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10 songs that feel like Future Days

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

Future Days
The song you love
Future Days
Can
moderate 40/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Waltz No. 1 — Elliott Smith moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Omen — Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) moderate 110 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Tides — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Eurochild — Massive Attack moderate 95 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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Supercollider — Radiohead moderate 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

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Ný batterí — Sigur Rós moderate 85 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Don't Stop — The Stone Roses moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 95% alike.

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MmmHmm — Flying Lotus moderate 85 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Heaven for the Sinner — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

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What's in Your Head — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Logos by Tangerine Dream
Logos — Tangerine Dream safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 37/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Cypress by Tycho
Cypress — Tycho safe 95 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 37/100 — the pull without the edge.

Two Fish and an Elephant by Khruangbin
Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100.

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Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 37/100, versus the original's 40.

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Sunbathing — Lush safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 36/100, down from 40.

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 8/100 — the pull without the edge.

Hours by Tycho
Hours — Tycho safe 90 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 15/100.

Horizon by Tycho
Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 20/100, versus the original's 40.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Future Days” by Can?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Waltz No. 1” by Elliott Smith, “Omen” by Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith), “Tides” by Bonobo — 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 “Future Days” but calmer?

“Logos” by Tangerine Dream, “Cypress” by Tycho, “Two Fish and an Elephant” by Khruangbin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Future Days”?

It measures 40/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 110 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 34% of songs, calmer than the other 66%. Its intensity reading of 40/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1973 in context

The 297 songs we’ve measured from 1973 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity40
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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