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10 songs that feel like Inside Out

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

The song you love
Inside Out
Spoon
safe 33/100 intensity 115 BPM
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Walking on the Milky Way — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark safe 118 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

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Ultimatum — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

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Train of Thought — a-ha safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Dreaming — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark safe 118 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) — Amy Winehouse safe 90 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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A Whole New World — Disney safe 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Time (The Revelator) — Gillian Welch moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — sits a little calmer at 26/100. Measured 92% alike.

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Day by Day — Bonobo safe 95 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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Déjà Vu — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young safe 132 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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Help Me Lose My Mind — Disclosure safe 126 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Inside Out” by Spoon?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Walking on the Milky Way” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “Ultimatum” by Disclosure, “Train of Thought” by a-ha — 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.

How intense is “Inside Out”?

It measures 33/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 115 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 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2014 in context

The 313 songs we’ve measured from 2014 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity33
Dynamics56
Tempo42
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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