10 songs that feel like Oxygene Part IV
Matched to Oxygene Part IV by Jean Michel Jarre on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.
A 95% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).
95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same complex texture.
Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 98% alike.
Measures 89% the same. It runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same complex texture.
A 94% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and runs a little hotter at 53/100.
99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same complex texture.
Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 88% alike.
Measures 90% the same. It sits a little calmer at 41/100.
A 90% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).
91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same complex texture.
…and if you want it calmer
Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Oxygene Part IV is more than you want right now.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge.
If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 45/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 36/100, versus the original's 47.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 33/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge.
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 7. Reads 18/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 37/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Frequently asked
What songs sound like “Oxygene Part IV” by Jean Michel Jarre?
The closest feel-matches we measure are “Midnight in a Perfect World” by DJ Shadow, “Aerodynamic” by Daft Punk, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus — the top match scores 95% 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 “Oxygene Part IV” but calmer?
“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John, “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” by Sting keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.
How intense is “Oxygene Part IV”?
It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 100 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. 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 huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 56% 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
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1976 in context
The 192 songs we’ve measured from 1976 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
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