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guess the producerthe ariana grande production credits quiz
the song is right there — the question is who made it. four names, one of them credited, three lives. the pool starts on the hits and goes all the way down to the album cuts, and the three-second clip is there to jog the memory rather than to identify anything.
shuffling the credits…
production credits are facts about a recording, not the recording — nothing here reproduces any music, lyric or artwork beyond the sleeve apple serves alongside a link to the store. the clip plays apple’s official 30-second preview from apple’s own servers, seeked a few seconds in; nothing is downloaded, cut or hosted here. your streak is stored in your browser, and signing in moves it with you.
how to play guess the producer
- you get a short clip of the record and its title, so the song itself is never the question.
- four producer names appear and one of them actually has the credit.
- three lives, endless run. a wrong answer costs one.
- every round ends on the real credit with a link out to the track, so a wrong answer teaches you something.
what it actually is
this is the one game on the site that is about how records are made rather than about recognising them. the names recur in a way that becomes legible fast: max martin and ilya salmanzadeh on the biggest singles, tommy brown across most of the r&b, pharrell on all of sweetener, and about thirty others who turn up once or twice.
it also exists for a legal reason worth knowing. production credits are facts about a recording, so a game built on them needs no licence at all — unlike anything lyric-shaped, which is a separate copyright held by publishers who enforce it hard. that constraint is why this game exists and why there is no lyric quiz anywhere on this site.
tips
- learn the era-to-producer mapping first. pharrell means sweetener, and almost nothing else does.
- if the record sounds like it was cut close and quiet, tommy brown is a better bet than max martin.
questions
who produces ariana grande's songs?
most often max martin, ilya salmanzadeh, tommy brown and pharrell williams, with about thirty other producers across the catalogue. this game is built on the real credits.
how do you play guess the producer?
you are given a short clip and the song's title, then four producer names. pick the one actually credited on the record. three wrong answers ends the run.
why is there no lyrics quiz on this site?
lyrics are a separate copyright held by music publishers. credits, titles and chart positions are facts about records rather than the records themselves, so the games here are built on those instead.
is it free?
yes, entirely. no account, no sign-up, no install and no payment. nothing is collected — scores and streaks live in your own browser and go no further.
does it work on a phone?
yes. every game here is built for a phone first, and the ones that use audio work over a normal mobile connection because the clips are short official previews rather than files being downloaded.