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Birthday music bingo: the hits the birthday person grew up with
The best birthday bingo is not about today's hits but about the music the birthday person grew up with. Musical memory is strongest for the songs of your teens and early twenties; pick that period and the birthday person recognises everything, while the stories follow by themselves.
So count back from the year of birth and build the playlist around it. We spread the songs across unique bingo cards and the Bingo Master plays the recognisable 30-second part of every song, with a 3-second gong in between.
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The right list per decade
Turning 40? Then the youth hits of the late nineties and the noughties are the core of your list. For a 50th birthday take the eighties and early nineties, for a 60th the seventies and eighties, and for a 30th the noughties and tens. The rule of thumb: the music from when the birthday person was between 10 and 25.
Keep the guests in mind
Ages vary at a birthday party. Build about two thirds of the list around the birthday person's decade and fill the rest with broad hits every generation knows. That keeps grandad in the game without the night losing its theme.
Make it personal
Add songs only this group understands: the wedding song, the holiday hit of the group of friends or the birthday person's guilty pleasure. Is the birthday person a superfan of one artist? Consider an artist bingo as an extra round.
How to make this music bingo yourself
Paste your playlist
A link from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer, or type your own list of songs. The app collects the titles and removes duplicates.
Choose playing time and win pattern
The app works out how many songs you need and picks the card size.
Print the unique bingo cards
Two cards per A4 with cut lines, with a matching emoji above every title, plus a checklist for the host.
Play the hits
The Bingo Master plays the recognizable part of every song and verifies each bingo through the card code.
Frequently asked questions
Which music do I pick for a 40th birthday?
The birthday person's youth hits. Look at their teenage years: for a 40th birthday that means the late nineties and the noughties. Build the core of your playlist there.
How many songs do I need?
About 55 for half an hour, 110 for an hour and 164 for ninety minutes of play.
How do the guests join?
With printed cards, two per A4 with cut lines, or free on their own phone through bingobanger.party with the host's game code.
What does it cost?
The app is free with 6 cards. Bingo Master is a one-off 4.99 euro for 50 cards and all win patterns; Bingo King 19.99 euro for 1000 cards and your own logo. No subscription.
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