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10 songs that feel like Fist City

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

Fist City
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Fist City
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moderate 42/100 intensity 132 BPM
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Roar — Kidz Bop Kids safe 128 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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What's Love Got to Do with It — Tina Turner moderate 105 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same smooth texture.

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Paying the Cost to Be the Boss — B.B. King moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Bottom Of Your Boots — Ella Langley moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same smooth texture.

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Popular — The Weeknd feat. Madonna & Playboi Carti moderate 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

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Theme from New York, New York — Frank Sinatra moderate 122 BPM

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

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White Iverson — Post Malone moderate 126 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Steppin' Out with My Baby — Tony Bennett safe 140 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same smooth texture.

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If I Had a Hammer — Pete Seeger & Lee Hays safe 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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BMF — SZA safe 130 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) by Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) — Loretta Lynn safe 118 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 27/100, down from 42.

Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge.

Love Galore by SZA
Love Galore — SZA safe 135 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 6. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Head Over Heels by ABBA
Head Over Heels — ABBA safe 118 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 42.

The Lady Is a Tramp by Ella Fitzgerald
The Lady Is a Tramp — Ella Fitzgerald safe 140 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 33/100, down from 42. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I've Got the World on a String by Louis Armstrong
I've Got the World on a String — Louis Armstrong safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 31/100 — the pull without the edge.

You'll Never Know by Ariana Grande
You'll Never Know — Ariana Grande safe 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Lady Is a Tramp by Frank Sinatra
The Lady Is a Tramp — Frank Sinatra safe 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 29/100, versus the original's 42. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Fist City” by Loretta Lynn?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Roar” by Kidz Bop Kids, “What's Love Got to Do with It” by Tina Turner, “Paying the Cost to Be the Boss” by B.B. King — 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 “Fist City” but calmer?

“You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” by Loretta Lynn, “Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)” by Loretta Lynn, “Love Galore” by SZA keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Fist City”?

It measures 42/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 132 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 38% of songs, calmer than the other 62%. Its intensity reading of 42/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth 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 88% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1968 in context

The 182 songs we’ve measured from 1968 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity42
Dynamics56
Tempo51
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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