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10 songs that feel like Meeting in the Aisle

Matched to Meeting in the Aisle 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.

The song you love
Meeting in the Aisle
Radiohead
safe 24/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Never Run Away — Kurt Vile safe 75 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100).

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Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 — Frédéric Chopin safe 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Kid for Today — Boards of Canada moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 88% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Flim — Aphex Twin safe 148 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Coffin Nails — MF DOOM moderate 95 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 33/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 37/100.

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Now That I'm Older — Sufjan Stevens safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Measured 89% alike.

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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune — Claude Debussy safe 64 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It sits a little calmer at 16/100. Same smooth texture.

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Mas Alla — Pat Metheny Group safe 110 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 31/100.

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Paris — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 30/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Meeting in the Aisle” by Radiohead?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Never Run Away” by Kurt Vile, “Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4” by Frédéric Chopin, “Kid for Today” by Boards of Canada — 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.

How intense is “Meeting in the Aisle”?

It measures 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. 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.

1998 in context

The 339 songs we’ve measured from 1998 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity24
Dynamics33
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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