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10 songs that feel like Especially Me

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

The song you love
Especially Me
Low
moderate 43/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust — Nicolas Jaar moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Summertime Rolls — Jane's Addiction moderate 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Solitude — M83 moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Seven Words — Weyes Blood moderate 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Six Days — DJ Shadow moderate 90 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

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Life Up There — Squirrel Flower moderate 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Twenty Eight — The Weeknd moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Traffic — Thom Yorke moderate 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Twist — Thom Yorke moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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My Tears Are Becoming a Sea — M83 moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Überlin by R.E.M.
Überlin — R.E.M. safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 17/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

People's Parties by Joni Mitchell
People's Parties — Joni Mitchell safe 110 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 7. Reads 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Man on the Moon — R.E.M. safe 115 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 43.

New Test Leper by R.E.M.
New Test Leper — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Stay the Same by Bonobo
Stay the Same — Bonobo safe 95 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 39/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine by Bob Dylan
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine — Bob Dylan safe 85 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 7. Reads 16/100.

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This Old Dog — Mac DeMarco safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 22/100, versus the original's 43.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Especially Me” by Low?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust” by Nicolas Jaar, “Summertime Rolls” by Jane's Addiction, “Solitude” by M83 — the top match scores 96% 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 “Especially Me” but calmer?

“Überlin” by R.E.M., “If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “People's Parties” by Joni Mitchell keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Especially Me”?

It measures 43/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 100 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 39% of songs, calmer than the other 61%. Its intensity reading of 43/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 61% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity43
Dynamics67
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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