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10 songs that feel like A Great Day for Freedom

Matched to A Great Day for Freedom by Pink Floyd on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

A Great Day for Freedom
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A Great Day for Freedom
Pink Floyd
moderate 46/100 intensity 78 BPM
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Down by the Riverside — Mahalia Jackson moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Too Much Love Will Kill You — Queen moderate 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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I Can Be That Woman — ABBA moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Ex-Factor — Lauryn Hill moderate 83 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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enough for you — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 75 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye — Jerry Lee Lewis moderate 72 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Tarifa — Sharon Van Etten moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Roses — Kanye West moderate 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Jack Of All Trades — Bruce Springsteen moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Drive All Night — Bruce Springsteen moderate 66 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when A Great Day for Freedom is more than you want right now.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 46.

Almost Is Never Enough by Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes
Almost Is Never Enough — Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes safe 80 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Halah by Mazzy Star
Halah — Mazzy Star safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 11/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness by John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness — John Prine safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 16/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 21/100, down from 46.

I Remember Everything by John Prine
I Remember Everything — John Prine safe 75 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 8/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Al Green
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Al Green safe 76 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Honky Tonk Blues by Hank Williams
Honky Tonk Blues — Hank Williams safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 25/100, versus the original's 46.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “A Great Day for Freedom” by Pink Floyd?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Down by the Riverside” by Mahalia Jackson, “Too Much Love Will Kill You” by Queen, “I Can Be That Woman” by ABBA — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “A Great Day for Freedom” but calmer?

“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Almost Is Never Enough” by Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes, “Halah” by Mazzy Star keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “A Great Day for Freedom”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 78 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 86% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep3/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1994 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 7/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity46
Dynamics67
Tempo21
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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