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10 songs that feel like Sacrificial Dance

Matched to Sacrificial Dance by Igor Stravinsky on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Sacrificial Dance
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Sacrificial Dance
Igor Stravinsky
intense 88/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" — Gustav Mahler intense 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Out of This World — John Coltrane intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 142 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (90/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Manfred Symphony — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Jam Back at the House — Jimi Hendrix intense 95 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 82/100.

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Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) — Eric Dolphy intense 90 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 82/100. Same complex texture.

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1812 Overture — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (87/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Sun Ship — John Coltrane intense 120 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

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33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 120 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Through Being Cool — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 60/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 8 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 86/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 60/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 59/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Jonathan Fisk by Spoon
Jonathan Fisk — Spoon moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 46/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Super 8 — Jason Isbell moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 49/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police
Wrapped Around Your Finger — The Police moderate 112 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 59/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sacrificial Dance” by Igor Stravinsky?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"” by Gustav Mahler, “Out of This World” by John Coltrane, “Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"” by Ludwig van Beethoven — the top match scores 96% 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 “Sacrificial Dance” but calmer?

“Through Being Cool” by Devo, “CPR” by Wet Leg, “I've Gotta Get a Message to You” by Bee Gees keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Sacrificial Dance”?

It measures 88/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 88/100 comes from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus2/10
Workout9/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype9/10

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

1913 in context

The 7 songs we’ve measured from 1913 average a dynamic range of 8.4/10. At 10/10, 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

Intensity88
Dynamics100
Tempo44
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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