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10 songs that feel like Hole in Your Soul

Matched to Hole in Your Soul by ABBA on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Hole in Your Soul
The song you love
Hole in Your Soul
ABBA
intense 67/100 intensity 160 BPM
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I Want to Take You Higher — Sly and the Family Stone intense 160 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (160 BPM).

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These Days — R.E.M. intense 160 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Same layered texture.

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Proud Mary — Tina Turner intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — runs a little hotter at 73/100. Measured 94% alike.

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Freedom — Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar intense 168 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (68/100). Same layered texture.

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Got to Get You into My Life — Earth, Wind & Fire intense 128 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Dog Days Are Over — Florence and the Machine moderate 150 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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DNA — BTS intense 150 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Treat Each Other Right — Jamie xx moderate 128 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 61/100. Same layered texture.

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The Line — Foo Fighters intense 142 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100).

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All Because of You — U2 intense 140 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Hole in Your Soul is more than you want right now.

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Best Day of My Life — Kidz Bop Kids safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 41/100, down from 67.

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Can't Stop The Feeling — KIDZ BOP Kids safe 98 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 39/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Can You Picture That? — Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem safe 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 45/100.

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Hot Air — Recess Monkey safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 43/100, versus the original's 67.

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Free and Easy — Dierks Bentley safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 29/100, down from 67.

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Celebration — Kool and the Gang safe 123 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 43/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Make It Mine — Jason Mraz safe 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.

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Joy Spring — Clifford Brown moderate 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 45/100, versus the original's 67.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Hole in Your Soul” by ABBA?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Want to Take You Higher” by Sly and the Family Stone, “These Days” by R.E.M., “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner — 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 “Hole in Your Soul” but calmer?

“Best Day of My Life” by Kidz Bop Kids, “Can't Stop The Feeling” by KIDZ BOP Kids, “Can You Picture That?” by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Hole in Your Soul”?

It measures 67/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 160 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 87% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 67/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 95% 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
Focus2/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1977 in context

The 226 songs we’ve measured from 1977 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity67
Dynamics78
Tempo67
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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