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10 songs that feel like Crawl Away

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

Crawl Away
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Crawl Away
Tool
intense 65/100 intensity 134 BPM
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I'll Stick Around — Foo Fighters intense 120 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Fall — Eminem intense 136 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Wrathchild — Iron Maiden intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Stratego — Iron Maiden intense 140 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Sweating Bullets — Megadeth intense 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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The Duellists — Iron Maiden intense 128 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Cherub Rock — Smashing Pumpkins intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Nothing at All — Foo Fighters intense 120 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Demon Fire — AC/DC intense 120 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Lagartija Nick — Bauhaus intense 120 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Warrior — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 65.

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I Put a Spell on You — The Animals moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

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I Put a Spell on You — Creedence Clearwater Revival moderate 120 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 49/100.

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Violin Concerto in D Minor — Jean Sibelius moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 63/100, versus the original's 65.

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Si pel ciel — Giuseppe Verdi moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 53/100, down from 65.

Pain by Jimmy Eat World
Pain — Jimmy Eat World moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

Tango Apasionado by Astor Piazzolla
Tango Apasionado — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 50/100.

Stimela by Hugh Masekela
Stimela — Hugh Masekela moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 53/100, versus the original's 65.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Crawl Away” by Tool?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I'll Stick Around” by Foo Fighters, “Fall” by Eminem, “Wrathchild” by Iron Maiden — the top match scores 97% 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 “Crawl Away” but calmer?

“Warrior” by Steve Earle, “I Put a Spell on You” by The Animals, “I Put a Spell on You” by Creedence Clearwater Revival keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Crawl Away”?

It measures 65/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 134 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 85% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 65/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 89% 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
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1993 in context

The 260 songs we’ve measured from 1993 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. 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

Intensity65
Dynamics78
Tempo52
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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