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10 songs that feel like School's Out

Matched to School's Out by Justin Roberts 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
School's Out
Justin Roberts
safe 45/100 intensity 128 BPM
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Right by Your Side — Eurythmics safe 118 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Bang-A-Boomerang — ABBA moderate 132 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Roy G. Biv — They Might Be Giants safe 140 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Love in Store — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Can You Picture That? — Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem safe 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Meet the Elements — They Might Be Giants safe 140 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Locomotion — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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Just a Notion — ABBA moderate 128 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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The Muppet Show Theme — The Muppets safe 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) — Arcade Fire safe 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “School's Out” by Justin Roberts?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Right by Your Side” by Eurythmics, “Bang-A-Boomerang” by ABBA, “Roy G. Biv” by They Might Be Giants — the top match scores 98% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “School's Out”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 128 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 6/10, 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 84% 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
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity45
Dynamics56
Tempo49
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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