Culture trivia
Name a famous pop song
691 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Billie Jean
- ...Baby One More Time
- Dancing Queen
- Like a Prayer
- Wannabe
- Shape of You
- Uptown Funk
- Rolling in the Deep
- Bad Romance
- Shake It Off
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- Thriller
Below the waterline
These 202 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Like a Virgin
- Material Girl
- Vogue
- Express Yourself
- Toxic
- Oops!... I Did It Again
- Poker Face
- Just Dance
- Umbrella
- Single Ladies
- Halo
- Firework
- Roar
- Teenage Dream
- Hello
- Someone Like You
- Happy
- Blinding Lights
- Levitating
- Havana
- Despacito
- Gangnam Style
- Call Me Maybe
- Since U Been Gone
- Genie in a Bottle
- Livin' la Vida Loca
- Bye Bye Bye
- I Want It That Way
- Mamma Mia
- Super Trouper
- Take a Chance on Me
- Money Money Money
- The Winner Takes It All
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Waterloo
- Stayin' Alive
- I Will Survive
- Y.M.C.A.
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- Careless Whisper
- Take On Me
- Sweet Dreams
- Time After Time
- Karma Chameleon
- Never Gonna Give You Up
- Total Eclipse of the Heart
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody
- I Will Always Love You
- My Heart Will Go On
- Africa
- Every Breath You Take
- Don't You Want Me
- Come On Eileen
- Let's Dance
- Beat It
- Bad
- Smooth Criminal
- Man in the Mirror
- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
- Black or White
- Purple Rain
- Kiss
- When Doves Cry
- Rocket Man
- Your Song
- Candle in the Wind
- Sweet Caroline
- Papa Don't Preach
- True Blue
- Into the Groove
- Borderline
- La Isla Bonita
- Hung Up
- Sorry
- Love Yourself
- Baby
- Cry Me a River
- SexyBack
- Can't Stop the Feeling!
- Flying Without Wings
- Uptown Girl
- You Raise Me Up
- Back for Good
- Never Ever
- Pure Shores
- Don't Stop Movin'
- What Makes You Beautiful
- Story of My Life
- Party in the U.S.A.
- Wrecking Ball
- We Can't Stop
- Flowers
- Come & Get It
- Lose You to Love Me
- Stitches
- Perfect
- Thinking Out Loud
- As It Was
- Watermelon Sugar
- Bad Guy
- Happier Than Ever
- Birds of a Feather
- Drivers License
- Good 4 U
- Vampire
- Espresso
- Die with a Smile
- Thank U Next
- 7 Rings
- We Found Love
- Diamonds
- Crazy in Love
- Irreplaceable
- Survivor
- Say My Name
- Independent Women
- No Scrubs
- Waterfalls
- Hot n Cold
- I Kissed a Girl
- Dark Horse
- Last Friday Night
- Get the Party Started
- So What
- Just Give Me a Reason
- Because of You
- Breakaway
- Stronger
- Complicated
- Hollaback Girl
- Hips Don't Lie
- Whenever Wherever
- Jenny from the Block
- Hero
- Fantasy
- We Belong Together
- Torn
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Zombie
- Good Vibrations
- California Girls
- I'm a Believer
- Sugar Sugar
- Build Me Up Buttercup
- Mrs. Robinson
- The Sound of Silence
- My Girl
- Respect
- Can't Help Falling in Love
- Be My Baby
- The Twist
- Venus
- Spirit in the Sky
- Kung Fu Fighting
- Le Freak
- Hot Stuff
- Last Dance
- I Feel Love
- Heart of Glass
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- Tiny Dancer
- Crocodile Rock
- Chiquitita
- Voulez-Vous
- Fernando
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- Earth Song
- Heal the World
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- 99 Red Balloons
- Don't You
- Walk Like an Egyptian
- Eternal Flame
- Walking on Sunshine
- Mickey
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- Rio
- Take My Breath Away
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Mad World
- Tainted Love
- Faith
- Relax
- The Power of Love
- Holding Out for a Hero
- Heaven Is a Place on Earth
- How Will I Know
- Greatest Love of All
- What's Love Got to Do with It
- Footloose
- Jump
- Jessie's Girl
- I'll Be Missing You
- Mmmbop
- Tubthumping
- Barbie Girl
- Believe
- Macarena
- Mambo No. 5
- Smooth
- Bailamos
The iceberg for “Name a famous pop song”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsBillie Jean · ...Baby One More Time · Dancing Queen
- Below the Surface202 answers · 25 ptsLike a Virgin · Material Girl · Vogue …
- The Deep262 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss214 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 262 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 214 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 691 answers in total, 534 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ABC”. Longest: “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”.
- S, T and B are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough” counts as Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (77). Run through it first.
- Skip Billie Jean, ...Baby One More Time and Dancing Queen; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a famous pop song”?
- Most people start with Billie Jean, ...Baby One More Time, Dancing Queen, Like a Prayer and Wannabe. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous pop song”?
- 691 in all: 12 on The Tip, 202 Below the Surface, 262 in The Deep, 214 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous pop song”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ABC” and the longest is “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”.
- Is “Name a famous pop song” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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