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10 songs that feel like Endsong

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

Endsong
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Endsong
The Cure
moderate 49/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Who Wants to Live Forever — Queen moderate 85 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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Hold On — Adele moderate 72 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Too Much Love Will Kill You — Queen moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Die4U — Bring Me the Horizon moderate 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Reflection — Christina Aguilera moderate 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye — Jerry Lee Lewis moderate 72 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Swan Song — Lana Del Rey moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 42/100. Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Helplessness Blues — Fleet Foxes moderate 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Drive All Night — Bruce Springsteen moderate 66 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (66 BPM).

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By the Sea — Suede moderate 85 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Dark Side of the Gym — The National safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 15/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Revolution 0 by boygenius
Revolution 0 — boygenius safe 70 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Silent All These Years by Tori Amos
Silent All These Years — Tori Amos safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 15/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 49.

End of the Road by Boyz II Men
End of the Road — Boyz II Men safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 37/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Have You Ever by Brandy
Have You Ever — Brandy safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 12/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. 16/100, versus the original's 49.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Endsong” by The Cure?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Who Wants to Live Forever” by Queen, “Hold On” by Adele, “Too Much Love Will Kill You” by Queen — 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 “Endsong” but calmer?

“Dark Side of the Gym” by The National, “Revolution 0” by boygenius, “Silent All These Years” by Tori Amos keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Endsong”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 70 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 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 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 slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2024 in context

The 135 songs we’ve measured from 2024 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity49
Dynamics78
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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