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10 songs that feel like Los Angeles Is Burning

Matched to Los Angeles Is Burning by Bad Religion 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
Los Angeles Is Burning
Bad Religion
intense 60/100 intensity 180 BPM
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Burnout — Green Day intense 180 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Let Me Go — Rancid intense 180 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Radio — Rancid intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Disorder and Disarray — Rancid intense 180 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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When the Sun Goes Down — Arctic Monkeys moderate 168 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and sits a little calmer at 53/100.

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Promises — Buzzcocks intense 175 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Subdivisions — Rush moderate 184 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (184 BPM).

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Knowledge — Operation Ivy intense 190 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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The Kids Aren't Alright — The Offspring intense 180 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Ruby Soho — Rancid intense 180 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Los Angeles Is Burning is more than you want right now.

When the Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys
When the Sun Goes Down — Arctic Monkeys moderate 168 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 53/100, down from 60.

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Revolutionary Generation — Public Enemy moderate 95 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 51/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Black Thighs — The Last Poets moderate 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 40/100.

Mean Machine by The Last Poets
Mean Machine — The Last Poets moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 41/100, versus the original's 60.

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White Man's Got a God Complex — The Last Poets moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 41/100, down from 60.

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Wake Up Niggers — The Last Poets moderate 100 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge.

Niggers Are Scared of Revolution by The Last Poets
Niggers Are Scared of Revolution — The Last Poets moderate 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 40/100.

When the Revolution Comes by The Last Poets
When the Revolution Comes — The Last Poets moderate 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 40/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Los Angeles Is Burning” by Bad Religion?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Burnout” by Green Day, “Let Me Go” by Rancid, “Radio” by Rancid — 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 “Los Angeles Is Burning” but calmer?

“When the Sun Goes Down” by Arctic Monkeys, “Revolutionary Generation” by Public Enemy, “Black Thighs” by The Last Poets keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Los Angeles Is Burning”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 180 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 98% 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

Sleep2/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo78
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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