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10 songs that feel like A Lot of Girls

Matched to A Lot of Girls by Nicolas Jaar on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
A Lot of Girls
Nicolas Jaar
moderate 45/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Wide Open — The Chemical Brothers moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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What's in Your Head — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Skin of the Night — M83 moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Xtralien Gold — Unknown Mortal Orchestra moderate 100 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It sits a little calmer at 39/100. Same layered texture.

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Dead Skin Cells — Future Sound of London moderate 90 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

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Fly Me Away — Goldfrapp moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Kim and Buffy — M83 moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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My Kingdom — Future Sound of London moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Far-Out Son of Lung — Future Sound of London moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Yage — Future Sound of London moderate 120 BPM

96% 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 Lot of Girls is more than you want right now.

Horizon by Tycho
Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 20/100, down from 45.

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The Hall of Mirrors — Kraftwerk 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. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Inside Out — Spoon safe 115 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 33/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Sprout and the Bean — Joanna Newsom safe 110 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 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Mr. Tambourine Man — The Byrds safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 31/100, down from 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Überlin by R.E.M.
Überlin — R.E.M. safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) — Amy Winehouse safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100.

Flim by Aphex Twin
Flim — Aphex Twin safe 148 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 29/100, versus the original's 45.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “A Lot of Girls” by Nicolas Jaar?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Wide Open” by The Chemical Brothers, “What's in Your Head” by Disclosure, “Skin of the Night” by M83 — 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 Lot of Girls” but calmer?

“Horizon” by Tycho, “The Hall of Mirrors” by Kraftwerk, “Inside Out” by Spoon keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “A Lot of Girls”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 120 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 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 59% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout6/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity45
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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