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10 songs that feel like Right as Rain

Matched to Right as Rain by Adele on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Right as Rain
The song you love
Right as Rain
Adele
moderate 48/100 intensity 152 BPM
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Strawberry Blond — Mitski moderate 140 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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If I Was Your Girlfriend — Prince moderate 120 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Summer Babe (Winter Version) — Pavement moderate 140 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Tongue — R.E.M. moderate 124 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Pied Piper — BTS moderate 122 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

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Courtship — Björk moderate 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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lovergirl — Madison Beer moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 93% alike.

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Bungle in the Jungle — Jethro Tull moderate 130 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Dimples — John Lee Hooker moderate 120 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Controlla — Drake moderate 125 BPM

92% 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 Right as Rain is more than you want right now.

Work Song by Hozier
Work Song — Hozier safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 48.

Fifteen by Taylor Swift
Fifteen — Taylor Swift safe 96 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 29/100 — the pull without the edge.

Begin Again by Taylor Swift
Begin Again — Taylor Swift safe 95 BPM

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

You've Got a Friend by Carole King
You've Got a Friend — Carole King safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 20/100, versus the original's 48.

One More Chance by The Notorious B.I.G.
One More Chance — The Notorious B.I.G. safe 94 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 25/100, down from 48.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 23/100 — the pull without the edge.

Delicate by Taylor Swift
Delicate — Taylor Swift safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 29/100.

The 1 by Taylor Swift
The 1 — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 48.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Right as Rain” by Adele?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Strawberry Blond” by Mitski, “If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince, “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” by Pavement — 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 “Right as Rain” but calmer?

“Work Song” by Hozier, “Fifteen” by Taylor Swift, “Begin Again” by Taylor Swift keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Right as Rain”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 152 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 95% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2008 in context

The 259 songs we’ve measured from 2008 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity48
Dynamics44
Tempo62
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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