Ed Sheeran Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

An Ed Sheeran quiz is wider than his wedding-radio image: one man with a loop pedal covers real ground. Guess the Ed Sheeran song from acoustic giants like 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud' and 'Castle on the Hill', then test your trivia on the dancefloor turns 'Shape of You' and 'Bad Habits', and rap cuts like 'Eraser' that catch out ballad fans. Add the hits with his name only in the credits, 'Love Yourself' for Justin Bieber, and see how well you really know Ed Sheeran before the chorus lands.

Main genrePop (singer-songwriter, acoustic)

ActiveSince 2011 (2010s, 2020s)

Best-known songs to guessShape of You, Perfect, Thinking Out Loud, Castle on the Hill, Bad Habits

Deep cuts fans missYou Need Me I Don't Need You, Eraser, Give Me Love, Afire Love, Take It Back

Eras in the quiz+ (2011), x (2014), divide (2017), equals (2021), subtract (2023)

Rapping cutsYou Need Me I Don't Need You, Take It Back, Eraser

Hits he wrote for othersLove Yourself (Justin Bieber), Little Things (One Direction)

Real nameEdward Christopher Sheeran

Related artistsJustin Bieber, Adele, Sam Smith

Quiz difficultyEasy on the giants, hard on the rap cuts and give-aways

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 Ed Sheeran Song: One Man, Many Sounds

Ed Sheeran's radio giants need no introduction, from the fingerpicked 'Perfect' to the marimba hook of 'Shape of You'. These are the guaranteed points before his album tracks and rap cuts get tricky.

Shape of You

Perfect

Thinking Out Loud

Castle on the Hill

Bad Habits

You Need Me I Don't Need You

Eraser

Give Me Love

Ed Sheeran Trivia: The One-Man Machine

Some of the best questions here have nothing to do with a chorus: a solo act who loops a whole band live, a streaming record most artists never touch, and chart-toppers he handed to Justin Bieber and One Direction.

✦Ed Sheeran performs entirely alone, building each song live with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal rather than a backing band.

✦'Shape of You' from the album divide spent weeks at number one and became one of the most-streamed songs in Spotify history.

✦He co-wrote Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' and One Direction's 'Little Things', so some of his biggest hits are sung by other artists.

✦His albums are titled with math symbols, from + and x to divide and equals, spelled out as Plus, Multiply, Divide and Equals.

✦'Thinking Out Loud' won Song of the Year at the 2016 Grammy Awards.

How Well Do You Know Ed Sheeran's Range?

It all comes from one man, but the range is deceptive. Move from the wedding-radio giants to the loop-pedal builds, the surprise rap cuts and the hits he wrote for other stars to see where your knowledge runs out.

The wedding-radio giants (where casual fans score)

Start with the songs that made him a wedding-playlist fixture. 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Photograph', 'Castle on the Hill' and 'The A Team' are the acoustic giants most players name from the first chords. In any Ed Sheeran quiz, these are the guaranteed points.

One man, one loop pedal: the whole sound is Ed

Here is what casual fans miss: there is no band. Ed builds a track live by looping guitar, vocal and percussion, so the full-sounding production on 'Shape of You' or 'Sing' is one person stacking parts. Once you hear the catalogue as a solo loop-pedal act, the range starts to make sense.

Wait, he raps? (where superfans pull ahead)

He is filed under acoustic balladeer, so his rapping is where superfans pull ahead. 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', 'Take It Back' and 'Eraser' feature fast, rhythmic verses that catch out anyone expecting only love songs. Placing these from a short clip is a real fan's edge.

The hits hiding in the credits

Some of Ed Sheeran's biggest hits are sung by other people. He co-wrote Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' and One Direction's 'Little Things', and he has guested across pop and hip-hop. A thorough quiz asks whether you can trace a song back to him even when his name is only in the credits.

Ed Sheeran Quiz FAQ

How well do you know Ed Sheeran?

Play an Ed Sheeran quiz on Songtrivia to find out. Name each song from a short clip and answer questions on his albums and the hits he wrote for others. Eight right marks a real fan; the songs he wrote for other artists are the harder half.

What makes the Ed Sheeran quiz tricky?

He is one man with a guitar and a loop pedal, but his catalogue runs from acoustic ballads to club tracks and fast rapping. The mood of a clip tells you little, so you have to know the whole range.

Which Ed Sheeran songs come up the most?

'Shape of You', 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Castle on the Hill' and 'Bad Habits' are the most-guessed, with rap cuts like 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' as the curveballs.

Does Ed Sheeran really rap?

Yes. Tracks like 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', 'Take It Back' and 'Eraser' feature fast, rhythmic verses, which is why the quiz is harder than his ballad reputation suggests.

What is Ed Sheeran's real name?

Edward Christopher Sheeran. He was born on February 17, 1991, in Halifax, England, and grew up in Framlingham, Suffolk.

Is the Ed Sheeran quiz free?

Yes. Every Ed Sheeran quiz is free to play, with no signup and no Spotify account needed. Just pick one and press play.

📚 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.