Sampledle
Many hits are built on older records. Sampledle plays a slice of the original source, and you name the well known track that sampled it.
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How Sampledle works
Listen. Press play to hear part of the original sample.
Guess the hit. Enter the artist and title of the famous track that used it.
Unlock hints. Skips and misses reveal year, genre, trivia and more sample layers.
Solve in five. Name it in five attempts or fewer.
Sample layers
- Drums: a beat or break
- Vocals: a sung or spoken part
- Bassline: the low groove
- Melody: the tune
Think like a producer
Producers often loop a short, catchy part. When you hear a sample, imagine it repeating under a modern beat. If it sounds familiar that way, you have probably heard the hit already.
Common Sampledle questions
How many attempts do you get in Sampledle?
Five, and each miss or skip opens another hint.
What parts of a sample can you hear?
Drums, vocals, bass or melody. More layers are added as hints.
Do I name the old song or the new one?
The famous track that sampled it.
What hints are there?
Release year, genre tags, trivia and more layers of the sample.
Can I play older days?
Yes. There is an archive.
Sampledle strategy
- Hip hop from the golden age sampled heavily, so think there first.
- A drum break may be shared by many songs. Wait for the melody layer if unsure.
- The year hint shows when the hit came out, not the sample.
Sampledle in numbers
- Clue
- A snippet of the original sample
- Answer
- The hit that sampled it
- Attempts
- 5
- Hints
- Year, genre tags, trivia and more layers
- Sample parts
- Drums, vocals, bass or melody
- Category
- Music games, guess the song
Facts checked on 2026-11-10. Sampledle belongs to Sampledle. Megadle is not linked to it.