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10 songs that feel like A Hard Day's Night

Matched to A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

A Hard Day's Night
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A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles
moderate 61/100 intensity 138 BPM
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This Is a Call — Foo Fighters moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Siren — PSY intense 128 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Blow — Kesha intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Somebody Told Me — The Killers moderate 148 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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Napal Baji — PSY intense 126 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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The Rock Show — Blink-182 moderate 150 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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Letter to Memphis — Pixies moderate 135 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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Come Down — Anderson .Paak moderate 105 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 55/100. Same layered texture.

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Gloria in D Major, RV 589 — Antonio Vivaldi moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Sir Duke — Stevie Wonder moderate 104 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when A Hard Day's Night is more than you want right now.

Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine — The Beatles safe 125 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 27/100, down from 61.

Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by Hank Williams
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) — Hank Williams safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Mah Nà Mah Nà — Piero Umiliani safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 27/100.

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Following the Leader — Bobby Driscoll, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, and Lost Boys cast safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 61.

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African Playground — Putumayo Kids safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 61.

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World Playground: A Musical Adventure for Kids — Putumayo Kids (Various Artists) safe 110 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Let's Stay Together — Al Green safe 123 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 24/100.

Riptide by Vance Joy
Riptide — Vance Joy safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 22/100, versus the original's 61.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “A Hard Day's Night” by The Beatles?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “This Is a Call” by Foo Fighters, “Siren” by PSY, “Blow” by Kesha — the top match scores 96% 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 Hard Day's Night” but calmer?

“Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles, “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” by Hank Williams, “Mah Nà Mah Nà” by Piero Umiliani keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “A Hard Day's Night”?

It measures 61/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 138 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 81% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 61/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 90% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1964 in context

The 132 songs we’ve measured from 1964 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity61
Dynamics67
Tempo54
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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