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10 songs that feel like Kim

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

Kim
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Kim
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intense 100/100 intensity 146 BPM
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Frankie Teardrop — Suicide intense 160 BPM

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

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Morphine — Michael Jackson intense 128 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (96/100). Same harsh texture.

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Milk It — Nirvana intense 160 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Measured 89% alike.

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Life of Pain — Black Flag intense 150 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Same harsh texture.

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Mandatory Suicide — Slayer intense 120 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

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Tourette's — Nirvana intense 185 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Same harsh texture.

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Depression — Black Flag intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Measured 86% alike.

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Seeing Red — Minor Threat intense 180 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Same harsh texture.

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Down on the Street — The Stooges intense 120 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (95/100).

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I Got a Right — The Stooges intense 140 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moderate 132 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 51/100, down from 100.

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Warrior — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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I Put a Spell on You — The Animals moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 53/100.

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I Put a Spell on You — Creedence Clearwater Revival moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. 49/100, versus the original's 100.

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Violin Concerto in D Minor — Jean Sibelius moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 8 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 63/100, down from 100.

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Si pel ciel — Giuseppe Verdi moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

Pain by Jimmy Eat World
Pain — Jimmy Eat World moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 53/100.

Tango Apasionado by Astor Piazzolla
Tango Apasionado — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 50/100, versus the original's 100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Kim” by Eminem?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Frankie Teardrop” by Suicide, “Morphine” by Michael Jackson, “Milk It” by Nirvana — the top match scores 93% 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 “Kim” but calmer?

“Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Warrior” by Steve Earle, “I Put a Spell on You” by The Animals keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Kim”?

It measures 100/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 10/10, harsh texture, extreme sudden shifts, and screaming. Tempo is 146 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 100% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 100/100 comes from a dynamic range of 10/10, harsh texture, extreme shifts, and screaming. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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
Focus0/10
Workout10/10
Dinner2/10
Party / hype10/10

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

2000 in context

The 306 songs we’ve measured from 2000 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 10/10, 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

Intensity100
Dynamics100
Tempo59
Surprise100
Density85
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load25

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

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