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10 songs that feel like Lost in the World

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

Lost in the World
The song you love
Lost in the World
Kanye West
intense 74/100 intensity 120 BPM
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This Is Hardcore — Pulp intense 70 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100).

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For Free? (Interlude) — Kendrick Lamar intense 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same complex texture.

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FEEL. — Kendrick Lamar intense 95 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — sits a little calmer at 65/100. Measured 88% alike.

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Atopos — Björk intense 128 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same complex texture.

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666 ʇ — Bon Iver intense 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (71/100).

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Pigs (Three Different Ones) — Pink Floyd intense 95 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (75/100). Same complex texture.

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Not Here Not Now — Swans intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — runs a little hotter at 83/100. Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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St. Matthew Passion — Johann Sebastian Bach intense 100 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It runs a little hotter at 85/100. Same complex texture.

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I Am Who Am (Killin' Time) — Mac Miller intense 95 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and sits a little calmer at 65/100.

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If 6 Was 9 — Jimi Hendrix intense 92 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (71/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Lost in the World is more than you want right now.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 74. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 86/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 60/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Crocodiles by Echo and the Bunnymen
Crocodiles — Echo and the Bunnymen moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 52/100, versus the original's 74. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Super 8 — Jason Isbell moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 53/100, down from 74. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode moderate 129 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 54/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Bring the Boys Back Home by Pink Floyd
Bring the Boys Back Home — Pink Floyd moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 60/100, versus the original's 74. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Lost in the World” by Kanye West?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “This Is Hardcore” by Pulp, “For Free? (Interlude)” by Kendrick Lamar, “FEEL.” by Kendrick Lamar — the top match scores 89% 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 “Lost in the World” but calmer?

“Hateful” by The Clash, “CPR” by Wet Leg, “I've Gotta Get a Message to You” by Bee Gees keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Lost in the World”?

It measures 74/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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 91% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 74/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 91% 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
Focus2/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype8/10

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

2010 in context

The 254 songs we’ve measured from 2010 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity74
Dynamics78
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load50

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

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