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10 songs that feel like Chasing Birds

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

Chasing Birds
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Chasing Birds
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safe 22/100 intensity 80 BPM
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Out of Time — Blur safe 76 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (76 BPM).

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Rutti — Slowdive safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Forever (Sailing) — Snail Mail safe 105 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 95% alike.

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November — Tyler, the Creator safe 80 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blissing Me — Björk safe 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Stable Song — Death Cab for Cutie safe 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Entering Heaven Alive — Jack White safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Time (The Revelator) — Gillian Welch moderate 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Velvet — a-ha safe 88 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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May This Be Love — The Jimi Hendrix Experience safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Chasing Birds” by Foo Fighters?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Out of Time” by Blur, “Rutti” by Slowdive, “Forever (Sailing)” by Snail Mail — 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 “Chasing Birds”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 80 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2021 in context

The 410 songs we’ve measured from 2021 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity22
Dynamics33
Tempo22
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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