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10 songs that feel like It's Not Up to You

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

It's Not Up to You
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It's Not Up to You
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safe 45/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Kite — Kate Bush moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

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One Rainy Wish — The Jimi Hendrix Experience moderate 88 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Praise — Marvin Gaye moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Get Right with God — Lucinda Williams moderate 92 BPM

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

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea — Neutral Milk Hotel moderate 96 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 51/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (96 BPM).

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Hinnom, TX — Bon Iver moderate 85 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Final Hour — Lauryn Hill moderate 88 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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Carolyn's Fingers — Cocteau Twins safe 95 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Eagle — ABBA moderate 105 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 52/100.

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Spark — Ed Sheeran moderate 85 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “It's Not Up to You” by Björk?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Kite” by Kate Bush, “One Rainy Wish” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Praise” by Marvin Gaye — 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 “It's Not Up to You”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 95 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 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 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 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity45
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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