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Avicii Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

Inside the biggest Avicii festival drops sits a folk and country record, and that surprise is what an Avicii quiz is built around. Guess the Avicii song from the folk-and-house of 'Wake Me Up' and 'Hey Brother' to the piano rush of 'Levels', then test your trivia on the voices out front, since Aloe Blacc sings 'Wake Me Up' and Dan Tyminski carries 'Hey Brother'. Place 2013's 'True' against 2015's 'Stories' and find out how well you know Tim Bergling, whose euphoric builds divided the dancefloor.

Real nameTim Bergling
Best-known songs to guessWake Me Up, Levels, Hey Brother, The Nights, Waiting for Love
Deep cuts fans missAddicted to You, You Make Me, Silhouettes, Fade Into Darkness
Eras in the quiz2011 breakout ('Levels'), 2013 True (folk-house), 2015 Stories (pop songwriting)
Vocalists to nameAloe Blacc ('Wake Me Up'), Dan Tyminski ('Hey Brother'), Audra Mae ('Addicted to You')
Quiz difficultyEasy on the anthems, hard on the deep cuts and the vocalists behind them

Start your solo quiz

Name as many tracks as you can from short audio clips. The faster you answer, the more you score.

10 questions4 answers each

Guess the Avicii Song

'Wake Me Up', 'Levels' and 'Hey Brother' are the ones that give themselves away on the first drop.

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Wake Me Up

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Levels

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Hey Brother

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The Nights

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Waiting for Love

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Addicted to You

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You Make Me

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Silhouettes

Avicii Trivia: The Folk Inside the Drop

The Etta James sample under 'Levels', the bluegrass voice on 'Hey Brother', and the acoustic guitar that divided festivals.

'Wake Me Up' (2013) pairs Avicii's house production with folk and soul vocals from Aloe Blacc, and it topped charts across Europe.
'Hey Brother' features bluegrass singer Dan Tyminski, the voice heard on the 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' soundtrack.
'Levels' (2011) is built on a sample of Etta James's 'Something's Got a Hold on Me' and became Avicii's breakthrough.
His debut album 'True' (2013) leaned on live bluegrass and country players, a divisive move for a dance producer at the time.
Avicii, born Tim Bergling in Stockholm, stopped touring in 2016 and died in 2018 at the age of 28.

How Well Do You Know Avicii's Builds?

The anthems are easy points; the guest vocalists and deep cuts are where the lead tightens.

The singles the whole festival sings back

'Wake Me Up', 'Levels', 'Hey Brother' and 'The Nights' are the tracks even casual listeners can name from the first bar. Anything that plays like a stadium singalong is almost certainly one of these, and they hand out the quickest points.

Acoustic guitar over a house drop (the fusion that split the floor)

This is the sound that made him. 'Wake Me Up' set Mike Einziger's acoustic guitar and Aloe Blacc's soul vocal over a house beat, and 'Hey Brother' leaned on bluegrass. Purists booed at first, then the whole festival circuit followed.

The bluegrass and soul voices in the mix

His hits hand the hook to guest singers, so the guess often comes down to the voice. Aloe Blacc fronts 'Wake Me Up', Dan Tyminski sings 'Hey Brother', and Audra Mae carries 'Addicted to You'. Recognise who is singing and the title usually falls into place.

The True-era build (the sound he left behind)

His 2013 debut 'True' turned the euphoric build into a formula, from 'Wake Me Up' to 'You Make Me'. Later singles like 'Waiting for Love', co-produced with Martin Garrix, kept it going before his death in 2018.

Avicii Quiz FAQ

How does the Avicii quiz work?

Songtrivia plays you part of an Avicii track to name, then asks trivia about the festival anthems, the folk-house fusion, and the voices on the hooks.

Which Avicii songs are in the quiz?

Anthems like 'Wake Me Up', 'Levels', 'Hey Brother' and 'The Nights', together with quieter picks such as 'Addicted to You', 'You Make Me' and 'Fade Into Darkness'.

Why is the Avicii quiz tricky?

His biggest tracks hand the hook to a guest singer, so telling 'Wake Me Up' from 'Hey Brother' can come down to whether you know the voice, not the drop.

What does 'Levels' sample?

'Levels' (2011) is built on Etta James's 'Something's Got a Hold on Me', one of the most recognisable samples in an Avicii quiz.

Who was Avicii?

Tim Bergling, a Swedish DJ and producer from Stockholm who broke through with 'Levels' in 2011 and died in 2018 at the age of 28.

Is the Avicii quiz free?

Completely free. The Avicii quiz runs on Songtrivia with no payment, no account, and no Spotify login.

📚 Sources & methodology

Sources consulted

Wikipedia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · Songtrivia editorial team.

Our methodology

Each topic is curated by a Quiz Master with category expertise. Selection crosses cultural impact, chart performance, recognition potential and era variety.