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10 songs that feel like Frogs

Matched to Frogs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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Frogs
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
moderate 51/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Hand of God — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis moderate 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Hoppípolla — Sigur Rós moderate 90 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home — Mogwai moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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To Zion — Lauryn Hill moderate 90 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It runs a little hotter at 57/100. Same layered texture.

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Epilepsy is Dancing — Antony and the Johnsons moderate 72 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and sits a little calmer at 44/100.

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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea — Joe Hisaishi safe 90 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 45/100. Same layered texture.

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Wild God — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — runs a little hotter at 61/100. Measured 86% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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I Believe — Mahalia Jackson moderate 72 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It runs a little hotter at 59/100. Same layered texture.

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Glósóli — Sigur Rós moderate 85 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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R U Still in 2 It — Mogwai moderate 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Grace by U2
Grace — U2 safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 13/100, down from 51. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Grown Ocean by Fleet Foxes
Grown Ocean — Fleet Foxes safe 85 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.

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The Miracle of Love — Eurythmics safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 35/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 — Johann Sebastian Bach safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 44/100, versus the original's 51.

Sæglópur by Sigur Rós
Sæglópur — Sigur Rós safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 31/100, down from 51. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — Gil Scott-Heron safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 32/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni — Ludovico Einaudi safe 75 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 14/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Halo by Beyoncé
Halo — Beyoncé safe 84 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 40/100, versus the original's 51. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Frogs” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Hand of God” by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, “Hoppípolla” by Sigur Rós, “Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home” by Mogwai — 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 “Frogs” but calmer?

“Grace” by U2, “Grown Ocean” by Fleet Foxes, “The Miracle of Love” by Eurythmics keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Frogs”?

It measures 51/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and spoken word. Tempo is 85 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 66% of songs, calmer than the other 34%. Its intensity reading of 51/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and spoken word. 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 77% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

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 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

Intensity51
Dynamics67
Tempo25
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force40
Trigger load0

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

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