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10 songs that feel like Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Matched to Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police 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
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
moderate 48/100 intensity 102 BPM
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Caravan — Van Morrison moderate 108 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (108 BPM).

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Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) — Arcade Fire safe 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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All About Love — Earth, Wind & Fire moderate 105 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (105 BPM).

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Woodstock — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 108 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Nancy Mulligan — Ed Sheeran safe 110 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Just a Notion — ABBA moderate 128 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Domino — Van Morrison moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Saturday Nite — Earth, Wind & Fire moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Go Tell It on the Mountain — Mahalia Jackson moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

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California (There Is No End to Love) — U2 moderate 124 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic is more than you want right now.

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land — Woody Guthrie safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 18/100, down from 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran
Nancy Mulligan — Ed Sheeran safe 110 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Island in the Sun by Weezer
Island in the Sun — Weezer safe 114 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 19/100.

Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) by Arcade Fire
Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) — Arcade Fire safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 48.

Pennies from Heaven by Louis Armstrong
Pennies from Heaven — Louis Armstrong safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 37/100, down from 48.

Best Day Ever by Mac Miller
Best Day Ever — Mac Miller safe 86 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge.

Under African Skies by Paul Simon
Under African Skies — Paul Simon safe 122 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 38/100.

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On the Road Again — Willie Nelson safe 120 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 48.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” by The Police?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Caravan” by Van Morrison, “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” by Arcade Fire, “All About Love” by Earth, Wind & Fire — 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 “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” but calmer?

“This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie, “Nancy Mulligan” by Ed Sheeran, “Island in the Sun” by Weezer keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 102 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 56% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1981 in context

The 194 songs we’ve measured from 1981 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity48
Dynamics67
Tempo34
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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