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10 songs that feel like Highest in the Room

Matched to Highest in the Room by Travis Scott on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Highest in the Room
The song you love
Highest in the Room
Travis Scott
moderate 32/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Vienna — Billy Joel safe 112 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100).

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One Way Trigger — The Strokes moderate 126 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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Digital Love — Daft Punk moderate 123 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Say You'll Be There — Spice Girls safe 110 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Happy Now — Kygo feat. John Legend moderate 104 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100).

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Summertime Sadness — Lana Del Rey moderate 126 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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Face to Face — Daft Punk moderate 123 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Measured 97% alike.

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A Year Without Rain — Selena Gomez moderate 100 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

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Freedom — Kygo feat. Zak Abel moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100).

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New York State of Mind — Billy Joel safe 94 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Highest in the Room is more than you want right now.

The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Girl from Ipanema — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 19/100, down from 32.

Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton
Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton safe 110 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 37/100 — the pull without the edge.

Vienna by Billy Joel
Vienna — Billy Joel safe 112 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 29/100.

Close to Me by Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Diplo
Close to Me — Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Diplo safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 27/100, versus the original's 32.

Say You'll Be There by Spice Girls
Say You'll Be There — Spice Girls safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 33/100, down from 32.

Says by Nils Frahm
Says — Nils Frahm safe 68 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 9/100 — the pull without the edge.

Wild World by Cat Stevens
Wild World — Cat Stevens safe 69 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 19/100.

Only Time by Enya
Only Time — Enya safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 14/100, versus the original's 32.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Highest in the Room” by Travis Scott?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Vienna” by Billy Joel, “One Way Trigger” by The Strokes, “Digital Love” by Daft Punk — 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 “Highest in the Room” but calmer?

“The Girl from Ipanema” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, “Here You Come Again” by Dolly Parton, “Vienna” by Billy Joel keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Highest in the Room”?

It measures 32/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 140 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 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: 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 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout5/10
Dinner8/10
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 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity32
Dynamics56
Tempo56
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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