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50 free Song Titles trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
A great song title sticks in your head for decades, but can you finish one when a word goes missing? This quiz hands you a famous title with a gap in it, plus a clue about the track, and asks you to pick the word that belongs. The questions run from the sixties to the streaming era and take in rock, pop, soul, disco, punk, country and hip-hop. Each clue points to something real about the record: the film it was written for, the chart feat it managed, or the odd story behind its name. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up a fact even when you guess. It suits music fans of any age, a family game night, or a quiz host who needs a ready-made music round. The early questions are household favourites; the later ones reward people who know their record collection.
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Q 01Which word completes the title of Queen's almost six-minute UK chart-topper, "Bohemian ___"?
Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody found a new American audience in 1992, when the film Wayne's World showed its heroes headbanging along to it.
Q 02Which name completes the Beatles title Paul McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, "Hey ___"?
Jude
Hey Jude started out as Hey Jules, and Paul McCartney changed the name simply because he thought it sounded a bit better.
Q 03Which word completes the title of Nirvana's lead single from Nevermind, "Smells Like Teen ___"?
Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit took its title from graffiti by Kathleen Hanna that referred to a deodorant brand, which Kurt Cobain mistook for a revolutionary slogan.
Q 04Which animal completes the Survivor title written for the film Rocky III, "Eye of the ___"?
Tiger
Eye of the Tiger exists because Queen refused Sylvester Stallone permission to use Another One Bites the Dust in his boxing sequel.
Q 05Which name completes the Neil Diamond title sung by Red Sox crowds at Fenway Park, "Sweet ___"?
Caroline
Sweet Caroline has rung out in the middle of the eighth inning at every Red Sox home game since 2002, and Diamond sang it there in person in 2010.
Q 06Which name completes the Michael Jackson hit that unveiled his moonwalk on Motown 25, "Billie ___"?
Jean
Billie Jean gave Jackson his first public moonwalk, a move he had been practising in his kitchen before the television special.
Q 07Which word completes the Journey title heard in the final scene of The Sopranos, "Don't Stop ___"?
Believin'
Don't Stop Believin' became the best-selling digital track of the twentieth century in 2012, three decades after Journey released it.
Q 08Which color completes the title track of Prince's 1984 film and soundtrack album, "___ Rain"?
Purple
Purple Rain closed Prince's 2007 Super Bowl halftime show, which he played in a real downpour under matching stage lights.
Q 09Which word completes the title of the rock classic about a Montreux casino fire, "Smoke on the ___"?
Water
Smoke on the Water recalls a Frank Zappa concert in 1971, where someone in the audience fired a flare gun at the ceiling and set the casino alight.
Q 10Which word completes the Bon Jovi title about struggling couple Tommy and Gina, "Livin' on a ___"?
Prayer
Livin' on a Prayer almost stayed in the vault: Jon Bon Jovi disliked the first recording until guitarist Richie Sambora convinced him to rework it.
Q 11Which state completes the Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem that answers Neil Young by name, "Sweet Home ___"?
Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama hit back at Neil Young's song Southern Man, which the band felt blamed the entire South for slavery.
Q 12Which state completes the Eagles title that won the Grammy for Record of the Year, "Hotel ___"?
California
Hotel California ends with a guitar solo traded between Don Felder and Joe Walsh, which readers of Guitarist voted the best of all time in 1998.
Q 13Which word completes the Led Zeppelin title that was never sold as a US single, "___ to Heaven"?
Stairway
Stairway to Heaven became the most-requested song on American FM radio even though fans had to buy the whole album to own it.
Q 21Which word completes the Beyoncé title whose dance video won MTV's Video of the Year, "Single ___"?
Ladies
Single Ladies borrowed its dance moves from a 1969 Bob Fosse routine called Mexican Breakfast, first seen on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Q 22Which word completes the Mark Ronson title that topped the Hot 100 for 14 weeks, "Uptown ___"?
Funk
Uptown Funk took more than 100 takes before it was finished, then won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 2016.
Q 23Which word completes the Lady Gaga title that led off her EP The Fame Monster, "Bad ___"?
Romance
Bad Romance had its premiere on a catwalk, playing over the finale of Alexander McQueen's Paris Fashion Week show in October 2009.
Q 14Which surname completes the Simon & Garfunkel title featured in the film The Graduate, "Mrs. ___"?
Robinson
Mrs. Robinson grew out of an unfinished track called Mrs. Roosevelt, which the duo played for the film's director, Mike Nichols.
Q 15Which word completes the Elton John title revived by the film Almost Famous, "Tiny ___"?
Dancer
Tiny Dancer was written by lyricist Bernie Taupin about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time, who sewed patches onto Elton's jackets.
Q 16Which word completes the Rolling Stones hit Keith Richards wrote in his sleep, "(I Can't Get No) ___"?
Satisfaction
Satisfaction made its fuzzy guitar tone so fashionable that the entire available stock of Gibson fuzzbox pedals sold out by the end of 1965.
Q 17Which word completes the Bee Gees title from the opening credits of Saturday Night Fever, "Stayin' ___"?
Alive
Stayin' Alive has about 103 beats per minute, so first-aid trainers use it to teach the right rhythm for chest compressions.
Q 18Which word completes the opening track of Guns N' Roses' debut album, "Welcome to the ___"?
Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle was inspired, Axl Rose said, by a homeless man who yelled at him as he stepped off a bus in New York.
Q 19Which word completes the Madonna title about a pregnant teenager confiding in her father, "Papa Don't ___"?
Preach
Papa Don't Preach drew criticism from family planning organizations, which accused Madonna of glamorizing teenage pregnancy.
Q 20Which word completes the ABBA title that borrows the name of a stage spotlight, "Super ___"?
Trouper
Super Trouper is a type of follow spotlight used in large venues, though the lamp seen throughout ABBA's video is a different model.
Q 24Which word completes the Taylor Swift title that mocks press coverage of her love life, "Blank ___"?
Space
Blank Space answered tabloids that painted Swift as a serial dater by having her play the flirtatious character they described.
Q 25Which word completes the Killers' debut single about a jealous boyfriend in Las Vegas, "Mr. ___"?
Brightside
Mr. Brightside retells the night singer Brandon Flowers walked into a Las Vegas bar and found his girlfriend cheating on him.
Q 26Which word completes the White Stripes title whose riff became a stadium chant, "Seven Nation ___"?
Army
Seven Nation Army got its title from Jack White's childhood in Detroit, where he misheard the name of the Salvation Army.
Q 27Which word completes the Coldplay title borrowed from a Frida Kahlo painting, "Viva la ___"?
Vida
Viva la Vida, Spanish for long live life, is inscribed on a watermelon in Frida Kahlo's final painting, which Chris Martin saw in Mexico.
Q 28Which word completes Christina Aguilera's five-week Hot 100 chart-topper, "Genie in a ___"?
Bottle
Genie in a Bottle left Aguilera unconvinced at first: she was not keen on the demo, though she ended up proud of the finished record.
Q 29Which word completes the Snow Patrol title made famous by a Grey's Anatomy season finale, "Chasing ___"?
Cars
Chasing Cars came from a remark by singer Gary Lightbody's father, who compared his lovesick son to a dog running after traffic.
Q 30Which word completes the Radiohead title borrowed from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Paranoid ___"?
Android
Paranoid Android takes its name from the character Marvin and runs for over six minutes, moving through four distinct sections.