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10 songs that feel like Breakthru

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

Breakthru
The song you love
Breakthru
Queen
intense 61/100 intensity 92 BPM
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Sing a Simple Song — Sly and the Family Stone moderate 105 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100).

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Heaven Can Wait — Iron Maiden intense 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Lovesexy — Prince moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Getaway — Earth, Wind & Fire intense 125 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Love Dies Young — Foo Fighters intense 128 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Oh, Pretty Woman — Roy Orbison moderate 104 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100). Same layered texture.

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Worlds Apart — Bruce Springsteen intense 92 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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You Should Be Dancing — Bee Gees intense 123 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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When a Fire Starts to Burn — Disclosure intense 124 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Tobey — Eminem featuring Big Sean & BabyTron moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Can't Stop The Feeling — KIDZ BOP Kids safe 98 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 39/100, down from 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Can You Picture That? — Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Hot Air — Recess Monkey safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 43/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Best Day of My Life — Kidz Bop Kids safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 41/100, versus the original's 61.

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The Muppet Show Theme — The Muppets 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 45/100, down from 61.

Friends Will Be Friends by Queen
Friends Will Be Friends — Queen safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Believer — Kidz Bop Kids safe 126 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 38/100.

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Roar — Kidz Bop Kids safe 128 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 42/100, versus the original's 61.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Breakthru” by Queen?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sing a Simple Song” by Sly and the Family Stone, “Heaven Can Wait” by Iron Maiden, “Lovesexy” by Prince — 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 “Breakthru” but calmer?

“Can't Stop The Feeling” by KIDZ BOP Kids, “Can You Picture That?” by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, “Hot Air” by Recess Monkey keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Breakthru”?

It measures 61/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 92 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 81% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 61/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 81% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1989 in context

The 219 songs we’ve measured from 1989 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity61
Dynamics78
Tempo29
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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