh order.
The FlipList Daily gives everyone in the world the same seven songs each day, with a shareable grid of green and red squares. The full game — 465 80s tracks among 40+ playlists, 200 solo levels and daily streaks — is FlipList on Android.