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10 songs that feel like Green Light

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

The song you love
Green Light
Lorde
intense 64/100 intensity 127 BPM
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Third Eye — Florence + The Machine intense 128 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (68/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Free — Florence and the Machine moderate 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Walk — Foo Fighters moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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SOS — ABBA moderate 115 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100). Same layered texture.

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Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole) — Arcade Fire intense 128 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Serpents — Sharon Van Etten intense 126 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Lights of Home — U2 intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Spark — Tori Amos intense 122 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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In the Clear — Foo Fighters intense 136 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100).

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Howl — Florence + the Machine intense 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

SOS by ABBA
SOS — ABBA moderate 115 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 59/100, down from 64.

Walk by Foo Fighters
Walk — Foo Fighters moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 64/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

My Love by Florence + The Machine
My Love — Florence + The Machine moderate 118 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Free — Florence and the Machine moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 64/100, versus the original's 64. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Lonesome Day by Bruce Springsteen
Lonesome Day — Bruce Springsteen moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 51/100, down from 64.

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Hunger — Florence and the Machine moderate 110 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 52/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Hoppipolla — Sigur Rós 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 8. Reads 41/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Bring Your Love — Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 49/100, versus the original's 64. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Green Light” by Lorde?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Third Eye” by Florence + The Machine, “Free” by Florence and the Machine, “Walk” by Foo Fighters — 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 “Green Light” but calmer?

“SOS” by ABBA, “Walk” by Foo Fighters, “My Love” by Florence + The Machine keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Green Light”?

It measures 64/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 127 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 84% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 64/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 84% 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
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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 8/10, 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

Intensity64
Dynamics78
Tempo48
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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