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10 songs that feel like Garden

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

Garden
The song you love
Garden
Dua Lipa
moderate 35/100 intensity 92 BPM
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Posing in Bondage — Japanese Breakfast moderate 85 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Late Night, Maudlin Street — Morrissey moderate 72 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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The Truth Untold — BTS moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Gone Girl — SZA moderate 85 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Things You Say — Weyes Blood moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Saved — Khalid moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Heavy — Hovvdy moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Talking to My Diary — Dr Dre moderate 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Pretty Little Birds — SZA moderate 85 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Tonya Harding — Sufjan Stevens moderate 72 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 35. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness by John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness — John Prine safe 85 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 21/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Pale Shelter by Tears for Fears
Pale Shelter — Tears for Fears safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 17/100, versus the original's 35. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Underground — Kimya Dawson safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 16/100, down from 35.

That's the Way by Led Zeppelin
That's the Way — Led Zeppelin safe 72 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

Water Shows the Hidden Heart by Enya
Water Shows the Hidden Heart — Enya safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 15/100.

Changes by Black Sabbath
Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 21/100, versus the original's 35.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Garden” by Dua Lipa?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Posing in Bondage” by Japanese Breakfast, “Late Night, Maudlin Street” by Morrissey, “The Truth Untold” by BTS — 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 “Garden” but calmer?

“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” by John Prine, “The Tree of Forgiveness” by John Prine keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Garden”?

It measures 35/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 92 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 23% of songs, calmer than the other 77%. Its intensity reading of 35/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 88% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2017 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2017 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity35
Dynamics44
Tempo29
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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