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10 songs that feel like Move On

Matched to Move On by ABBA 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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Move On
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moderate 51/100 intensity 180 BPM
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Lonely Day — System of a Down moderate 180 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Pour Me A Drink — Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton moderate 158 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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White Lightning — George Jones moderate 175 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (175 BPM).

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Iris (Hold Me Close) — U2 moderate 128 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Walk of Life — Dire Straits moderate 172 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (172 BPM).

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Snow on tha Bluff — J. Cole moderate 146 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Help Me, Rhonda — The Beach Boys safe 160 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — sits a little calmer at 45/100. Measured 94% alike.

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On and On — Bill Monroe safe 180 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It sits a little calmer at 45/100. Same layered texture.

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Shake It Off — Kidz Bop Kids safe 160 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and sits a little calmer at 45/100.

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Could You Be Loved — Bob Marley & The Wailers moderate 204 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Move On is more than you want right now.

I Was Here by Beyoncé
I Was Here — Beyoncé safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 51.

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Teach Your Children — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge.

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It's My Turn — Diana Ross safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 38/100.

Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
Beautiful — Christina Aguilera safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 37/100, versus the original's 51.

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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) — Auli'i Cravalho safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 37/100, down from 51.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge.

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land — Woody Guthrie safe 100 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 18/100.

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 51.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Move On” by ABBA?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lonely Day” by System of a Down, “Pour Me A Drink” by Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton, “White Lightning” by George Jones — 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 “Move On” but calmer?

“I Was Here” by Beyoncé, “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “It's My Turn” by Diana Ross keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Move On”?

It measures 51/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 66% of songs, calmer than the other 34%. Its intensity reading of 51/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1977 in context

The 226 songs we’ve measured from 1977 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity51
Dynamics56
Tempo78
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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