Sam Smith Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

A Sam Smith quiz turns on one split casual fans miss: the funeral-slow ballads and the sweaty club bangers, sung by the same unmistakable voice. Guess the Sam Smith song from 'Stay with Me', 'Too Good at Goodbyes' and the Bond theme 'Writing's on the Wall' to the number one 'Unholy' with Kim Petras and the Calvin Harris house cut 'Promises', then test your trivia on the early features 'Latch' and 'La La La'. See how well you really know Sam Smith by calling each clip ballad or banger.

Main genrePop (pop and soul)

ActiveSince 2012 (2010s, 2020s)

Best-known songs to guessStay with Me, Unholy, I'm Not the Only One, Too Good at Goodbyes, Writing's on the Wall

Deep cuts fans missLeave Your Lover, Life Support, Burning, Pray, Kids Again

Eras in the quizIn the Lonely Hour ballads, The Thrill of It All soul-pop, the Gloria club era

Real nameSamuel Frederick Smith (non-binary, they/them)

Collaborators to knowKim Petras, Calvin Harris, Normani, Disclosure, Naughty Boy

Related artistsAdele, Ed Sheeran

Quiz difficultyEasy on the ballads, hard once the club era hits

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 Sam Smith Song

From the piano of 'Stay with Me' to the strut of 'Unholy', Sam Smith's biggest songs give themselves away fast. Call each one a ballad or a banger and the easy points are yours.

Stay with Me

Unholy

I'm Not the Only One

Too Good at Goodbyes

Writing's on the Wall

Leave Your Lover

Life Support

Burning

Sam Smith Trivia: Behind the Voice

The facts behind the hits decide the close rounds: an Oscar-winning Bond theme, four Grammys in one night, and a co-writer added to 'Stay with Me' after a Tom Petty song came up. Details that break a tie.

✦Sam Smith's real name is Samuel Frederick Smith, born in London on 19 May 1992 and raised in the Cambridgeshire village of Great Chishill.

✦'Writing's on the Wall', Smith's theme for the James Bond film Spectre, won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Original Song and was the first Bond theme to top the UK singles chart.

✦At the 2015 Grammys, In the Lonely Hour and 'Stay with Me' brought Smith four awards in one night, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

✦'Unholy', a duet with Kim Petras, topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022, and the pair won the 2023 Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

✦Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were added to the songwriting credits of 'Stay with Me' after listeners noted its melody resembled Petty's 'I Won't Back Down'.

How Well Do You Know Sam Smith's Two Sides?

Sam Smith's catalog splits in two: the funeral-slow ballads that won the awards, and the club hits that came later. Start on the side you know, then test yourself on the one you don't.

The heartbreak ballads (where casual fans score)

Start here for the easy points. 'Stay with Me', 'I'm Not the Only One', 'Too Good at Goodbyes' and the Bond theme 'Writing's on the Wall' are slow, huge and unmistakably Sam Smith. Most players name these from the first piano chord, so this is the pile that opens any round in your favour.

The dancefloor turn (where the quiz flips)

Then the mood inverts. 'Unholy' with Kim Petras, the Calvin Harris house cut 'Promises' and 'Dancing with a Stranger' with Normani are built for a club, not a good cry. Same voice, opposite energy, so the trap is assuming a Sam Smith track has to be a ballad.

The breakthrough features (where superfans pull ahead)

Before the solo hits, Smith was the guest voice. Disclosure's 'Latch' and Naughty Boy's 'La La La' put that high, aching falsetto on dance tracks in 2012 and 2013, before 'Stay with Me' existed. Knowing those came first is what separates real fans in a guess-the-song round.

The album deep cuts (the tiebreakers)

The hardest points sit off the singles: 'Leave Your Lover' and 'Life Support' from In the Lonely Hour, 'Burning' and 'Pray' from The Thrill of It All, and 'Kids Again' from Gloria. Place one of these from a short clip and you are in the top tier of any Sam Smith quiz.

Sam Smith Quiz FAQ

How well do you know Sam Smith?

Play the Sam Smith quiz and see. Guess the song from a short clip and answer questions across the ballads and the club hits. The catch is the range: knowing 'Stay with Me' is no help on 'Unholy'.

Which Sam Smith songs are in the quiz?

The ballads everyone knows, 'Stay with Me', 'I'm Not the Only One', 'Too Good at Goodbyes' and 'Writing's on the Wall', plus the dancefloor hits 'Unholy', 'Promises' and 'Dancing with a Stranger' that trip people up.

How hard is the Sam Smith quiz?

Easy on the slow songs, harder on the club era. Smith's voice sounds the same whether the track is a tearjerker or a banger, so the mood of a clip will not tell you which era it comes from.

Can you tell a Sam Smith ballad from a club track?

That is the whole game. 'Lay Me Down' and 'Leave Your Lover' sit worlds apart from 'Promises' and 'Unholy', yet all four are Sam Smith. Placing a clip on the right side is what pushes a good score to a perfect one.

What is Sam Smith's real name?

Sam Smith was born Samuel Frederick Smith in London in 1992 and raised in Cambridgeshire. Smith is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

Is the Sam Smith quiz free?

Yes. Every Sam Smith 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.