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10 songs that feel like Creep

Matched to Creep by Radiohead 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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Creep
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intense 60/100 intensity 92 BPM
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I'm a Slave 4 U — Britney Spears moderate 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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I Wish — Stevie Wonder moderate 100 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same complex texture.

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Inconsolable — Backstreet Boys intense 80 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Don't Let Me Down — The Chainsmokers moderate 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100). Same complex texture.

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Black Republican — Nas intense 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Civil War — Guns N' Roses moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same complex texture.

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Death of a Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Longview — Green Day moderate 75 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same complex texture.

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Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud — James Brown moderate 108 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100).

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Kilometre — Burna Boy moderate 110 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Haunted — Beyoncé moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 50/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Wrong Way — Sublime moderate 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 46/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Wicked Garden — Stone Temple Pilots moderate 90 BPM

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

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Wish Maker — Cave In moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 60/100, versus the original's 60.

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Once a Day — Hard-Fi 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 60.

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Can't Get Along Without You — Hard-Fi moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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So Here We Are — Bloc Party moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 53/100.

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Down in the Tube Station at Midnight — The Jam moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 53/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Creep” by Radiohead?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I'm a Slave 4 U” by Britney Spears, “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder, “Inconsolable” by Backstreet Boys — 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.

What songs are like “Creep” but calmer?

“Haunted” by Beyoncé, “Wrong Way” by Sublime, “Wicked Garden” by Stone Temple Pilots keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Creep”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, mild 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 huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 80% 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

Sleep2/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

Intensity60
Dynamics78
Tempo29
Surprise25
Density60
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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