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10 songs that feel like Rumour Has It

Matched to Rumour Has It 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.

Rumour Has It
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Rumour Has It
Adele
moderate 53/100 intensity 122 BPM
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Fly by Night — Rush moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Enemies — Post Malone moderate 142 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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Ziggy Stardust — David Bowie moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Sacrifice — The Weeknd moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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Iron Maiden — Iron Maiden moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Panic — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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Heavy Fuel — Dire Straits moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Hey! Good Lookin' — Bo Diddley moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

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Rent I Pay — Spoon moderate 126 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Over Now — Post Malone moderate 140 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Rumour Has It is more than you want right now.

You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) by Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) — Loretta Lynn safe 118 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 27/100, down from 53. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Hometown Glory — Adele safe 124 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 33/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down — Tom Petty safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 25/100, versus the original's 53.

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man — Leonard Cohen safe 112 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 53. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Love Galore by SZA
Love Galore — SZA safe 135 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Let's Stay Together — Al Green safe 123 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Betcha By Golly Wow! by Prince
Betcha By Golly Wow! — Prince safe 108 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 18/100, versus the original's 53.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Rumour Has It” by Adele?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Fly by Night” by Rush, “Enemies” by Post Malone, “Ziggy Stardust” by David Bowie — 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.

What songs are like “Rumour Has It” but calmer?

“You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” by Loretta Lynn, “Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)” by Loretta Lynn, “Hometown Glory” by Adele keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Rumour Has It”?

It measures 53/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 122 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 69% of songs, calmer than the other 31%. Its intensity reading of 53/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 80% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity53
Dynamics67
Tempo46
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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