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10 songs that feel like Accordion

Matched to Accordion by MF DOOM on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Accordion
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Accordion
MF DOOM
moderate 33/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Group Four — Massive Attack moderate 80 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same eerie pull and runs a little hotter at 46/100.

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Morning Bell — Radiohead moderate 93 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 47/100. Same layered texture.

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Fake Palindromes — Andrew Bird moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same eerie pull — runs a little hotter at 49/100. Measured 85% alike.

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Ballad of a Thin Man — Bob Dylan moderate 96 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It runs a little hotter at 47/100. Same layered texture.

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God's Country — Travis Scott moderate 140 BPM

A 83% feel-match — carries the same eerie pull and runs a little hotter at 51/100.

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Evil — Interpol moderate 125 BPM

82% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 53/100. Same layered texture.

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Just a Closer Walk with Thee — Sister Rosetta Tharpe safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Bells for Her — Tori Amos moderate 85 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Blue Bell Knoll — Cocteau Twins safe 100 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Hard Travelin' — Woody Guthrie moderate 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 39/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Accordion is more than you want right now.

Gymnopédies No. 1 by Erik Satie
Gymnopédies No. 1 — Erik Satie safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 18/100, down from 33. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Heart of Gold by Neil Young
Heart of Gold — Neil Young safe 90 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 12/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 16/100, versus the original's 33. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 28/100, down from 33. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 32/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 23/100.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 25/100, versus the original's 33. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Accordion” by MF DOOM?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Group Four” by Massive Attack, “Morning Bell” by Radiohead, “Fake Palindromes” by Andrew Bird — the top match scores 87% 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 “Accordion” but calmer?

“Gymnopédies No. 1” by Erik Satie, “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young, “Blowin' in the Wind” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Accordion”?

It measures 33/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 90 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 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity33
Dynamics33
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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