Throw your own music bingo party!

Throwing a party? Turn it into a music bingo! Everyone gets a card, you play the hits, and whoever fills a row, a column or the whole card first shouts: bingo! With HitBingo you put a game like that together in a couple of minutes. Let me show you how.

First, create a free account. Your first name and your email address. That's all we need to know. You get an email to confirm, and then you're ready to go.

Click New Bingo. Give your bingo a name, for example: Emma's Birthday. Fill in how many people are playing; everyone gets their own, unique card. And choose how long you want to play: fifty songs for a normal game, seventy-five if you're making a long night of it. Up to ten cards, it's completely free.

Now for the best part: the music. No idea where to start? Pick one of our ready-made playlists, and one click puts fifty hits on the list. Already have a playlist on Spotify? Paste the link here, and HitBingo pulls in the songs. It can be someone else's public playlist too. Still missing that one song the whole room sings along to? Search for it, and add it. A song that doesn't suit your guests? Get rid of it. One in the wrong spot? Just drag it up. Or let the shuffle button do the work. And the golden tip: don't make it too hard, or nobody will ever shout bingo!

Time for the cards. Pick a design: cheerful orange and green, blue, pretty in pink, or black and white if you want to save ink. Choose how to print them: one card on A5, or two on an A4. The preview shows you exactly how it turns out. Happy with it? Hit generate. HitBingo shuffles the songs around, so no two cards are the same.

You get two files. The bingo cards, to print and hand out. And the playlist: that's your running order, with every song in the order you play them. Print a second copy for whoever checks the bingos. One more handy thing: you can get the playlist on Spotify as well. Spotify no longer allows a direct export, so we take a small detour. Click Export to Spotify, and we put your playlist in our own account. You get an email with the link, and from there you save it to your own library. Do give us a moment, because we do this by hand.

And then: party! Hand out the cards, turn up the music, and play the songs in the order of your playlist. Agree up front on what you are playing for: a line, four corners, or straight for a full card. Someone shouts bingo? Put the card next to the playlist, and check. All correct? Big applause, and a prize!

After the party, your bingo is still there under My Bingos. Tweak it, and use it again for the next one. Feeling inspired? Create a free account at hitbingo.music, and build your own music bingo. Have fun!