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10 songs that feel like Blind Love

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

Blind Love
The song you love
Blind Love
Tom Waits
moderate 44/100 intensity 110 BPM
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I Promise — Radiohead moderate 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Jackie's Strength — Tori Amos moderate 112 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Acrylic Afternoons — Pulp moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Mr. Tillman — Father John Misty moderate 110 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Ben Franklin — Snail Mail moderate 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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In Hell — Japanese Breakfast moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Triple 7 — Japanese Breakfast moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Shark Smile — Big Thief moderate 125 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Kimberly — Patti Smith moderate 126 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and runs a little hotter at 50/100.

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Pink Glove — Pulp moderate 112 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

White Ferrari by Frank Ocean
White Ferrari — Frank Ocean safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 19/100, down from 44. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Halloween — Phoebe Bridgers safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 19/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Man on the Moon — R.E.M. safe 115 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 19/100, versus the original's 44. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Green Gloves by The National
Green Gloves — The National safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 23/100, down from 44. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Lived in Bars by Cat Power
Lived in Bars — Cat Power safe 116 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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No 1 Party Anthem — Arctic Monkeys safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 16/100.

10:15 Saturday Night by The Cure
10:15 Saturday Night — The Cure safe 128 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 20/100, versus the original's 44.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Blind Love” by Tom Waits?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Promise” by Radiohead, “Jackie's Strength” by Tori Amos, “Acrylic Afternoons” by Pulp — the top match scores 96% 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 “Blind Love” but calmer?

“White Ferrari” by Frank Ocean, “The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us” by Sufjan Stevens, “Halloween” by Phoebe Bridgers keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Blind Love”?

It measures 44/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 110 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 41% of songs, calmer than the other 59%. Its intensity reading of 44/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1985 in context

The 186 songs we’ve measured from 1985 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity44
Dynamics44
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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