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10 songs that feel like Lipgloss

Matched to Lipgloss by Pulp 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
Lipgloss
Pulp
moderate 54/100 intensity 128 BPM
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drop dead — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 130 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same euphoric pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Cool Your Boots — Ride moderate 128 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same layered texture.

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Second Hand News — Fleetwood Mac moderate 126 BPM

Keeps the same euphoric pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Grains — Bonobo moderate 105 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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J-Boy — Phoenix moderate 118 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same euphoric pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

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Douha (Mali Mali) — Disclosure & Fatoumata Diawara moderate 128 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same layered texture.

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When You Sleep — My Bloody Valentine intense 115 BPM

Keeps the same euphoric pull — runs a little hotter at 60/100. Measured 95% alike.

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My Girls — Animal Collective moderate 125 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Every Breaking Wave — U2 moderate 126 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Leave Out All The Rest — Linkin Park moderate 126 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 24/100, down from 54. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Oh Daddy by Fleetwood Mac
Oh Daddy — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 23/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 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 19/100.

Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell
Both Sides, Now — Joni Mitchell safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 54.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 20/100, down from 54.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 12/100 — the pull without the edge.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100.

Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves
Merry Go 'Round — Kacey Musgraves safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 54.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Lipgloss” by Pulp?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “drop dead” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Cool Your Boots” by Ride, “Second Hand News” by Fleetwood Mac — 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 “Lipgloss” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Oh Daddy” by Fleetwood Mac, “Dumb” by Nirvana keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Lipgloss”?

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 128 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 84% 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.

1994 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity54
Dynamics67
Tempo49
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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