GUESS SONG GAME · THE DETAILS
About
For the moment you hear a tiny piece of music and think, “I know this one.”
GuessSongGame is an independent web project, operated under the GuessSongGame name. It offers short listening challenges and a word-based companion game. Both are free, with no paid subscriptions. Third-party players may show advertising or require their own sign-in.
Our current collection
There are currently 5 enabled recordings. Public-domain and Creative Commons recordings provide a fallback collection alongside a small SoundCloud trial. Enabled, playable and permission-verified are separate states. Embedding a recording does not establish permission to use it in a game.
Hosted excerpts are cropped from one fixed point, converted to mono and adjusted in level under the stated source license. SoundCloud tracks play through the official player; we do not download or host those audio files. Embedded clue lengths are approximate, and availability can vary by region or change without notice. The official player may show the song title.
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne — Frank C. Stanley (1910). University of California, Santa Barbara Library. Public domain in the United States.
Excerpt, mono conversion, resampling to 22050 Hz, 16-bit PCM, and uniform gain adjustment. Each shorter clip is an exact prefix of the 15-second excerpt. Historical wax-cylinder recording; audible surface noise is part of the source.
Permission review: hold. Playback: ready.
Original recording & attribution · Public domain in the United States
Daisy Bell
Daisy Bell — Edward M. Favor. Public domain in the United States. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Excerpt, mono conversion, resampling to 22050 Hz, 16-bit PCM, and uniform gain adjustment. Each shorter clip is an exact prefix of the 15-second excerpt. Historical wax-cylinder recording; audible surface noise is part of the source.
Permission review: hold. Playback: ready.
Original recording & attribution · Public domain in the United States
Greensleeves
Greensleeves — Dominique Cyprès (2008), ccMixter. CC BY 3.0. Excerpted, converted to mono 22050 Hz PCM and gain adjusted.
Excerpt, mono conversion, resampling to 22050 Hz, 16-bit PCM, and one uniform gain adjustment over the 15-second excerpt. Each shorter clip is an exact prefix of the 15-second excerpt. Adapted excerpts remain offered under CC BY 3.0.
Permission review: source-reviewed. Playback: ready.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel — Dominique Cyprès (2008), ccMixter. CC BY 3.0. Excerpted, converted to mono 22050 Hz PCM and gain adjusted.
Excerpt, mono conversion, resampling to 22050 Hz, 16-bit PCM, and one uniform gain adjustment over the 15-second excerpt. Each shorter clip is an exact prefix of the 15-second excerpt. Adapted excerpts remain offered under CC BY 3.0.
Permission review: source-reviewed. Playback: ready.
Shape of You
Shape of You — Ed Sheeran. Played by SoundCloud. Music permissions have not been verified.
No audio file downloaded or hosted. Playback is controlled through the official embedded player.
Permission review: unverified. Playback: ready.
A fair little challenge
Scores are calculated by the game service. Embedded trial and failure-replacement rounds are saved but excluded from rankings and streaks. Disabling a recording keeps completed scores. Fewer attempts earn more points, and replays are free. Daily puzzles reset at midnight UTC. Your anonymous browser identity saves rounds, scores and streaks. There is no cross-device account or identity recovery in this version.
Privacy Policy explains the data we store. Terms of Use explains use of the service and recordings.
Typography credits
Fraunces, Manrope and Space Grotesk are self-hosted under the SIL Open Font License. No third-party font request is needed to play.