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10 songs that feel like Happy Phantom

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

Happy Phantom
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Happy Phantom
Tori Amos
moderate 48/100 intensity 112 BPM
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Total Entertainment Forever — Father John Misty moderate 112 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (112 BPM).

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Sally Can't Dance — Lou Reed moderate 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Know You Now — Amy Winehouse moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Human Behaviour — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Passing Out Pieces — Mac DeMarco moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Funtimes in Babylon — Father John Misty moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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The Book of Right-On — Joanna Newsom moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Mr. Tillman — Father John Misty moderate 110 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Without You — Lana Del Rey moderate 112 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (112 BPM).

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Paper Bag — Fiona Apple moderate 112 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 48.

Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 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 19/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 16/100, versus the original's 48.

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 48.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge.

August by Taylor Swift
August — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 35/100.

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 48.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Happy Phantom” by Tori Amos?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Total Entertainment Forever” by Father John Misty, “Sally Can't Dance” by Lou Reed, “Know You Now” by Amy Winehouse — the top match scores 99% 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 “Happy Phantom” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Monday Morning” by Fleetwood Mac, “Dumb” by Nirvana keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Happy Phantom”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 112 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1992 in context

The 233 songs we’ve measured from 1992 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity48
Dynamics56
Tempo40
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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