Name the voice behind the hit, tap the artist your memory already hears.
By Richie.Zh01
30 Questions
L1 Difficulty
1 × 30 Points
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About This Quiz
Here’s the loop. Title appears, four artists compete, one is correct. You listen in your head, then choose. No deep trivia. Let tone, phrasing, and production steer you. Fast moves keep you in flow.
Anchor examples help. A bass line built on a Rick James sample means parachute-pants legend. That Titanic-sized, choir-lift ballad = Céline. A Brooklyn trio joking through a 70s-cop-show spoof points to a Spike Jonze classic.
If stuck, sort by decade fingerprint: early-90s boom bap, mid-90s alt shimmer, late-90s boy-band gloss. Make the call, log the point, and roll to the next screen.
[B] Radiohead | Thom Yorke's self-loathing masterpiece almost got banned by BBC for dropping an f-bomb, becoming their reluctant signature song.
2/30
No Diggity?
[A] BLACKstreet | Teddy Riley pioneered new jack swing perfection featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen over Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands."
3/30
Wannabe?
[D] Spice Girls | Five British women preached girl power philosophy in under three minutes, conquering 37 countries' charts simultaneously.
4/30
Semi-Charmed Life?
[B] Third Eye Blind | Stephan Jenkins hid crystal meth addiction references behind upbeat melodies, fooling radio programmers everywhere into heavy rotation.
5/30
Wonderwall?
[C] Oasis | The Gallagher brothers' biggest hit borrowed its title from George Harrison's 1968 solo album about salvation and friendship.
6/30
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)?
[A] C+C Music Factory | Martha Wash's uncredited powerhouse vocals drove this dancefloor destroyer, sparking lawsuits about proper artist recognition.
7/30
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)?
[A] Green Day | Billie Joe Armstrong's acoustic breakup song ironically became graduation ceremonies' favorite farewell anthem across America.
8/30
Genie In A Bottle?
[C] Christina Aguilera | Eighteen-year-old Christina's sultry debut mixed innocent pop with suggestive metaphors about rubbing the right way.
9/30
Iris?
[B] Goo Goo Dolls | Johnny Rzeznik wrote this for Nicolas Cage's angel movie, tuning his guitar so strangely he needed five guitars live.
10/30
I Wanna Sex You Up?
[D] Color Me Badd | Four Oklahoma City friends harmonized their way through this New Edition-inspired baby-making soundtrack hit.
11/30
Two Princes?
[A] Spin Doctors | Chris Barron's tale of romantic competition featured pocket trumpets and became college rock's most unavoidable earworm.
12/30
Shine?
[D] Collective Soul | Ed Roland's spiritual awakening anthem took its name from a Clorox bleach commercial playing during recording sessions.
13/30
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)?
[C] En Vogue | Dawn, Terry, Cindy, and Maxine flipped James Brown's payback into female empowerment over Denzil Foster's funky production.
14/30
Killing Me Softly?
[B] The Fugees | Lauryn Hill reimagined Roberta Flack's 1973 classic with hip-hop beats, outselling the original by millions worldwide.
15/30
Only Wanna Be With You?
[A] Hootie & the Blowfish | Darius Rucker quoted Bob Dylan lyrics and paid $500,000 in settlement fees for forgetting to ask permission.
16/30
You're Still the One?
[C] Shania Twain | Canadian country queen proved doubters wrong about her marriage to producer Mutt Lange lasting (until 2008).
17/30
Good Vibrations?
[B] Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | Mark Wahlberg's rap career peaked with this Loleatta Holloway sample before Hollywood wisely beckoned.
18/30
3 A.M.?
[D] Matchbox Twenty | Rob Thomas explored his mother's cancer battle through insomniac imagery, launching their multi-platinum career at 3:47 duration.
19/30
Who Will Save Your Soul?
[A] Jewel | An Alaskan folk singer living in her van wrote philosophical questions about modern spiritual emptiness and superficiality.
20/30
Man in the Box?
[C] Alice in Chains | Layne Staley's haunting wail about censorship and control used a talk box effect creating that distinctive warped sound.
21/30
California Love?
[D] 2Pac (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) | Tupac's Death Row debut sampled Joe Cocker and celebrated West Coast supremacy months before his murder.
22/30
Fly?
[B] Sugar Ray | Mark McGrath's reggae-rock transformation from metal band to beach-pop featured Super Cat's dancehall toasting.
23/30
O.P.P.?
[C] Naughty by Nature | Treach cleverly disguised infidelity discussions as "Other People's Property" over Jackson 5's "ABC" sample.
24/30
One of Us?
[D] Joan Osborne | Eric Bazilian's theological thought experiment asked what if God took the bus like regular folks.
25/30
Criminal?
[B] Fiona Apple | Nineteen-year-old Fiona's jazz-influenced confession about toxic love won her a controversial MTV Award speech moment.
26/30
Mama Said Knock You Out?
[A] L.L. Cool J | James Todd Smith's grandmother inspired his fierce comeback response to critics calling his career finished.
27/30
Can I Get A...?
[C] Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule | Jigga's player anthem sampled Rick James while introducing future Murder Inc. boss Ja Rule.
28/30
Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover?
[D] Sophie B. Hawkins | Sophie's omnisexual desire anthem challenged radio censors who couldn't decide if "damn" was too scandalous.
29/30
Buddy Holly?
[A] Weezer | Rivers Cuomo defended his platonic friendship using 1950s references, directed by Spike Jonze on Happy Days' actual set.
30/30
Poison?
[B] Bell Biv DeVoe | New Edition's bad boys warned about dangerous women over Dr. Freeze's infectious new jack swing groove.