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10 songs that feel like Miss the Misery

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

Miss the Misery
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Miss the Misery
Foo Fighters
intense 65/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Sin City — AC/DC intense 132 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (132 BPM).

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Dream Girl Evil — Florence + The Machine intense 128 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) — Arcade Fire intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Reclamation — Fugazi intense 140 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Long Distance Runner — Fugazi intense 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Seek & Destroy — SZA intense 145 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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Your Best American Girl — Mitski intense 134 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (134 BPM).

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Lazerray — TV on the Radio intense 160 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Same layered texture.

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The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths moderate 140 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Reverence — The Jesus and Mary Chain intense 132 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Long Road to Ruin by Foo Fighters
Long Road to Ruin — Foo Fighters moderate 145 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 55/100, down from 65. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I Wanna Live — Ramones moderate 140 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 48/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths moderate 140 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 62/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Man-Sized Wreath — R.E.M. moderate 138 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 54/100, versus the original's 65. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Ain't Got No, I Got Life by Nina Simone
Ain't Got No, I Got Life — Nina Simone moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 65. Nearly the same tempo, too.

No Future Shock by TV on the Radio
No Future Shock — TV on the Radio moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 64/100 — the pull without the edge.

Jonathan Fisk by Spoon
Jonathan Fisk — Spoon moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 46/100.

Everybody's Happy Nowadays by Buzzcocks
Everybody's Happy Nowadays — Buzzcocks moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 64/100, versus the original's 65.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Miss the Misery” by Foo Fighters?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sin City” by AC/DC, “Dream Girl Evil” by Florence + The Machine, “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” by Arcade Fire — 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.

What songs are like “Miss the Misery” but calmer?

“Long Road to Ruin” by Foo Fighters, “I Wanna Live” by Ramones, “The Queen Is Dead” by The Smiths keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Miss the Misery”?

It measures 65/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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 85% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 65/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 90% 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
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity65
Dynamics78
Tempo56
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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