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10 songs that feel like No Glamour for Willi

Matched to No Glamour for Willi by Television on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

No Glamour for Willi
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No Glamour for Willi
Television
moderate 45/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Big Dipper — Built to Spill moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Triple 7 — Japanese Breakfast moderate 110 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Queen of the Bees — Jack White moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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No More Runnin — Animal Collective moderate 105 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Dreaming — Cream moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Bled White — Elliott Smith moderate 120 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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Strange News from Another Star — Blur moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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She — Harry Styles moderate 122 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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See Emily Play — Pink Floyd moderate 118 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

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Skeletons — Yeah Yeah Yeahs moderate 118 BPM

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

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when No Glamour for Willi is more than you want right now.

Electron Blue by R.E.M.
Electron Blue — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 19/100, down from 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

How My Heart Sings by Bill Evans
How My Heart Sings — Bill Evans safe 140 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Clean by Taylor Swift
Clean — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 26/100, down from 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Vicar in a Tutu — The Smiths safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Ship Song — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds safe 108 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 34/100, versus the original's 45.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “No Glamour for Willi” by Television?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Big Dipper” by Built to Spill, “Triple 7” by Japanese Breakfast, “Queen of the Bees” by Jack White — the top match scores 96% 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 “No Glamour for Willi” but calmer?

“Electron Blue” by R.E.M., “How My Heart Sings” by Bill Evans, “It's Too Late” by Carole King keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “No Glamour for Willi”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1992 in context

The 233 songs we’ve measured from 1992 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity45
Dynamics44
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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