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10 songs that feel like Homesick

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

Homesick
The song you love
Homesick
Dua Lipa
safe 27/100 intensity 98 BPM
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Leaving New York — R.E.M. moderate 72 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100).

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cherry blossom — Kacey Musgraves safe 108 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

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Bullet in the Brain — The Black Keys moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Measured 97% alike.

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We Belong Together — Randy Newman safe 112 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

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Childhood — Michael Jackson safe 80 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100).

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Ruby Tuesday — The Rolling Stones safe 95 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Threw It All Away — Bob Dylan moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star — Merle Haggard safe 92 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Otro Atardecer — Bad Bunny moderate 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Take Two — BTS safe 88 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Homesick” by Dua Lipa?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Leaving New York” by R.E.M., “cherry blossom” by Kacey Musgraves, “Bullet in the Brain” by The Black Keys — 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.

How intense is “Homesick”?

It measures 27/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 98 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 27/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2017 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2017 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity27
Dynamics44
Tempo32
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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