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10 songs that feel like Bizarre Love Triangle

Matched to Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Bizarre Love Triangle
The song you love
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
moderate 39/100 intensity 116 BPM
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Follow You — Bring Me the Horizon moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Love Again — Dua Lipa moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same smooth texture.

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Everything Before — Deadmau5 moderate 124 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Goosebumps — Travis Scott moderate 124 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same smooth texture.

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Lose Somebody — Kygo & OneRepublic moderate 100 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Love Will Never Do (Without You) — Janet Jackson moderate 89 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same smooth texture.

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Court and Spark — Joni Mitchell safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Fade to Black — Metallica moderate 92 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same smooth texture.

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All Apologies — Nirvana moderate 103 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100).

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My Funny Valentine — Chet Baker moderate 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Who Loves the Sun by The Velvet Underground
Who Loves the Sun — The Velvet Underground safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl — Van Morrison safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sky's the Limit by The Notorious B.I.G.
Sky's the Limit — The Notorious B.I.G. safe 88 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 36/100.

Someday We'll Be Together by The Supremes
Someday We'll Be Together — The Supremes safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 33/100, versus the original's 39.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Let's Stay Together — Al Green safe 123 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 24/100, down from 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Solid Colors by Liz Story
Solid Colors — Liz Story safe 75 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 14/100 — the pull without the edge.

Summer by Joe Hisaishi
Summer — Joe Hisaishi safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 22/100.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 21/100, versus the original's 39.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Follow You” by Bring Me the Horizon, “Love Again” by Dua Lipa, “Everything Before” by Deadmau5 — 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.

What songs are like “Bizarre Love Triangle” but calmer?

“Who Loves the Sun” by The Velvet Underground, “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison, “Sky's the Limit” by The Notorious B.I.G. keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Bizarre Love Triangle”?

It measures 39/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 116 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 32% of songs, calmer than the other 68%. Its intensity reading of 39/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 68% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1986 in context

The 223 songs we’ve measured from 1986 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity39
Dynamics67
Tempo42
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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