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10 songs that feel like Hiding All Away

Matched to Hiding All Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Hiding All Away
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Hiding All Away
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
moderate 52/100 intensity 112 BPM
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Life on Mars? — David Bowie moderate 100 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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With or Without You — U2 moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Flying Over Water — Jason Isbell moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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From Eden — Hozier moderate 112 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Undertow — R.E.M. moderate 112 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (112 BPM).

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I Think I Found The Culprit — Jack White moderate 112 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Heroine — Suede moderate 112 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (112 BPM).

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Smile Like You Mean It — The Killers moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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New Dawn Fades — Joy Division moderate 104 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (104 BPM).

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Rylan — The National moderate 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Hiding All Away 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 its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 24/100, down from 52.

Seigfried by Frank Ocean
Seigfried — Frank Ocean safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 33/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

People's Parties by Joni Mitchell
People's Parties — Joni Mitchell 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 7. Reads 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Man on the Moon — R.E.M. safe 115 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 52. Nearly the same tempo, too.

New Test Leper by R.E.M.
New Test Leper — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 52. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge.

All Cats Are Grey by The Cure
All Cats Are Grey — The Cure safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 11/100.

Sinking by The Cure
Sinking — The Cure safe 65 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. 11/100, versus the original's 52.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Hiding All Away” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Life on Mars?” by David Bowie, “With or Without You” by U2, “Flying Over Water” by Jason Isbell — the top match scores 98% 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 “Hiding All Away” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Seigfried” by Frank Ocean, “People's Parties” by Joni Mitchell keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Hiding All Away”?

It measures 52/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 68% of songs, calmer than the other 32%. Its intensity reading of 52/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 68% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity52
Dynamics67
Tempo40
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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