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10 songs that feel like Other People

Matched to Other People by Beach House on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Other People
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Other People
Beach House
safe 17/100 intensity 90 BPM
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If You Say the Word — Radiohead safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Show Me How — Foo Fighters safe 88 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Eventually — Tame Impala safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Fly — Nick Drake safe 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Aikea-Guinea — Cocteau Twins safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Know Who You Are at Every Age — Cocteau Twins safe 88 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Woods — Mac Miller safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Be My Angel — Mazzy Star safe 75 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Velvet Morning — The Verve safe 75 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100).

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First Fires — Bonobo safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Other People” by Beach House?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “If You Say the Word” by Radiohead, “Show Me How” by Foo Fighters, “Eventually” by Tame Impala — 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.

How intense is “Other People”?

It measures 17/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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 93% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 17/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout0/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2012 in context

The 262 songs we’ve measured from 2012 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity17
Dynamics33
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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