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10 songs that feel like Almost Is Never Enough

Matched to Almost Is Never Enough by Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Almost Is Never Enough
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Almost Is Never Enough
Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes
safe 24/100 intensity 80 BPM
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It's Good to Be King — Tom Petty safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Skyline To — Frank Ocean safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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All in Love Is Fair — Stevie Wonder safe 68 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 98% alike.

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She's Out of My Life — Michael Jackson safe 68 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100).

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Ordinary People — John Legend safe 92 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same smooth texture.

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Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Brothers in Arms — Dire Straits safe 72 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine safe 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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You Don't Know What Love Is — Chet Baker safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Almost Is Never Enough” by Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “It's Good to Be King” by Tom Petty, “Skyline To” by Frank Ocean, “All in Love Is Fair” by Stevie Wonder — 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.

How intense is “Almost Is Never Enough”?

It measures 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 80 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 85% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity24
Dynamics56
Tempo22
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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