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10 songs that feel like Campus

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

Campus
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Campus
Vampire Weekend
safe 44/100 intensity 92 BPM
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I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink — Merle Haggard moderate 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Imazaghen N Adagh — Tinariwen moderate 95 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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English House — Fleet Foxes safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Down Where the Drunkards Roll — Richard Thompson moderate 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Sun Giant — Fleet Foxes safe 72 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

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Night Shift — Bob Marley & The Wailers moderate 92 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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That's the Way of the World — Earth, Wind & Fire safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Hot Buttered Soul — Isaac Hayes moderate 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Cemetry Gates — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Loves Me Like a Rock — Paul Simon safe 116 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Campus” by Vampire Weekend?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink” by Merle Haggard, “Imazaghen N Adagh” by Tinariwen, “English House” by Fleet Foxes — 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.

How intense is “Campus”?

It measures 44/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild 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

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 6/10, 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 79% 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 / hype3/10

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

2008 in context

The 259 songs we’ve measured from 2008 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity44
Dynamics56
Tempo29
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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