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10 songs that feel like Out of Time

Matched to Out of Time by Blur 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
Out of Time
Blur
safe 22/100 intensity 76 BPM
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Chasing Birds — Foo Fighters safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Rutti — Slowdive safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Forever (Sailing) — Snail Mail safe 105 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Stable Song — Death Cab for Cutie safe 75 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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May This Be Love — The Jimi Hendrix Experience safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Sea, Swallow Me — Cocteau Twins (with Harold Budd) safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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November — Tyler, the Creator safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Wreck on the Highway — Bruce Springsteen safe 72 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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China — Tori Amos safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Blissing Me — Björk safe 85 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Out of Time” by Blur?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Chasing Birds” by Foo Fighters, “Rutti” by Slowdive, “Forever (Sailing)” by Snail Mail — 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 “Out of Time”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 76 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 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, mild 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2003 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 2003 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

Intensity22
Dynamics33
Tempo20
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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