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10 songs that feel like Chinese Satellite

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

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Chinese Satellite
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safe 19/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Apartment Story — The National safe 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Brothers on a Hotel Bed — Death Cab for Cutie safe 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Direct Address — Lucy Dacus safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Darklands — The Jesus and Mary Chain safe 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Althea — Grateful Dead safe 118 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

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Across the Lines — Tracy Chapman safe 121 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Your Latest Trick — Dire Straits safe 123 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (123 BPM).

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Daysleeper — R.E.M. safe 124 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Helpless — Neil Young safe 124 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Fireproof — The National safe 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Chinese Satellite” by Phoebe Bridgers?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Apartment Story” by The National, “Brothers on a Hotel Bed” by Death Cab for Cutie, “Direct Address” by Lucy Dacus — 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 “Chinese Satellite”?

It measures 19/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 120 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 91% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 19/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2020 in context

The 475 songs we’ve measured from 2020 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

Intensity19
Dynamics33
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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