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10 songs that feel like Last Dance

Matched to Last Dance 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.

Last Dance
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Last Dance
Dua Lipa
moderate 54/100 intensity 136 BPM
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Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene — Hozier moderate 143 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (143 BPM).

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How Do I Make You Love Me? — The Weeknd moderate 126 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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Don't Go — Yazoo moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Sweetest Devotion — Adele moderate 124 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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Day I Die — The National moderate 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Yikes — Kanye West moderate 140 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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Lit Up — Lush moderate 140 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Can't Stand Losing You — The Police moderate 142 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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Empire — Shakira moderate 120 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100).

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She's the One — Bruce Springsteen moderate 128 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

The Name of the Game by ABBA
The Name of the Game — ABBA safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 54.

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Weather Bird — Louis Armstrong safe 160 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge.

Perfect by The Smashing Pumpkins
Perfect — The Smashing Pumpkins safe 144 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 28/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Behind the Gardens by Andreas Vollenweider
Behind the Gardens — Andreas Vollenweider safe 55 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 20/100, versus the original's 54.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 32/100, down from 54.

But Daddy I Love Him by Taylor Swift
But Daddy I Love Him — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 29/100 — the pull without the edge.

Ave Maria by Beyoncé
Ave Maria — Beyoncé safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 15/100.

Remedy by Adele
Remedy — Adele safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 32/100, versus the original's 54.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Last Dance” by Dua Lipa?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene” by Hozier, “How Do I Make You Love Me?” by The Weeknd, “Don't Go” by Yazoo — 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.

What songs are like “Last Dance” but calmer?

“The Name of the Game” by ABBA, “Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong, “Perfect” by The Smashing Pumpkins keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Last Dance”?

It measures 54/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 136 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 74% of songs, calmer than the other 26%. Its intensity reading of 54/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 90% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout7/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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 7/10, 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

Intensity54
Dynamics67
Tempo53
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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