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10 songs that feel like Lull

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

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Lull
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safe 23/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Roads — Portishead safe 82 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (82 BPM).

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Entering Heaven Alive — Jack White safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Stranger in Moscow — Michael Jackson safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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That's the Way — Led Zeppelin safe 72 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Always with Me — Yumi Kimura safe 72 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and runs a little hotter at 29/100.

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Time (The Revelator) — Gillian Welch moderate 85 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Heaven — Depeche Mode safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Up on the Roof — James Taylor safe 72 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blissing Me — Björk safe 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Stories We Build, Stories We Tell — José González safe 72 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 15/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Lull” by Radiohead?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Roads” by Portishead, “Entering Heaven Alive” by Jack White, “Stranger in Moscow” by Michael Jackson — the top match scores 98% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Lull”?

It measures 23/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 90 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 85% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 23/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1997 in context

The 389 songs we’ve measured from 1997 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity23
Dynamics33
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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