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10 songs that feel like Aurora

Matched to Aurora by Bjork 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
Aurora
Bjork
moderate 46/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Sextape — Deftones moderate 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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Glitch — Taylor Swift moderate 90 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 38/100. Same layered texture.

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America — M83 moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Are You Going with Me? — Pat Metheny Group moderate 110 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Delicate — Damien Rice moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Are You in Love — James Blake moderate 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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My Tears Are Becoming a Sea — M83 moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Magnets — Disclosure featuring Lorde moderate 92 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 39/100. Same layered texture.

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Hidden Place — Björk moderate 95 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and sits a little calmer at 39/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Bluish — Animal Collective moderate 95 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 39/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

A Running Start by Sufjan Stevens
A Running Start — Sufjan Stevens safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 16/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
Suzanne — Leonard Cohen safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 13/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin — Claude Debussy safe 66 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 9/100.

Here She Comes Now by The Velvet Underground
Here She Comes Now — The Velvet Underground safe 65 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 8. 11/100, versus the original's 46.

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Soul Meets Body — Death Cab for Cutie safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 38/100, down from 46.

Hysteric by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Hysteric — Yeah Yeah Yeahs safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 29/100 — the pull without the edge.

Venus as a Boy by Björk
Venus as a Boy — Björk safe 84 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 20/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

You've Got a Friend by Carole King
You've Got a Friend — Carole King safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. 20/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Aurora” by Bjork?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sextape” by Deftones, “Glitch” by Taylor Swift, “America” by M83 — the top match scores 95% 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 “Aurora” but calmer?

“A Running Start” by Sufjan Stevens, “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen, “La fille aux cheveux de lin” by Claude Debussy keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Aurora”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft 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 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, 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 huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 80% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus9/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity46
Dynamics78
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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