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10 songs that feel like On Track

Matched to On Track by Tame Impala 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
On Track
Tame Impala
moderate 40/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Sunday 8pm — Faithless moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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God Is Repeated — Unknown Mortal Orchestra moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Freaking Out the Neighborhood — Mac DeMarco moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Steps and Numbers — Appleseed Cast moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Garden Grove — Sublime moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Need a Little Time — Courtney Barnett moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Sunday Roast — Courtney Barnett moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Lather — Jefferson Airplane moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Small Things — Ben Howard moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Santa Maria — Appleseed Cast moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Heaven by Depeche Mode
Heaven — Depeche Mode safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 18/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ode to Joy — Wilco safe 95 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 12/100.

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. 13/100, versus the original's 40.

Überlin by R.E.M.
Überlin — R.E.M. safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 17/100, down from 40.

Mycelia by Björk
Mycelia — Björk safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 10/100 — the pull without the edge.

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This Old Dog — Mac DeMarco safe 85 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 22/100.

So I Could Find My Way by Enya
So I Could Find My Way — Enya safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. 13/100, versus the original's 40.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “On Track” by Tame Impala?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sunday 8pm” by Faithless, “God Is Repeated” by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Freaking Out the Neighborhood” by Mac DeMarco — 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 “On Track” but calmer?

“Heaven” by Depeche Mode, “Ode to Joy” by Wilco, “Blowin' in the Wind” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “On Track”?

It measures 40/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 110 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 34% of songs, calmer than the other 66%. Its intensity reading of 40/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2020 in context

The 475 songs we’ve measured from 2020 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity40
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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