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10 songs that feel like good 4 u

Matched to good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo 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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intense 100/100 intensity 170 BPM
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The Sadness Will Never End — Bring Me the Horizon intense 140 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

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Pusher — Flume intense 130 BPM

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

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Sabotage — Beastie Boys intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Measured 92% alike.

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Raining Blood — Slayer intense 120 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Same harsh texture.

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Antivist — Bring Me the Horizon intense 150 BPM

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

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All My Life — Foo Fighters intense 130 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (96/100). Same harsh texture.

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American Idiot — Green Day intense 189 BPM

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

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Holdin On — Flume intense 126 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (96/100). Same harsh texture.

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Jumpsuit — Twenty One Pilots intense 125 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (99/100).

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Hit 'Em Up — 2Pac intense 104 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Same harsh texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when good 4 u is more than you want right now.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 58/100, down from 100.

Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Pieces of a Man — Gil Scott-Heron moderate 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 49/100.

My Eyes by Travis Scott
My Eyes — Travis Scott moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 61/100, versus the original's 100.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 50/100, down from 100.

Before We Drown by Depeche Mode
Before We Drown — Depeche Mode moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Meat Is Murder — The Smiths moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 58/100.

Jail by Kanye West
Jail — Kanye West moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 57/100, versus the original's 100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “The Sadness Will Never End” by Bring Me the Horizon, “Pusher” by Flume, “Sabotage” by Beastie Boys — the top match scores 94% 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 “good 4 u” but calmer?

“Woman in Chains” by Tears for Fears, “Pieces of a Man” by Gil Scott-Heron, “Hateful” by The Clash keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “good 4 u”?

It measures 100/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, harsh texture, frequent sudden shifts, and screaming. Tempo is 170 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 100% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 100/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, harsh texture, frequent shifts, and screaming. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout7/10
Dinner2/10
Party / hype10/10

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

2021 in context

The 410 songs we’ve measured from 2021 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 9/10, 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

Intensity100
Dynamics89
Tempo72
Surprise75
Density85
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load0

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

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