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10 songs that feel like Safe and Sound

Matched to Safe and Sound by Justice 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
Safe and Sound
Justice
moderate 45/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Smile Around the Face — Four Tet moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Chasing the Lovebirds — Howard Jones moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Fly Me Away — Goldfrapp moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Song of Life — Leftfield moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Random Access Memories — Daft Punk moderate 118 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

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We've Got to Try — The Chemical Brothers moderate 124 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Hoppipolla — Sigur Rós moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Summer Girl — Haim moderate 100 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It sits a little calmer at 39/100. Same layered texture.

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Sun — Caribou moderate 125 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (125 BPM).

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Daisies — Justin Bieber moderate 90 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 38/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Safe and Sound is more than you want right now.

Daylight by Taylor Swift
Daylight — Taylor Swift safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 25/100, down from 45.

What Do I Know? by Ed Sheeran
What Do I Know? — Ed Sheeran safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Music Knows No Boundaries — Ladysmith Black Mambazo safe 90 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 29/100.

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We Are One — Maze safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 38/100, versus the original's 45.

Jump Then Fall by Taylor Swift
Jump Then Fall — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 26/100, down from 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Moon — Jin of BTS safe 126 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

HOME by BTS
HOME — BTS safe 128 BPM

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.

Love in Store by Fleetwood Mac
Love in Store — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 45. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Safe and Sound” by Justice?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Smile Around the Face” by Four Tet, “Chasing the Lovebirds” by Howard Jones, “Fly Me Away” by Goldfrapp — 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 “Safe and Sound” but calmer?

“Daylight” by Taylor Swift, “What Do I Know?” by Ed Sheeran, “Music Knows No Boundaries” by Ladysmith Black Mambazo keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Safe and Sound”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 59% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout6/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

Intensity45
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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