10 songs that feel like At Night
Matched to At Night by The Cure on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.
A 84% feel-match — carries the same haunting pull and sits a little calmer at 16/100.
84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 16/100.
Keeps the same haunting pull — sits a little calmer at 18/100. Measured 83% alike.
Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same layered texture.
A 93% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).
93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same layered texture.
Keeps the same haunting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 80% alike.
Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same layered texture.
A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).
93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.
…and if you want it calmer
Same feeling, measured gentler — for when At Night is more than you want right now.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 24/100, down from 26. Nearly the same tempo, too.
It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge.
If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 16/100.
Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 20/100, versus the original's 26. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 34/100, down from 26. Nearly the same tempo, too.
It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.
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.
Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 16/100, versus the original's 26.
Frequently asked
What songs sound like “At Night” by The Cure?
The closest feel-matches we measure are “Satellite” by Elliott Smith, “Our Mother the Mountain” by Townes Van Zandt, “Hobo Blues” by John Lee Hooker — the top match scores 84% 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 “At Night” but calmer?
“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Satellite” by Elliott Smith, “Our Mother the Mountain” by Townes Van Zandt keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.
How intense is “At Night”?
It measures 26/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 136 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 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 26/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered 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 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
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1980 in context
The 257 songs we’ve measured from 1980 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
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