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10 songs that feel like Alligator Blood

Matched to Alligator Blood by Bring Me the Horizon on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Alligator Blood
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Alligator Blood
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intense 89/100 intensity 160 BPM
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Sign 'O' the Times — Prince intense 120 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and sits a little calmer at 74/100.

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I Want You (She's So Heavy) — John Lennon intense 105 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (93/100). Same complex texture.

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Drain You — Nirvana intense 132 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — sits a little calmer at 75/100. Measured 88% alike.

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Ngor — Youssou N'Dour intense 125 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It sits a little calmer at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Let You Know — Flume intense 125 BPM

A 85% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (87/100).

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Pusher — Flume intense 130 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 100/100.

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Jumpsuit — Twenty One Pilots intense 125 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — runs a little hotter at 99/100. Measured 88% alike.

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On Top — Flume intense 128 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (93/100).

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Boul Faalé — Youssou N'Dour intense 120 BPM

A 85% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100).

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The Blacker the Berry — Kendrick Lamar intense 120 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 98/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

You Keep Me Hangin' On by The Supremes
You Keep Me Hangin' On — The Supremes moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 58/100, down from 89.

No One Else by Weezer
No One Else — Weezer moderate 155 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Black Cadillacs — Modest Mouse moderate 152 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 63/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Polynomial-C by Aphex Twin
Polynomial-C — Aphex Twin moderate 152 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 56/100, versus the original's 89. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Bessie’s Blues by John Coltrane
Bessie’s Blues — John Coltrane moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 33/100, down from 89.

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I Wanna Live — Ramones moderate 140 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 48/100 — the pull without the edge.

Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2) by Radiohead
Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2) — Radiohead moderate 140 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 66/100.

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What We All Come to Need — Pelican moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 43/100, versus the original's 89.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Alligator Blood” by Bring Me the Horizon?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sign 'O' the Times” by Prince, “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” by John Lennon, “Drain You” by Nirvana — 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 “Alligator Blood” but calmer?

“You Keep Me Hangin' On” by The Supremes, “No One Else” by Weezer, “Black Cadillacs” by Modest Mouse keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Alligator Blood”?

It measures 89/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate sudden shifts, and screaming. Tempo is 160 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 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 89/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate shifts, and screaming. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 98% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: Viva La Vida — Coldplay

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout9/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype9/10

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

2020 in context

The 475 songs we’ve measured from 2020 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity89
Dynamics78
Tempo67
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load0

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

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