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10 songs that feel like Déjà Vu

Matched to Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Déjà Vu
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Déjà Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
safe 30/100 intensity 132 BPM
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Hysteric — Yeah Yeah Yeahs safe 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100).

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Sleep the Clock Around — Belle and Sebastian safe 118 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Train of Thought — a-ha safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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End of Beginning — Djo safe 114 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Help Me Lose My Mind — Disclosure safe 126 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Walking on the Milky Way — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark safe 118 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Inside Out — Spoon safe 115 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Cattails — Big Thief safe 120 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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You'll Never Know — Ariana Grande safe 130 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Decomposing Trees — Galaxie 500 safe 110 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Déjà Vu” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Hysteric” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Sleep the Clock Around” by Belle and Sebastian, “Train of Thought” by a-ha — the top match scores 98% 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 “Déjà Vu”?

It measures 30/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 132 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 80% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 30/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 88% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout5/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1970 in context

The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity30
Dynamics44
Tempo51
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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