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10 songs that feel like Disenchanted

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

Disenchanted
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Disenchanted
My Chemical Romance
moderate 56/100 intensity 115 BPM
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When You Were Young — The Killers moderate 116 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (116 BPM).

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Break My Heart — Dua Lipa moderate 123 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (57/100). Same layered texture.

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For Reasons Unknown — The Killers moderate 124 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (57/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Eleanor Rigby — The Beatles moderate 104 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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Times Like These — Foo Fighters moderate 100 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100).

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Can You Forgive Her? — Pet Shop Boys moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Same layered texture.

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Smile Like You Mean It — The Killers moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Hiding All Away — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds moderate 112 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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With or Without You — U2 moderate 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John moderate 92 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 24/100, down from 56.

Every Breath You Take by The Police
Every Breath You Take — The Police safe 117 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers
What a Fool Believes — The Doobie Brothers safe 100 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 22/100.

Circles by Post Malone
Circles — Post Malone safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 27/100, versus the original's 56. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 21/100, down from 56.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge.

Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays
Here's Where the Story Ends — The Sundays safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 21/100.

Chasing Pavements by Adele
Chasing Pavements — Adele safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 24/100, versus the original's 56.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Disenchanted” by My Chemical Romance?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “When You Were Young” by The Killers, “Break My Heart” by Dua Lipa, “For Reasons Unknown” by The Killers — 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 “Disenchanted” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, “What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Disenchanted”?

It measures 56/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 115 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 76% of songs, calmer than the other 24%. Its intensity reading of 56/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic 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 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
Focus7/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2006 in context

The 252 songs we’ve measured from 2006 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity56
Dynamics78
Tempo42
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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