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10 songs that feel like Ghostin'

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

Ghostin'
The song you love
Ghostin'
Ariana Grande
intense 60/100 intensity 72 BPM
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Soundtrack 2 My Life — Kid Cudi moderate 92 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 50/100.

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Melt My Heart to Stone — Adele moderate 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 49/100. Same layered texture.

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I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) — Otis Redding moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 49/100. Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Chained and Bound — Otis Redding moderate 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It sits a little calmer at 50/100. Same layered texture.

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Watch You Burn — Chris Stapleton intense 85 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Long Time Gone — Crosby, Stills & Nash moderate 92 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 50/100. Same layered texture.

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Light Blue — Snail Mail moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 45/100. Measured 92% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Headlights — Eminem moderate 92 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 47/100. Same layered texture.

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Fortnight — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone moderate 95 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 47/100.

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Shrike — Hozier moderate 72 BPM

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

…and if you want it calmer

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

Light Blue by Snail Mail
Light Blue — Snail Mail moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 45/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Unforgiven III — Metallica moderate 85 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100.

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A Lack of Color — Death Cab for Cutie safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 7. 7/100, versus the original's 60.

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Soundtrack 2 My Life — Kid Cudi moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 50/100, down from 60.

Valentine by Snail Mail
Valentine — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge.

Streamline by System of a Down
Streamline — System of a Down moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 61/100.

Headlights by Eminem
Headlights — Eminem moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 47/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Ghostin'” by Ariana Grande?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Soundtrack 2 My Life” by Kid Cudi, “Melt My Heart to Stone” by Adele, “I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)” by Otis Redding — the top match scores 95% 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 “Ghostin'” but calmer?

“Light Blue” by Snail Mail, “The Unforgiven III” by Metallica, “If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Ghostin'”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 72 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 90% 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

Sleep2/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2019 in context

The 448 songs we’ve measured from 2019 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo18
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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