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10 songs that feel like Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Matched to Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young with Crazy Horse on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young with Crazy Horse
moderate 50/100 intensity 128 BPM
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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Asking Me Lies — The Replacements moderate 128 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Have a Cigar — Pink Floyd moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Piece of Shit — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Long White Line — Sturgill Simpson moderate 140 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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Cut Your Hair — Pavement moderate 115 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) — Arcade Fire moderate 120 BPM

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

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Fresh Out the Slammer — Taylor Swift moderate 108 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Almost Cut My Hair — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 124 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Head Held High — The Velvet Underground moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is more than you want right now.

Ramblin' Fever by Merle Haggard
Ramblin' Fever — Merle Haggard safe 115 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 31/100, down from 50.

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down — Tom Petty safe 100 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Jump by Madonna
Jump — Madonna safe 125 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 45/100, versus the original's 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

High by the Beach by Lana Del Rey
High by the Beach — Lana Del Rey safe 94 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 27/100, down from 50.

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

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 18/100 — the pull without the edge.

A-Tisket, A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald
A-Tisket, A-Tasket — Ella Fitzgerald safe 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 22/100.

If I Ever Lose My Faith in You by Sting
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You — Sting safe 102 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 50.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” by Neil Young with Crazy Horse?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Asking Me Lies” by The Replacements, “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd — 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 “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” but calmer?

“Ramblin' Fever” by Merle Haggard, “I Won't Back Down” by Tom Petty, “The Times They Are a-Changin'” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”?

It measures 50/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 128 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 62% of songs, calmer than the other 38%. Its intensity reading of 50/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 84% 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
Focus7/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1969 in context

The 222 songs we’ve measured from 1969 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity50
Dynamics56
Tempo49
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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