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10 songs that feel like Holiday

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

Holiday
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Holiday
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moderate 48/100 intensity 142 BPM
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Kodachrome — Paul Simon moderate 118 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Help Me, Rhonda — The Beach Boys safe 160 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Angeleyes — ABBA safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Superman — R.E.M. moderate 135 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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This Is Nowhere — The Black Keys moderate 115 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Iris (Hold Me Close) — U2 moderate 128 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Just a Notion — ABBA moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 97% alike.

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That'll Be the Day — Buddy Holly moderate 128 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Locomotion — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark moderate 128 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100).

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Imitation of Life — R.E.M. moderate 126 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 34/100, down from 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Angeleyes by ABBA
Angeleyes — ABBA safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge.

Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys
Help Me, Rhonda — The Beach Boys safe 160 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 45/100.

Spanish Pipedream by John Prine
Spanish Pipedream — John Prine safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 19/100, versus the original's 48.

HOME by BTS
HOME — BTS safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 48.

Mikrokosmos by BTS
Mikrokosmos — BTS safe 136 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 31/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Mint Car by The Cure
Mint Car — The Cure safe 126 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 34/100.

Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.
Shiny Happy People — R.E.M. safe 135 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 42/100, versus the original's 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Holiday” by Weezer?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon, “Help Me, Rhonda” by The Beach Boys, “Angeleyes” by ABBA — the top match scores 95% 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 “Holiday” but calmer?

“Friday I'm In Love” by The Cure, “Angeleyes” by ABBA, “Help Me, Rhonda” by The Beach Boys keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Holiday”?

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 142 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 93% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1994 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 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
Tempo57
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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