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10 songs that feel like Closer

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

Closer
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Closer
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safe 19/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Lebanese Blonde — Thievery Corporation safe 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and sits a little calmer at 13/100.

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Loch Raven — Animal Collective safe 85 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Pink & Blue — Tycho (feat. Saint Sinner) safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Bim Bom — Joao Gilberto safe 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Why Worry — Dire Straits safe 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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The Fat Lady of Limbourg — Brian Eno safe 110 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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Brother — Mac DeMarco safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Mercy Street — Peter Gabriel safe 110 BPM

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

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Computer Love — Kraftwerk safe 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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How Deep Is Your Love — Bee Gees safe 110 BPM

96% 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 “Closer” by Bonobo?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lebanese Blonde” by Thievery Corporation, “Loch Raven” by Animal Collective, “Pink & Blue” by Tycho (feat. Saint Sinner) — the top match scores 94% 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 “Closer”?

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 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

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
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2022 in context

The 362 songs we’ve measured from 2022 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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
Tempo39
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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