Today's Heardle: Volume Up! Clues, answer for Heardle, August 5

With another Friday comes another weekend ahead. So, without any guesses, it is that time of the week to sit back and relax a bit. However, for those who love to guess and make their brains work, we have got the 'Heardle' of the day. So, if you do not want to break the streak of solving Heardle daily, here's what today's Heardle brings up for you.

For those people new to Heardle, let us tell you about how it works. First, you will be allowed to hear the first second of the song. If you guess the name of the artist and song, cool, or skip your turn. On skipping, you will be allowed to hear a few more seconds of the song. In total, the game extends to the sixth and final guess, at the end of which you will hear 16 seconds of the song.

Here's how the streak of Heardle continued in the last week:


• Saturday, July 30th – ‘When I Come Around’ by Green Day
• Sunday, July 31st – ‘Say So’ by Doja Cat
• Monday, August 1st – ‘Would?’ by Alice in Chains
• Tuesday, August 2nd – ‘Raise Your Glass’ by Pink
• Wednesday, August 3rd – ‘Do I Wanna Know?’ by Arctic Monkeys
• Thursday, August 4th – ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’ by Eiffel 65

So without wasting much time, let’s delve into the details of the Heardle of today, for which the clues are as follows:

• Clue 1 – This song belongs to the soft rock genre
• Clue 2 – This song came out in 1979
• Clue 3 – It reached the number one position on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the UK singles chart
• Clue 4 – It shot to popularity after featuring in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Guessed the answer? If yes, great! But if not, worry not, for you can scroll down further to know the correct answer, but only do it if you are unable to find the answer at all.

So the answer for today’s Heardle is (Spoiler Alert) ‘Escape (The Pina Colada Song)’ by Rupert Holmes

That’s all for the Heardle for the day, folks. For more such brainstorming Heardles, stay tuned.