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How to make music bingo cards: a step-by-step guide

Published 23 September 2026 · 8 min read

Colourful bingo balls next to the title How to make music bingo cards

Music bingo works like the bingo you already know, but the squares have song titles instead of numbers. The host plays songs one after another and players mark the ones they hear. The first person to complete a line shouts “Bingo!” and wins.

This guide explains how to prepare a game with My Music Bingo from start to finish. You don't need an account or any technical knowledge. If you have your songs ready, the cards take about ten minutes.

My Music Bingo home page with the two ways to add songs: type or paste, or import a Spotify playlist — The start screen. The three circles at the top show where you are: songs, settings and cards.

What you need

A list of songs. At least 25. Between 30 and 60 is ideal.
A way to play the music. A phone or computer with Spotify or YouTube and a speaker, or live musicians.
A printer, or players with a phone. You can print the cards or send them as a link.

1Add your songs

Open mymusicbingo.eu. Under Where do the songs come from? you can choose between two options.

Option A: type or paste a list

This is the quickest way. Write one song per line in the text box. If you want to include the artist, put a space, a hyphen and another space between the title and the artist:

Dancing Queen - ABBA

You can also write just the title. When the list is ready, press ▶ Load songs.

Text box with a list of songs written as title, hyphen, artist, and the Load songs button — One song per line. The artist is optional.

Tip: you don't need to type everything. Copy a list from a document, an email or a note on your phone and paste it all at once.

Option B: import a Spotify playlist

If your songs are already in a Spotify playlist, you can bring them in with Exportify, a free website that saves a playlist as a file.

Choose Spotify playlist and press 🚀 Open Exportify.
Log in with your Spotify account and accept the access request.
Find your playlist and press Export. A file ending in .csv is saved to your computer.
Go back to My Music Bingo and drag the file onto the dotted box, or click the box and choose the file.

Spotify playlist option showing the four Exportify steps and the area to drop the CSV file — The four steps are also listed on the page, so you can follow them there.

2Check the song list

Once the songs are loaded, you will see the full list with a counter in the top right corner. Take a moment to review it:

Press ✕ next to a song to remove it.
Press + Add songs to add more without starting again.
Press ← Change source if you want to go back and use a different list.

List of loaded songs with the counter showing 40 songs and the buttons Change source and Add songs — This example has 40 songs, a comfortable number for a party.

3Set up the cards

Below the list you will find the card settings. Here is what each one does:

No. of cards	How many different cards to create. Make one per player or team, plus a few extra in case more people join.
Rows / Columns	The size of the grid. A 3×3 card makes a short game and suits young children. A 4×4 card is a good middle ground. A 5×5 card makes a longer game.
Game name / Subtitle	Printed at the top of every card. For example, the name of the party and the date.
Free space at center	Adds a free square that counts as already marked. It makes the game a little faster.
Show artist	Prints the artist under each title. It helps players who remember the singer better than the song name.

Card settings with 20 cards, 4 rows, 4 columns, the game name Marta’s Birthday and the free space and show artist options turned on — Settings for a birthday party: 20 cards of 4×4.

Each card needs one different song per square. A 4×4 card with a free space needs 15 songs, and a 5×5 card with a free space needs 24. If your list is too short for the grid you chose, a warning appears. Make the grid smaller or add more songs.

Warning message: you have 40 songs but need 48 for a 7×7 grid with free space — The warning tells you exactly how many songs are missing.

Tip: the more songs you have compared with the number of squares, the more different the cards will be from each other. With 40 songs and 4×4 cards, every card gets its own mix.

4Generate the cards

Press 🎲 Generate cards. A preview appears with the first six cards. The rest are not shown, but they will all be printed.

If you want a different mix, press 🔀 Regenerate and the songs are shuffled again.

Preview of four music bingo cards titled Marta’s Birthday, each with a different set of songs and a free square — All the cards come from the same song list, but each one has a different selection and order.

Now choose how the players will get their cards: on paper or on their phones. You can also do both.

5Print the cards

Press 🖨️ Print / PDF. Your browser opens its print window.

To print now, choose your printer and press print.
To keep a file, choose Save as PDF as the destination. You can print it later or send it by email.

The cards are laid out for A4 paper. Each card has its number at the bottom, so it is easy to check that none are missing.

Two printed music bingo cards with a red header, song titles with artists and a free square — How the cards look on paper.

Tip: if the colours don't appear on paper, open More settings in the print window and turn on Background graphics.

Or send the cards to phones

If you prefer not to print, press 📱 Digital cards. A window opens with a link. Press 📋 Copy link and paste it into a WhatsApp group, an email or any chat app.

Digital cards window explaining how it works and the Copy link button — The link contains your whole song list.

Music bingo card on a phone with several songs marked in red and the free square in yellow — A player’s card on the phone, with five songs marked.

Each person who opens the link gets their own card, created at that moment. On the card:

Tap a square to mark a song. Tap it again to unmark it.
↩ Reset clears all the marks.
🔀 New card gives the player a different card.

Once the page has loaded, the card keeps working without an internet connection. That is useful in places with poor coverage.

Tip: ask players not to press New card once the game has started. Changing cards halfway through is not fair on the others.

6Run the game

With the cards ready, this is how a round works:

Agree on the winning pattern before you start. One line, two lines or the full card. A line can be a row or a column, and on square cards a diagonal counts too.
Play the songs in random order. Use the shuffle option in Spotify or YouTube on the same playlist you used for the cards.
Play 20 to 40 seconds of each song. That is usually enough for people to recognise it and keeps the game moving.
Keep a note of the songs that have played. A sheet of paper works fine, or the listening history in your music app.
When someone shouts “Bingo!”, check their card. Compare the marked songs with your list. If they all match, that player wins. If not, the game carries on.

Tip: to play several rounds with the same cards, start with one line, then go for two lines, and finish with the full card. Nobody has to clear their card between rounds.

Ideas for different groups

The same tool works for very different audiences. These settings are a good starting point:

👧 Children

3×3 cards, songs from films and cartoons, and one line to win. Children who can't read yet can play in pairs with an adult.

🏫 Classrooms

Good for listening practice in a language class or to review the songs from a music unit. A 4×4 card fits well into one lesson.

👵 Older adults

Songs from the decades they grew up with, 3×3 or 4×4 cards and Show artist turned on. Printed cards are usually easier than phones.

🎉 Parties and weddings

Songs linked to the people you are celebrating, their names as the game name, and cards on phones so nobody has to print.

🏢 Work events

Play in teams with one card per team. Mix songs from several decades so every age group has a chance.

🎸 Bars and live music

A 5×5 card and a longer playlist make the game last the whole evening. Give a small prize for each round.

Common problems

The Spotify file doesn't load

Upload the .csv file exactly as Exportify saved it. If you opened it in Excel and saved it again, export it once more from Exportify. If it still doesn't work, open the file, copy the song titles and paste them into the text box.

A message says I need more songs

Your grid has more squares than you have songs. Reduce the number of rows or columns, or add songs with + Add songs.

The same song appears on many cards

That is normal. Each card is a random selection from your list, so popular songs will turn up on several cards. What changes is the combination.

Some players can't open the link

With long song lists the link is also long, and some apps cut it. Use 📋 Copy link and paste it as it is, without editing it.

Are my songs stored anywhere?

No. The cards are created in your own browser and the song list is not sent to any server. For digital cards, the list travels inside the link itself.

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